Tag: General Elections
We’ll Sweep PDP Out Of Power —ACN
Action Congress Nigeria, ACN kicks off its campaign for the 2011 elections today with its chieftains promising that the party…
Shun Thuggery; NURTW Chieftain Urges Members
A chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Chief Alamu Otegbeye has urged members to shun thuggery…
Labour Party Vow To Dislodge ACN
The Chairman of Labour Party in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Engr. Isiaka Asuni, has vowed to deliver…
APCON Insists On Approving Political Adverts
Politicians have been advised to seek the approval of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) before publishing any advertisement…
3 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi Arabia
As Muslims across the globe observe this year’s Hajj, three Nigerian pilgrims have been confirmed dead in the Kingdom of…
Lawmaker Condemns IGP’s Sack Of Special Squads
Former Secretary of the Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Lion Building branch who is also the member representing Lagos Island…
Mixed Reactions Trail New Timeline For The 2011 Polls
Mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the new timetable approved by the Senate for the 2011 general elections. The News Agency…
Blowing Hot Air In The Name Of Campaign
Politicians have started assaulting the sensibilities of Nigerians by blowing hot air in the name of campaigning for the 2011…
Group Endorses Fashola For Second Term
As the 2011 general elections gather momentum, members of the Lagos State Tye and Dye Cooperative Thrift Society have given…
Okotie’s Fresh Party Holds Convention
The Fresh Democratic Party, FDP, held its national convention on Thursday in Lagos, Nigeria. It was attended by delegates from…
2011: I Am Yet To Decide —Lagos Speaker
Ahead of the general elections next year, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has said he…
Jega Reiterates Shift In Poll Date
Hours to the proposed meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, leadership and the committee of the National Assembly,…
Olusi, Banire Hail Shift In Election Dates
The vice chairman, Action Congress of Nigeria, South West, Prince Tajudeen Olusi has described the shift of the 2011 from…
INEC’s First Big Test
The release of the 2011 general elections timetable by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has increased the tempo of…
Cleric Warns Politicians
Politicians contesting in the 2010 general elections have been advised to do so in good faith. Pastor Jeremiah Bello of…
LASIEC Assures On Creation Of More Wards
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), has assured Lagos residents on creation of additional wards and polling units to…
INEC Releases Time Table For 2011 Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, this afternoon released the much-awaited time table for the 2011 general elections in Nigeria.…
We’ll Stop IBB At All Costs, Says Falana
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana has vowed to stop former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.)…
Killer Squad Training For 2011 —Top Police Source
Desperate politicians have resorted to self-help ahead of the 2011 general elections, by hiring and training thugs to use during…
Bariga LG Boss Charges Muslims, Politicians
Muslims all over the world have been admonished to be good observers of the tenets of Islam during the Ramadan…
‘INEC Can Conduct Elections In 3 Months’
Alhaji Muhammed Shittu, the National Chairman of the Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN), has urged Nigerians to support INEC in…
Lagos RTEAN Factions Clash
It was a free for all at the state secretariat of the Road Transport Employer’s Association of Nigeria, Agboju Amuwo,…
Shomolu Hosts AC’s Lagos East Forum
The Lagos East Senatorial District, comprising Kosofe, Shomolu, Ibeju-Lekki, Epe and Ikorodu, were recently hosted by the Shomolu axis during…
Cross River, Ebonyi PDP Primaries: Foretaste Of 2011 Polls?
The violence and crisis that marred the recent local government primaries of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River…
Babangida Seeks Punishment For Erring Youth
The Chairman, Committee for the return of former Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State to power, Alhaji Yusuf Babangida, has…
Don’t Appoint Iwu As Ambassador —CLO
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has advised the federal government not to appoint the former Chairman of the Independent National…
Civil Disorder Looms In Onigbongbo
Civil disorder is looming in Onigbongbo, Lagos, Nigeria, as three persons are laying claim to the Obaship stool. Consequently, the…
2011: AC, ANPP, DPP Set To Merge
As the race for the 2011 general elections draws near, three political parties namely: Action Congress (AC, All Nigeria People’s…
‘Yoke Placed On Yar’Adua Killed Him’
Lagos-based evangelist, Prophet Joshua Adeboboye, has revealed that it was the yoke placed on the late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua…
‘Lagosians’ll No Longer Accept Mediocrity’
“The time for mediocrity is gone and Lagosians are now weary of putting inexperienced and unpopular persons in positions of…