Tag: governorship election
Edo INEC Raises Alarm Over Scam texts
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over fraudulent text messages sent to candidates contesting…
Gov Race: Edo INEC Raises Alarm Over Fake SMS
By Jethro Ibileke, Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over fraudulent text messages sent to…
Lagos ACN Warns Against Rigging In Edo Polls
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has warned against plans by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to rig the 14…
Fashola’s Aide Mobilises Christians For Ondo Guber Poll
Christians in Ondo State have been advised to unite and form a formidable group to support a credible candidate in…
Edo’s Politics Of Blood-letting
With its deadly run-in, the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, slated for July, promises unfettered violence On 14 May,…
Edo Gov Race: Candidate Threatens To Sue INEC
The Action Alliance (AA) governorship candidate in the 14 July, 2012 governorship election in Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, Ishaka Paul…
Spiritualist Warns Mimiko Ahead Polls
A Kano-based mystic, Aliyu Abdul Rasheed has called on Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state to partner with traditional and…
INEC calls for party talks over Edo state polls
Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of INEC, has invited the chairmen and secretaries, as well as the candidates of all…
2 Killed In Edo ACN, PDP Fracas
Hell was let loose on Monday at the Edo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin…
Ex-INEC Boss Advises Jega On Edo Poll
A retired INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sylvester Egbase has advised INEC to improve on its logistics shortcomings before the July…
Don’t Turn Edo To War Zone, Benin Monarch Warns Politicians
Following the assassination of Olaitan Oyerinde, an aide to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, and the fast…
Jonathan Hails Victorious Liyel Imoke
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Mr. Liyel Imoke on his second term victory in Saturday’s governorship election in Cross…
Court gives INEC the nod to conduct C/River poll
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday challenged the power of the Federal High Court…
Imoke Begins Campaign
Tumultuous crowds turned up at Yala and Ogoja northern Cross River State on Monday 6th February to receive Senator Liyel…
ACN wants fresh governorship poll in Nigerian state
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called for fresh governorship election in Kogi State, saying the December election conducted…
Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Kogi PDP Primaries
An Abuja High Court on Monday dismissed a suit filed by Alhaji Jibril Isa challenging his removal by the PDP…
‘I Won’t Run’
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, says that she has no plan to contest in the forthcoming governorship…
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Fashola Gets INEC’s Certificate Of Return
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has issued Governor Babatunde Fashola certificate of return for winning the Lagos State Governorship…
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How Ajimobi of Action Congress Sacked Governor Akala
With fifty armed soldiers and policemen, providing security cover, the deciding votes in Oyo State from Ibadan South West were…
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Kwankwaso Returns In Kano
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is leading in the governorship election results. As at the time of filing this report…
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Governorship Election In Oyo State: INEC Ready, Journalists Warned
Security officials have threatened to arrest and prosecute unaccredited journalists covering the governorship election in Oyo state, south west of…
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Rig Governorship Election, Prepare For Fire, ACN Warns PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has warned the PDP that any attempt to rig elections…
6 Days To Gov. Election: Confusion Rocks CPC In Kano, Katsina
Ahead of the 26 April governorship election, a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja this morning upturned the victory of…
2011 Election: Masari Fails To Rekindle Ambition
Attempts by former Speaker of the House of Representatives; Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, to rekindle his gubernatorial ambition through an…
Uduaghan For April Polls, Court Rules
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, South-south Nigeria this afternoon ruled that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta…
PDP Candidacy: Dosunmu Knows Fate 3 March
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has reserved ruling till 3 March 2011 in a suit filed by a…
Now That Fashola Has Got 2nd Term Ticket
The Action Congress of Nigeria made the most tactical move yesterday: endorsing Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria,…