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Election now Nigeria’s worst enemy, says muslim cleric
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Move over Boko Haram. A new bugaboo has seized Nigeria’s landscape, with its attendant fear and anxiety. The…
Jega’s Farce And A Nation’s Tragedy
By Peter Claver Oparah The shambolic conduct of the governorship election in Anambra State has revved to the fore the…
APC Slams Police For Continued Detention Of Election Observers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally inexplicable and unjustifiable the continued detention of the 182 election Observers…
Anambra Guber Election: A Show Of Shame
The gubernatorial election held last Saturday in Anambra State has proved in no small measure that the Attahiru Jega- led…
With Puzzles for INEC, APC insists on fresh poll in Anambra
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the announcement by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC that it will hold a…
Anambra election ends without a winner
Simon Ateba and Seun Bisuga/Awka The controversial governorship election in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria, has ended without a winner, the…
APGA chief says Anambra poll free and fair
Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman of Nigeria’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on Sunday dismissed allegations that INEC and…
Anambra election: INEC bars journalists from collation centre
Simon Ateba/Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has barred many accredited journalists from the collation centre in Awka, the…
Anambra election: PDP’s Nwoye rejects results, demands fresh poll
Seun Bisuga/Awka Tony Nwoye, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria is still in…
APC wants Anambra poll cancelled, says it’s new low for INEC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a total cancellation of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State based on the…
Anambra: INEC disappoints voters in rescheduled election
Seun Bisuga, Simon Ateba, Folarin Ademosu, Oluwasanmi Joseph/In Awka Registered voters in Obosi, North Idemili Local Government Area have gotten…
Anambra election cancelled in 65 polling units
Simon Ateba and Folarin Ademosu/Awka The Anambra governorship election has been cancelled in 65 polling units, the Independent National Electoral…
Ngige, Ubah condemn INEC over irregularities
Seun Bisuga/ Awka All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Chris Ngige, has condemned INEC’s inconsistencies in the ongoing election in the…
Anambra Election: APC Slams Police For Arresting Election Monitors
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the police of acting out the script of the PDP for Saturday’s governorship…
INEC Deploys 362 Generators
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has began deploying over 362 electricity generating sets to the 362 wards across Anambra State…
The Crazy 22-Hour Curfew In Anambra
The 22-hour restriction on movement from midnight on Friday 15 November, to 10p.m. on Saturday 16 November during the Anambra…
Anambra State: INEC restricts movement on polling day
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra on Tuesday said that movement of persons and vehicles would be restricted…
INEC Creates 1,973 Extra Polling Units For Anambra Poll
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted voters in Anambra State to the creation of 1,973 extra polling units out…
APC Wants INEC Dock APGA Candidate, Obiano, For Multiple Registration
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the process of…
INEC, PDP Plotting To Rig Anambra Governorship Poll —APC
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed a serious doubt in the ability of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
Anambra 2013: What We Expect From INEC
By Joe Igbokwe All things considered, INEC will have no excuse whatsoever to give if something goes wrong with the…
Court of Appeal to hear suit against Gov. Chime
A Nigerian Court of Appeal on Monday in Abuja reserved 8 November for hearing in a suit seeking the removal…
Court puts Nwoye on ballot, strikes out Ukachukwu
A Nigerian Court of Appeal on Wednesday in Port Harcourt nullified the recognition of Nicholas Ukachukwu as the PDP candidate…
Nigeria’s opposition parties reject senate bye-election result
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The declaration of Mr. Emmanuel Aguariavwodo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator-elect in last Saturday’s…
Apathy, poor logistics mar Delta Central Bye-election
JETHRO IBILEKE/Warri Voter apathy, low turn out of voters, late arrival of voting materials in some places, marred the Delta…
Delta senate election: APC accuses PDP of intimidation
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of using security agents to intimidate voters while preventing voting materials…
819,118 To Vote In Delta Senatorial Bye-Election
The National Commissioner Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr Ishmael Igbani on Wednesday said 819,118 registered voters would participate in…
Obidigbo: I’m still in the race for governorship poll
A governorship aspirant in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, Dr Chike Obidigbo has vowed to run for the 16…
President Jonathan Deserves A Second Term
By Ben Nanaghan Many state governors in Nigeria have now abandoned their primary constitutional assignments and responsibilities and have veered…
INEC to redraw constituencies
Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday in Abuja said there was a wide…