Tag: INEC
A flurry of moves to Stop Bayelsa poll
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The last appears not to have been heard about the determination of embattled former governor of…
Kwara Central Senatorial District: Saraki Knows Fate March
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till Tuesday 27 February to deliver judgment in a suit instituted by…
Bayelsa Poll: Apex court locks out ex-governor Sylva
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Hopes of former Bayelsa state governor, Timipre Sylva, to participate in Saturday’s governorship election in the…
CODER alleges poll fraud in Adamawa
One of the groups accredited to monitor the weekend poll in Adamawa State, the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform…
Nyako wins in Nigeria’s Adamawa state
Murtala Nyako, retired admiral, has been re-elected governor of Adamawa State, in the election held yesterday, amidst a possible legal…
Bayelsa Governor Wants Court To Stop PDP’s Choice
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled Bayelsa state Governor Timipre Sylva, whose aspiration to run for a second term of office…
Benue Governor’s Rival Can’t Prove Allegation In Court
The candidate of All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, in the April 2011 governorship election in Benue State, Professor Daniel Saror,…
Borno Poll: Supreme Court Adjourns for Judgment
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five- man panel of Nigeria’s Supreme Court has fixed 17 February to deliver judgment on…
Bayelsa Poll: Fresh legal suit complicates the knots
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A fresh suit was on Monday filed at the Abuja Federal High Court against the nomination…
INEC Distributes Non-Sensitive Materials For Adamawa Guber Polls
Non-sensitive materials meant for the February 4 governorship polls in Adamawa have been distributed to the local government areas, the…
BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS GET BAIL
As a cross-section of Nigerians lament over the escape from custody of Mr. Kabir Sokoto, a Boko Haram suspect allegedly…
Rerun: Police Restrict Movement In Port Harcourt LGs
Rivers Police Command has banned both human and vehicular movements in the local government areas that constitute Rivers East Senatorial…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Retrial Ordered in Borno Election Petition
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja at about 4:43 pm on…
Why We Reject Kogi Gov Poll Results –Melaye
A Chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, has…
PDP Ticket: Set Back For Sylva
Moves by embattled Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, to truncate the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate selection process through the court…
Bayelsa 2012: CNPP Urges Reps To Sanction Dickson
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), yesterday urged the House of Representatives to sanction its member, Mr Henry Dickson,…
Tribunal Upholds Governor Kwankwaso’s Election
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and supporters of Kano State governor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso broke into wild…
Court Shifts Trial Of Suspected INEC Office Bombers
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday fixed the trial of suspected bombers of Independent National Election Commission,…
INEC Closes Defence Of Jonathan’s Votes, Deals Major Blow On CPC
The Independent National Election Commission, INEC, on Wednesday before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, secured a major…
INEC Opens Defence Over CPC’S Petition
The Independent National Election Commission, INEC, on Monday at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, opened its defence…
ACN Slams PDP Over Call For Sanction
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described as ill-informed and grossly misplaced the call by the Peoples Democratic Party,…
ACN Slams PDP Over Call For Sanction
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described as ill-informed and grossly misplaced the call by the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
INEC, Jonathan, PDP Tackle CPC Over Voters’ Biometric Data
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, which is challenging the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the April 2011 Presidential…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Ogboru Set To Appeal
The Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, candidate in the 6 January, 2011 governorship election rerun in Delta State, Chief Great Ovedje…
Several Persons Feared Dead In Suleja Bomb Blast
Several persons are feared dead on Sunday afternoon, following a bomb explosion that occurred on Church Road, Suleja. The…
‘Jega, Jonathan Deserve Commendation’
Dr. Solomon Olukunmi Ajao, has commended the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega and his…
INEC May Scrap 53 Political Parties
There are strong indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may invoke a section in the amended Electoral Act…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Court Orders PDP To Recognise Eyiboh As Its Candidate
Spokesman and House Committee Chairman on Information and media, Hon Eseme Eyiboh on Wednesday got closer to securing a return…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
PDP Is A Mafia Group
Chief Audu Ikwuta Innocent Ogbeh, former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and now a stalwart of Action…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Tribunal Orders Presence Of Forensic Experts At Inspection Of INEC Materials
The election petition tribunal sitting in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, today ordered the presence of hand writing…