Tag: INEC
Akwa Ibom council poll a farce— APGA candidate
Obong Samuel Atang, a chairmanship candidate in Saturday’s local government elections in Akwa Ibom, has alleged widespread irregularities in the…
Gov Chime Floors Opponent
Moves by forces within the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack the state governor, Sullivan…
Governor Chime Floors opponent
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Moves by forces within the Enugu state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack…
Ondo 2012: ACN And Its Many Aspirants
Following the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that October 20, 2012 is the date for the gubernatorial…
INEC blocks ACN lawyers access to poll materials
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) in Adamawa State have blocked lawyers of the Action Congress of Nigeria from…
PDP’s Dakingari wins in Kebbi
. Jonathan sends congratulatory message The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Alhaji Saidu Dakingari of PDP the…
Andy Uba Wins Anambra Senate Rerun
INEC has declared Dr Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Anambra South Senatorial Zone…
Gov. Oshiomhole Picks Edo ACN ticket
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has emerged winner of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) primary held on Saturday in…
INEC fixes date for Anambra Senate rerun
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed 20 March for the re-run election into Anambara South Senatorial district. Mr…
We Have No Nation Yet, Says Tinubu
In the wake of election malpractices and irregularities in the country, former governor of Lagos State and leader of the…
S/Court Affirms Election Of Kwara Gov, 2 Others
The Supreme Court this morning affirmed the election of Governor Martins Elechi of Ebonyi State, Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and…
ACN Calls Bayelsa Gov Poll A Charade
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has dismissed last Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa state as a choreographed charade, while…
PDP Wins Rep seat in Oyo
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Mr. Afeez Jimoh Adelowo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defeated Mr. Lanre Agoro of Action Congress…
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…