Tag: Polls
Benue electoral boss assures of credible LG polls “in spite of poor funding”
The Benue State Electoral Commission (BSIEC) says it will conduct credible and acceptable local government polls in spite of the…
#FCTDecides: Two injured, 500 ballot papers missing in Kwali
Some youths in Bako Village in Kwali Area Council of the FCT on Saturday went on rampage, following the discovery…
#RiversRerun: Wike’s deputy hails peaceful conduct of polls
Rivers Deputy Governor Ipalibo Banigo has commended the peaceful conduct of the legislative rerun election in Obuama, Degema Local Government…
Bayelsa Polls: Dickson sets up 5-man panel to probe civil servants
The Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, has constituted a five-man panel to investigate the level of involvement of some career…
Bayelsa Polls: Injured monarch to be flown abroad
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The traditional ruler of Peremabiri community, Chief Progress Never Die, who was shot at close range by…
NSCDC deploys 4000 personnel for Bayelsa poll
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has deployed 4,000 personnel for the forthcoming re-run election in Bayelsa state on…
Don’t interfere in Bayelsa polls, PDP Governors warn Buhari
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors’ Forum, have warned President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant agencies of…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP beating war drums to intimidate voters, INEC – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of beating war drums ahead of Saturday’s…
APC clears Zamfara LG Council polls
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all the Chairmanship positions in Saturday’s local council election in the state. The…
#BayelsaDecides: Dickson extends victory to 6 LGAs
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa Governor of Bayelsa state and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in the state gubernatorial election, Seriake Dickson, has…
#BayelsaDecides: Announcement of polls results about to commence
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The much anticipated announcement of the results of the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state is about…
#BayelsaDecides: PDP expresses concern over rescheduled poll
Jethro Ibileke, Idowu Ogunleye/Yenagoa The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa state, has expressed concern over the rescheduled election in the…
#BayelsaDecides: INEC reschedules polls in Southern Ijaw
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has rescheduled elections in the entire Southerner Ijaw local government area and…
Kogi Polls: Low turnout in Ankpa, Igalamela/Odolu LGs
A low voter turnout was recorded in the Kogi governorship supplementary election in Ankpa and Igalamela/Odolu local government areas of…
Gov Dickson seeks support for credible polls
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson wants the international community and all lovers of democracy to actively…
Brazil’s “Bin Laden” arrested
A candidate running for the Amazonia state assembly in northern Brazil under the monicker Osama Bin Laden was detained during…
David Cameron ahead in polls after two years
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives on Friday took the lead in a YouGov opinion poll for the first time…
Iraq holds poll amid FIFA suspension threat
Iraq’s football association is due to finally hold long-postponed elections for its board Saturday, following threats from the sport’s global…
Hitler, Frankenstein contest local Indian polls
SHILLONG, India (AFP) – Politicians named after Adolf Hitler and Frankenstein are among 345 candidates competing in elections this week…
ACN Calls For Arrest of Past Rivers Council Chairmen
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Rivers State has called for the arrest of the immediate past local council…
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ANPP To Boycott Presidential Election
Members of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) in Kogi state have threatened to boycott Saturday’s presidential election if the…
Text Message War: Labour Party Surrenders
Labour Party has backed down on its electronic text message war with the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and has…
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INEC: Election Will Not Hold Nationwide in Nigeria
The Independent National Election Commission Chairman; Prof Attahiru Jega, late Thursday evening at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja stated that…
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Shitta-Bey Backs Postponement Of Elections
The presidential candidate and National Chairman of the Mega Progressive People’s Party, MPPP, Hon. Rasheed Shitta-Bey says the decision by…
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Saturday Elections: Jonathan Appeals To Nigerians for Mass Turn Out
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerians not to allow their disappointment over last Saturday’s botched National Assembly polls to…
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Tinubu, Fashola, Others Angry Over Cancellation Of Polls
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, incumbent Governor, Babatunde Fashola and other Nigerians were very angry with the…
Fashola Urges Lagosians To Shun Violence During Election
With less than 24 hours to the first set of elections in the April 2011 polls, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde…
Sagay: What We Expect At The Polls
Ahead of tomorrow’s election, constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay has expressed apprehension over the polls as a result of the…
The Front Runners For Lagos Senate Race
It’s Election Day in Lagos and the rest of Nigeria tomorrow. As expected the Action Congress, in dominance of the…
Bomb Unit Ready For Polls
Ahead of the polls, the Nigeria Police Anti-Bomb Unit, on Thursday in Lagos urged the political class to tolerate opposition…