Tag: Polls
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…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
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…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
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…
Elections 2011, Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
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…