by Anike Jacobs About two thousand female members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Monday protested on the ever busy Aba road in Port Harcourt calling for cancellation of Saturday’s election. The women who wore black walked through Aba road towards INEC office to register their displeasure, alleging that there were some irregularities during the...
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by Chinwe Okafor General Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of APC is leading in Oyo according to results of the local government released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). With the results from Oyo, Buhari appears to have won all states in the Southwest save for Ekiti state where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won. See...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The results of the Presidential and House of Assembly elections are still being collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, but in the meantime, we bring to you the winners and losers from the election process so far as well as from the results that have been announced. WINNERS 1. Bukola Saraki...
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by Akan Ido There are reports that a young man has been killed at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi. The voter was killed by a stray bullet on Monday afternoon when soldiers attached to the INEC office reportedly shot at protesters who had gathered at the location to ensure the...
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by Tolu Ogunlesi …democracy is a “skill” that can only be mastered through constant practice. There’s still plenty for us to learn… Sometime today, barring any cataclysm, the Independent National Electoral Commission will announce the results of last Saturday’s elections, and declare winners. I shall resist the temptation to comment on the possible outcome....
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by Godwin Akanfe The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Muhammadu Buhari is leading in three of the six geopolitical zones given the results that have been officially announced so far. The zones favouring Buhari are the north west, north east and south west,and on the strength of those zones, it may be safe to call the...
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by Pandhak Ibrahim Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has been announced the winner of the March 28 Presidential elections in Kogi State. The State Collation Officer, Prof. Adikwu Michael, who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, made the announcement at the State headquarters of the Independent National...
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As you count down to the March General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. PDP, APC at loggerheads over Lagos poll results delay. Punch Nope, we didn’t get any protest report from Rivers APC. Leadership Bauchi gets 24 hour curfew after attack. Leadership Bauchi on fire! Gunmen kill one,...
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by Simon Kolawole We are no magicians. We are no angels. We are human beings like you, dear Nigerian leaders. The first thing we recognised is that quality leadership is non-negotiable. Dear Nigerian leaders, I want to appreciate your condolence messages to Singaporeans since my death on Sunday, March 22. Having died at the age...
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by Dele Momodu The last thing Nigerians want at this time of our existence is an election that is neither credible nor fair. Fellow Nigerians, today is not June 12, 1993, but it has all the trappings of that fateful day. For those who may not remember, let me repeat for the umpteenth time,...
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by Anike Jacobs An INEC officer in Taraba State has been arrested for allegedly collecting N20 million bribe from a politician. INEC resident commissioner in Taraba State, Alhaji Ahmed Makama confirmed the news, saying the electoral officer who was arrested was presiding over the elections in the Ibbi local government area of the state on...
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by Akan Ido From the dusty planes of Kano to the rain-drenched streets of Lagos, it has been a game-changing election season, unlike anything the country has seen since the early days of our return to civilian rule. There is no doubt in the fact that since Nigeria returned to democracy 16 years ago, there...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka is unimpressed with the ‘most wasteful, senseless and prodigal’ elections that is presently being conducted in Nigeria. In an interview with The Guardian UK on Sunday, March 29, Soyinka stated that the ongoing polls “has been one of the most vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent exercises” he...
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by Anike Jacobs Nigerian Prophet T.B Joshua has warned of the death of a prominent politician due to ‘heated up’ politics in the wake of the closely fought Nigerian elections. “I am seeing Nigerians heating up politics,” the cleric told his congregation at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) on Sunday 29. “Wednesday and...
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by Jewel Stephen Are you young or youthful, classy or trendy? Get ready for a dose of nonstop entertainment and fun as Eclipse Live Africa lights up Eko Atlantic this Easter with Gidi Culture Festival (GCF) featuring the Chairman himself ‘M.I’, Mr Oreo ‘Iyanya’, Sean Tizzle, Burna Boy, Akpororo, Congo’s Awilo, Waje, Kenya’s Victoria Kimani,...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria, James Entwistle, says the Permanent Voters Card used in Nigeria’s general elections is more technologically advanced than the voter card used in his state of Virginia in the United States. The ambassador made the comments on Saturday, March 28, at the International Conference Centre, venue of...
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by Chinwe Okafor The 2015 presidential election just concluded and the nation is anxiously waiting for who would emerge the winner of the contest. The pictures of two leading candidates, GEJ (PDP) and GMB (APC) amongst others, was spotted on Twitter via a tweet from @ikhane asking which of these youngsters would you’s like to...
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by Kolapo Olapoju From early results trickling in, the All Progressives Congress appears to be in a clear lead in the South-west geo-political zone of the country. The main opposition party is winning in 5 out of the 6 states in the South-West zone, Osun, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Oyo, while the Peoples Democratic Party...
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by Ranti Joseph A 26 year-old pregnant woman arrested by Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband to death during a quarrel over who would emerge winner between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidates, while voting was on-going at Ejigbo area of the state. The incident over...
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by Ranti Joseph President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to exercise patience as they wait for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to collate and announce result of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. Jonathan who is the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the election made the call in a post...
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by Panshak Ibrahim “Please help!!”- was the cry of a Twitter user, Sisi Zolanski, on Sunday night, as she shared that the town of Bununu in Bauchi state, was under serious attack from insurgents of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. According to the Sisi Zolanski, who tweets with the handle “@Isab33lla”, the marauding terrorists invaded the town...
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by Ranti Joseph The former Chaplain of the Presidential Villa during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime and the Founding General Overseer of the All Christians Fellowship Mission, Abuja, William Okoye, pointedly told President Goodluck Jonathan that he made mistakes in office and urged him to correct those mistakes if he wins the presidential election. In a...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The Senator representing Kwara Central District, Bukola Saraki, has been reelected to yet again serve his constituency at the upper chamber of the House of Assembly for the next four years. Saraki, candidate of the All Progressives Congress polled 187,585 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Congress candidate who had 66,864 votes....
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by Kolapo Olapoju The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammmadu Buhari, has defeated President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party in the wards of Musiliu Obanikoro, Jimi Agbaje and Bode George. In Obanikoro’s ward, polling unit 013, Gerald, Ikoyi, Buhari scored 62 to defeat Jonathan, who polled 38. In the ward of...
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by Iyobosa Omoregie Three adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Benue State, have been reported dead while carrying out their election duties in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in the state, Prof. Istfanus Dafwang, disclosed the development on Sunday, March 29, at the state headquarters of INEC in Makurdi. According...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has won majority of the votes in Ogun state. So far, Buhari has won 12 local government areas of the state to edge out the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan. The PDP on the other...
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by Anike Jacobs A lot of Nigerian celebrities and showbiz personalities have been quite vocal politically, expressing their thoughts as regards the conduct of free and fair elections while some even campaigned overtly for candidates of their choice. Sadly, while every other Nigerian damned the elements to participate in the general elections yesterday (and today), some...
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by Ranti Joseph The All Progressives Congress (APC) alerted Nigerians and the international community to on-going plans by the PDP-led Jonathan Administration to tamper with the results of Saturday’s elections and circumvent the people’s will. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary Lai Mohammed, the party said that “the...
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by Anike Jacobs Presidential election results from 1o out of the 20 local government areas in Ogun state were released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abeokuta today. According to the results, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is trailing his All Progressives Congress (APC), counterpart, Muhammadu Buhari with 18,425...
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by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan has won all the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State in the presidential election of Saturday, March 28. Similarly, other candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party won all the three senatorial seats and 6 House of Representatives seats in the state. The result was announced by the Chief Returning Officer for the Presidential...
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