The Late 5: El-Rufai wins Kaduna governorship elections; Code of Conduct Tribunal orders daily of hearing of Onnoghen’s trial | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: El-Rufai wins Kaduna governorship elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, as winner of the governorship polls. El-Rufai defeated his closest rival with a margin of 231, 259 votes. Code of Conduct Tribunal orders daily of hearing of Onnoghen’s... Read More

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Danladi Umar, Nasir el-Rufai, Nigerian Army, Prof. Sabastine Maimaiko, Rivers election, Sagir Musa, The Late 5, Walter Onnoghen

February 22, 2017

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Corps members will not participate in Rivers supplementary elections – NYSC

by Azeez Adeniyi The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said its corps members will not participate in the supplementary elections in Etche and parts of Omuma Local Government Areas of Rivers State. Rivers State NYSC Coordinator, Omotayo Adewoye said this during the stakeholders meeting at the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt. Omotayo... Read More

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Corps Members, INEC, nysc, Rivers election

December 9, 2016

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. Rivers re-run: Election is not a do-or-die affair – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all parties in Saturday’s re-run election in Rivers to shun violence and embrace peace. 2. BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Ayade’s election as Cross River governor The Supreme Court on Friday... Read More

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APC, bomb blast, Politics, PP, President Muhammadu Buhari, Rivers election, The Late 5

March 20, 2016

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Fayose to Buhari: ‘You’ve destroyed Jonathan’s legacy’

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of destroying former president Goodluck Jonathan’s legacy of ‘free, fair and transparent’ elections. Fayose said the discovery of fake Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) result sheets in some local government areas is indicative of what will happen in future and subsequent elections. In a statement... Read More

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Ayo Fayose, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, Rivers election

March 19, 2016

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Wike’s aide arrested with ‘fake police, military uniforms’ (PHOTOS)

Cyril Dum Nwite, an aide of Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has been arrested with fake police and military uniforms. Nwite, the Rivers governor’s Special Assistant for Special Projects for the governor, was arrested on Saturday- a few hours after voting commenced in the Rivers rerun election. According to Sahara Reporters, Wike’s aide was also... Read More

Cyril Nwuite, Nyesom Wike, Rivers election

March 19, 2016

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‘There’s life after elections’ | Pat Utomi pleads for sanity in Rivers

Professor Pat Utomi, renowned political-economist has urged politicians and stakeholders involved in the Rivers rerun election, to ‘remember that there is life after elections’. The hotly contested rerun elections across the state has lived up to the expectation that it would be violent- with abductions, deaths and electoral malpractices already recorded. In lieu of this,... Read More

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APC, pat utomi, PDP, Rivers election

March 13, 2016

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6,000 police officers, 14 MOPOL units, AIG, DIG deployed for Rivers election

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has deployed six thousand police officers and 14 units of Police Mobile Force personnel to Rivers state, to prevent electoral violence and to ensure a smooth and orderly conduct of the Rivers State Supplementary elections slated for Saturday, March 19. The IG has also directed the AIG in... Read More

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Nyesom Wike, Rivers election, Rotimi Amaechi

September 17, 2015

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INEC denies ballot snatching, multiple thumb-printing in Rivers election

In the ongoing Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, the Independent National Electoral Commission, began its defence of the polls on Thursday. One of INEC’s electoral officers that conducted the election, Ebikoru Tebekaemi, came forward to testify before the tribunal. Tebekaemi, told the tribunal that he supervised the governorship election at Obio-Akpor LGA of Rivers State. The INEC... Read More

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APC, Ballot snatching, Ebikoru Tebekaemi, INEC, PDP, Rivers election, thumb-printing

September 16, 2015

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INEC, Monitors and Rivers elections: A damning verdict?

Charles Okoye, Head of election monitoring in Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Rivers State Office appeared before the Rivers State Governorship election tribunal on Saturday 12th September, 2015 on the strength of a subpoena served on him by the tribunal. Charles said as head of monitoring in Rivers State office of INEC he was the... Read More

INEC, monitors, Rivers election

September 16, 2015

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INEC says total accredited voters in Rivers election was inflated by 1 million

A representative of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has testified that only 293,072 persons were accredited to vote during the April 11 gubernatorial polls in Rivers state. The INEC official, Abimbola Oladunjoye, made the disclosure to the Rivers State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja. When the election results came out, INEC said there were a... Read More

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Rivers APC members protesting the election.

September 14, 2015

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How cult groups worked for PDP during Rivers election – DSS

Officers of the Department of State Security (DSS), have revealed that various cult groups and thugs worked with the Peoples Democratic Party during the April 11 governorship election in Rivers state. Godwin Mba, who testified at the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja, stated that the cult groups disrupted the voting process by... Read More

APC, DSS, PDP, Rivers election, thugs, Tribunal, violence

May 14, 2015

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Buhari ‘will not forgive’ killers, arsonists during Rivers election

by James Sambo Muhammadu Buhari will not forgive or even forget, those who perpetrated and orchestrated killings and attacks during the presidential and governorship elections in Rivers state. Buhari made the vow on Wednesday, May 13, when the Rivers state chapter of All Progressives Congress, paid him a congratulatory visit in Abuja. The President-elect said he owed... Read More

arsonists, Forgive killers, Muhammadu Buhari, Rivers election

The Late 5: El-Rufai wins Kaduna governorship elections; Code of Conduct Tribunal orders daily of hearing of Onnoghen’s trial | Other stories

Corps members will not participate in Rivers supplementary elections – NYSC

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

Fayose to Buhari: ‘You’ve destroyed Jonathan’s legacy’

Wike’s aide arrested with ‘fake police, military uniforms’ (PHOTOS)

‘There’s life after elections’ | Pat Utomi pleads for sanity in Rivers

6,000 police officers, 14 MOPOL units, AIG, DIG deployed for Rivers election

INEC denies ballot snatching, multiple thumb-printing in Rivers election

INEC, Monitors and Rivers elections: A damning verdict?

INEC says total accredited voters in Rivers election was inflated by 1 million

How cult groups worked for PDP during Rivers election – DSS

Buhari ‘will not forgive’ killers, arsonists during Rivers election

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