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Akwa Ibom, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Governor Godswill Akpabio was yesterday evening declared winner of last Tuesday’s gubernatorial elections in Akwa Ibom State. In making the declaration, the state returning officer, Professor [Mrs] Comfort Ekpo announced that the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] scored 957,585 votes to beat its closest rival Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] which polled 163,449 votes ,while the […]
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Articles, Charles-Bruno Okpuruka, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
By Charles-Bruno Okpuruka, Toronto, Canada – April 27, 2011 – The Nigerian general elections hopefully, will come to a close this week with the conduct of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections. The avalanche of positive endorsements on its conduct from every quarter across the globe is indicative of the maturity of Nigeria’s democracy. All credits […]
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Elections 2011, Imo, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Imo State governorship election lived up to its billing, with tension and drama, and has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Before then, Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) were running head to head. Okorocha led in 12 […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Sunny Chris Okenwa
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
By Sunny Chris Okenwa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, April 27, 2011 – Nigeria is a country of contrasting phenomena, a nation whose socio-political complexity is simply amazing. I spent some months in Nigeria since last January when I left my location for the burial of my late mother in the village east of the Niger. She […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – April 26 – Anambra State has always been politically challenging, especially in the current political dispensation. In this sense, the controversial outcome of the April 9 National Assembly elections, which pitted former Governor Chris Ngige against former Information Minister Dora Akunyili in a dog fight essentially means that […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
ASABA- PROTESTS erupted at Ekpan, Uvwie local government and Sapele in Sapele local government area of Delta State, Wednesday morning, as news filtered in that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate; Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is leading in 13 local government areas in Tuesday’s governorship poll, while Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples Party, […]
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Edo, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo State, has defeated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Tuesday’s state House of Assembly election, capturing 19 seats out of the 24, as against the four won by the PDP. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has, meanwhile, ordered a re-run in two units in Igueben Local […]
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Elections 2011, Kwara, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed has won the last weekend gubernatorial election in kwara state. Also the gubernatorial candidate of Democratic Peoples Party [DPP] , Mr Gbenga Olawepo has congratulated the winner, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed . Olawepo in a press statement, titled,KWARA GUBER POLL;A MATTER OF CASH” issued by the candidate […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
New Nigerian Politics has been reliably infiormed that incumbent PDP governor of Oyo State and former police officer, Christopher Alao-Akala has lost to his challenger Ajimobi. Stay tuned for more information.wp_posts
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Elections 2011, Imo, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
With Rochas Okorocha, the governorship candidate of the All People’s Grand Alliance (APGA) leading comfortably in yesterday’s polls, embattled Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo has put the state under siege, using police and the army to harass and intimidate opponents in a bid to steal the election. Early results emerging from yesterday’s gubernatorial elections in […]
