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Bayelsa, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Eight persons including a mobile policeman were reportedly arrested at Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State over their alleged involvement in acts inimical to the electoral process. This is just as six suspected thugs were Tuesday arrested at Opokuma in the Okolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State following a botched […]
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Elections 2011, Headlines, Ondo, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Prospective voters in Ido-Ani, a town in Ose local government area of Ondo State were on Tuesday morning shell-shocked as they watched in awe as a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Denis Alonge slapped the State Information Commissioner, Mr Ranti Akrele. Alonge, the immediate past Chairman of the Ose Local Government Council […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
ASABA – ONE of the gunmen who allegedly hijacked electoral materials meant for voting at Ekete and other parts of Udu local government area of Delta state was caught by voters at Orhuwhoron and given the beating of his life. Vanguard learnt if not for the intervention of the police, he would have been lynched […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Elections 2011, NNP Columnists, North-East, North-West
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK, – April 26, 2011 – Lest we all become guilty of what we accuse others of doing, two things need to be said very clearly about the ongoing crisis in the Northern part of Nigeria: one is that the Northern crisis is a very good example of a predictable […]
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Elections 2011, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
SECURITY has been beefed up nationwide to ensure smooth conduct of today’s governorship and House of Assembly polls. In Delta, the state Police Command has assured residents of the state of what it called “water tight security.” Spokesman of the command, Charles Muoka, gave the assurance in an interview with The Guardian. He said the […]
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Elections 2011, Governors, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

TODAY, 322 gubernatorial candidates will be contesting for governorship seats, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) holds gubernatorial elections in 24 of the nation’s 36 states. The gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections in Bauchi and Kaduna states had been rescheduled to Thursday, sequel to the violence that engulfed some parts of the […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
NO fewer than three people were confirmed dead while 14 others were seriously injured, when unknown persons threw a locally made bomb into some beer joints on Sunday, at about 8.30 p.m., in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mike E. Zuokumor, addressing newsmen on Monday in his office, […]
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Articles, Cliff I. Edogun, PhD, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
By Dr. Cliff I Edogun, NNP, April 26, 2011 The Electoral Realignment The first concrete reality coming out of the presidential poll of April 16 is the emergence of a new electoral realignment that may have conclusively dislodged the previous status quo political network for good. For what many have long considered a natural coalition, […]
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Armed Forces, Elections 2011
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The Nigerian Army has threatened to deal decisively with any group or individuals who are out to truncate the electoral process irrespective of whose ox is gored. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Muhammadu Abubakar, while addressing newsmen on the internal security operations for the governorship […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
BARELY 24 hours to the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, as well as the postponed National Assembly elections across the country, the Lagos State police command has assured the people of the state of adequate security and protection of life and property throughout the exercise in the state. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Sulaimon […]