THE National Assembly elections got under way in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja yesterday amidst tight security in various parts of the city. The renewed security came about as a result of the election eve bomb blast at the Suleja Zonal Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Niger State. Meanwhile, at […]
UNEASY calm pervades Owerri, the Imo State capital, as heavily armed security operatives patrol the nooks and crannies of the city. The Guardian reliably gathered that over 10,000 security operatives have been posted to the state since last week. They consist 6000 military and mobile policemen and 4000 policemen. The atmosphere is tense and residents […]
THE postponement of the Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2 election almost muddled up Rivers East Senatorial District election in the area. Though officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reported early in virtually all the 10 wards under the federal constituency, the electorates failed to turn up for accreditation on the assumption that the […]
PDP Loses Strongholds In Ogun To ACN, As Obasanjo-Bello, Daniel Lose Wards THOUGH the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to announce the results, early election data gathered from presiding officers at the various polling stations across Ogun State suggest that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is in a clear lead and maybe […]
Unlike the April 2 botched National Assembly election when residents of the Wuse, Maitama and Asokoro districts of Abuja trooped out as early as 6am for accreditation, yesterday’s rescheduled poll witnessed a low turnout of voters in the city centres. At Wuse Zone 5 the turnout was impressive but still a far cry from last […]
By New Nigerian Politics – New Nigerian Politics has been reliably informed that the wife of the former two-term governor of Lagos, 50 year old Remi Tinubu, a master degree holder and ACN candidate, has won the Lagos Central Senatorial District defeating seven other opponents with 40, 768 votes to her closest opponent Tolagbe Anima […]
The first round of the general election in Oyo State took off on a peaceful and orderly note yesterday with fairly impressive voters’ turnout at many polling stations. There was also noticeable improvement in punctuality and deployment of electoral officials and materials, unlike what was witnessed in the botched exercise on April 2. But there […]
Security agents, yesterday, foiled an attempt by a group of hoodlums at Bamgbose village in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State to snatch ballot boxes during voting in the National Assembly election. The hoodlums numbering about 12 had invaded a polling unit with machetes and knives among other dangerous weapons. Sunday Sun investigation revealed […]
A major upset appeared to be in the making as results of the National Assembly election, conducted yesterday, trickled in from the states. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is in early lead going from results from Ogun, Lagos, Edo and Osun. In the results released so far, former President Olusegun Obasanjo who doubles as […]
By Dr. Jideofer Adibe, London, UK – April 9, 2011 – At a recent conference in Abuja on the forthcoming general elections, one of the key speakers, a professor of history, surprised many people when he declared that he did not register and did not intend to vote. His grouse was the cost of the […]
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