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Fresh security concern over guber polls

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

The Federal Government is reviewing internal security ahead of Tuesday’s governorship and state assembly elections following intelligence report about plans by some people to derail the elections. The announcement of the result of the April 16th presidential election triggered massive violence in some Northern states that claimed many lives and left others injured. Eleven states, […]

Lesson’s from Buhari’s Defeat

Posted by admin Articles, Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency Friday, April 22nd, 2011

In this information age, every editor’s worst nightmare is how to discern the wheat from the chaff that they are fed with from different sources on a big news day. Starting from the social networks, electronic mail, BlackBerry instant messenger, regular SMS and phone calls, to good old television, coupled with all the wireless gadgets […]

Post-election Violence:984 Arrested

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Nigerian Police Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Kaduna 400, Niger 136, Kano 120, Bauchi 200, Adamawa 128 Elections postponed in Kaduna, Bauchi to April 28 A total of 984 persons have been arrested across five states for the violent protests that led to breakdown of law and order in those places. The protest were in reaction to the release of the result […]

FG to close nation’s waterways for guber elections

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors Friday, April 22nd, 2011

The Federal Government on Thursday said it would close all the waterways in the country during next week’s governorship election until the end of the poll on Tuesday. The government noted that its resolve to disallow movement within Nigeria’s borders during the period was to prevent foreigners from coming into the country and to ward […]

Youth corps members narrate ‘brutal’ experiences in Kano

Posted by admin Elections 2011, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Some members of the National Youth Service Corps, who escaped from different parts of Kano State during the Monday riot and now taking refuge in Bukavu Barracks have described their experiences as horrifying. Speaking with our correspondent in Kano on Thursday, Maiva Johnson, a 25-year-old Zoology graduate of the University of Maiduguri, said though […]

Poll: NYSC members flee violence-prone areas

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Six days to the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, National Youth Service Corps members are fleeing crisis-prone local government areas in some states in the north. Investigations by our correspondents on Thursday also showed that many of the corps members, especially in Katsina and Bauchi states, are taking refuge in army barracks […]

Buhari changes mind,heads to court

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency Friday, April 22nd, 2011

The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) says he will challenge last Saturday’s presidential election in court even as he appealed to his supporters to remain calm. Gen. Buhari’s decision to go to court, however contradicts his pre-election statement declaring that he would not challenge the outcome of […]

Police arrest 5 for printing voters’ cards

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Nigerian Police Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Five persons have been arrested by police detectives in Ede town for allegedly printing voters’ cards. Besides, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Gana, warned politicians contesting in the April 26 polls to eschew violence or face the wrath of the law. Daily Sun gathered that police personnel from A Division, Ede had swooped […]

PDP faults Buhari over claim on rigging

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Friday, April 22nd, 2011

The Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP) National Working Committee seemed to have regained its voice. The party reacted officially yesterday to the results of the election won by its presidential candidate and incumbent president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan. Emboldened by the tough stance of President Jonathan in his broadcast to the nation to decisively with those threatening […]

INEC shifts Kaduna, Bauchi guber poll

Posted by admin Bauchi, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Kaduna, State News Thursday, April 21st, 2011

ABUJA—AS exclusively reported by Vanguard, yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the postponement of the governorship elections in Kaduna and Bauchi states because of the precarious security situations in the two states. 2010 General Election INEC Chairman Prof. Attairu Jega addressing Pressmen on 2011 General Election while INEC Commissioner Ismaile Igbani (middle) […]