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Elections 2011, Kano, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
MOST corps members engaged for the ongoing elections in Kano, on Tuesday, during the governorship and House of Assembly elections tactically withdrew their service from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), while the few one who took courage to appear at their polling units appeared in hijab to disguise themselves. There was a general apathy […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
THE gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections in Rivers State were held peacefully, on Tuesday, even as the turnout was also encouraging. Reports from the 23 local government areas of the state indicated that the elections were conducted in a free and fair manner, save for a few number of places, where reports of […]
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Elections 2011, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Epe Two men were arrested at a polling booth in Epe General Hospital for ballot box snatching. The case is being investigated and the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State command, Mr Solomon Abah, promised to look into the case, adding that the case would be referred to the highest police panel. INEC office There was […]
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Bauchi, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday in Abuja, said the current atmosphere in Kaduna and Bauchi states was conducive for the conduct of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections. Prince Solomon Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner in charge of Media and Publicity, told newsmen that there was no reason to further shift […]
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Elections 2011, Katsina, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Despite the early commencement of accreditation of voters at various polling stations for the gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections, the exercise recorded a very low turnout in Katsina State. Investigations carried out by the Nigerian Tribune across sections of eligible voters said that the low turnout was as a result of fear as […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News, Taraba
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Tuesday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Taraba State was generally peaceful as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and their materials arrived polling centres at 8:00 a.m., but there was a low turnout of voters at all the polling units visited by the Nigerian Tribune. The Nigerian Tribune’s investigation during the elections in […]
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Elections 2011, Kano, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
THE Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Alhaji Umar Dan- Yahaya, has said some ballot boxes were snatched during the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in the state. Disclosing this while speaking on the gubernatorial election, Alhaji Yahaya said there were adequate provisions of election materials to all the polling booths across the state. […]
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Benue, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
THE gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections were marred with violence in Benue State, as election materials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), meant for Kaseyo in Mbayee/Yandev ward of Guma Local Government Area of the state were set ablaze by hoodlums. The INEC officials in the area were also beaten up by […]
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Abia, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Elections 2011, Enugu, Imo, Katsina, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Niger, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
• Niger, Nasarawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Oyo, Ogun affected • Imo dicey-Low voter turnout in several states • Police detonate bomb near INEC office in Delta Early results trickling in from different zones indicate that the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) are making serious inroads into erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) controlled […]
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Elections 2011, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Most residents of Hausa communities in Apapa, Lagos, on Tuesday refused to show up at the various polling stations for the governorship and states’ Assembly elections. Also, in Idi-Araba, a Lagos suburb with preponderant Hausa population, there was general voter apathy and lack of enthusiasm among the residents, though the area had the highest number […]
