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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Political activities reached an unprecedented climax in Oyo State on Monday ahead of the governorship election billed for Tuesday (today). Leaders of the leading political parties in the state: the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Accord Party went into high-powered closed-door sessions for last minute fine-tuning of strategies. The […]
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Armed Forces, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
There were indications on Monday that soldiers would join policemen in escorting election materials and National Youth Corps members to the 120,000 polling units across the country for today’s governorship and state assembly elections. A top source in the Independent National Electoral Commission said many state governors had approached the Army high command to assist […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Why he is Nigeria’s next President IF there were concerns that Nigeria’s presidential election was going to be a cliff_hanger, those concerns evaporated 72 hours to the presidential elections on Saturday, April 16, 2011, with the failed last ditch attempt at rescuing the alliance talks between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the Congress […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, April 17th, 2011
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, Deputy Political Editor THE TOTAL SO FAR: Jonathan (PDP) 22million, Buhari (CPC) 10.8million and Ribadu (ACN) 2.2million LAGOS – WITH provisional results from 35 states of the country including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is on his way to retaining presidential power until […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, April 17th, 2011
THISDAY calls the presidential election in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan with a score of 60% – From ThisDay wp_posts
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Early results from some polling centres across the country showed President Goodluck Jonathan and Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in a tight race in the presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission across Nigeria on Saturday. While Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party is believed to be having the upper hand in the South-South, […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Tens of millions of Nigerians voted on Saturday in the most credible presidential election for decades, with very early results from a handful of polling stations showing President Goodluck Jonathan ahead. From the tin-roofed shacks of the Niger Delta, where Jonathan cast his vote, to the dusty alleyways of Daura, the northern home village of […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Top Stories
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Polling is under way in Nigeria’s presidential election, amid hopes of the freest and fairest vote there in two decades. Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan cast his ballot in his home state of Bayelsa in the oil-rich Niger Delta. His main challenge is expected to come from Muhammadu Buhari, an ex-military leader popular in the north. Before […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency
Friday, April 15th, 2011
For Nigerians, the moment of decision is here, as they troop to the polling booths today (Saturday) to elect their president. All eyes will be on Nigeria, the most populous African country with a population of 150 million. President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party; Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria; […]
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Elections 2011, INEC Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Okey Ndibe
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has made good his promise not to spare any official of the Commission found to have compromised himself in the course of duties. Consequently, he has descended on the legal department of the Commission and suspended some top officials for allegedly changing illegally, names of […]
