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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has been on the political turf a great deal these past few years – and it is not just because he was the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (DP) to the last gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The controversy that preceded his choice, the […]
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Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Presidential standard bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), shed tears while presenting his speech on the occasion, marking the end of his presidential campaign at the International Conference Centre in Abuja yesterday. Buhari, who was honoured as the ‘Noble Father of Nigerian Youths and the Icon of Nigerian Democracy’ […]
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Benue, Elections 2011, Legislature, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Sunday, April 10th, 2011

SENATE PRESIDENT SENATOR DAVID MARK DECLARED WINNER OF BENUE SOUTH SENATORIAL RACE. ABUJA, April 10, (THEWILL) – Senate President, David Mark of the People Democratic Party (PDP) was today declared winner of the senatorial contest in the Benue South Senatorial District. The declaration has however aroused a series of controversies as exit polls in the […]
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House, Legislature, NNP Elections 2011 Updates
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
PRESS STATEMENT NASS ELECTION: BANKOLE COMMENDS VOTERS The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole has reacted to the outcome of the 2011 National Assembly election conducted yesterday saying that outcome on the whole reflected the wishes of the people in our national quest to enshrine an enduring democracy for […]
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Elections 2011, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011

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 […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Oyo, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
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 […]
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Cross River, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
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 […]
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Abia, Borno, Elections 2011, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
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 […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Oyo, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Ibadan, the hotbed of South West politics was alive on Saturday as its residents turned out in large number to elect those who would represent them at the National Assembly for another four years. In this report, Olaolu Oladipo who was in the former capital of the Old Western Region captures the mood of […]
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Ekiti, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Critical stakeholders in today’s election have unanimously rejected plans by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct elections in two of the six federal constituencies in Ekiti State. The stakeholders, comprising the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Alliance for Democracy (AD), […]