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Abia, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Friday, January 1st, 2016
Owerri—The Governorship Election Appeal Tribunal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has nullified the election Governor Okozie Ikpeazu of Abia State. The court also declared Dr. Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the winner of the April 11 and April 25 supplementary elections. The five-member panel, headed by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, annulled the election […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News, Taraba
Monday, December 21st, 2015
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba against the nullification of his electoral victory by a tribunal. Justice Abdul Aboki said the court would later announce the date for the judgment in the appeal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
The three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting in Abuja has struck out the appeal of Nyesom Wike seeking a dismissal of the judgment of the Rivers election petition tribunal which sacked him as governor of the state. In a 110-page ruling delivered by Justice M.B. Dongban-Mensem, the Court ruled that the election of Nyesom Wike […]
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Bayelsa, Election 2015, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
• Meets security agents, stakeholders behind closed doors From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) has summoned security agents and other stakeholders such as the leadership of political parties, Civil Liberty Organisations (CLOs), IFES for an enlarged meeting tomorrow to chart a way forward on the inconclusive governorship election in Bayelsa State. A […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says more work is needed to perfect the conduct of elections in Nigeria. The President made the remark when he received newly elected members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council’s (IPAC) Executive Committee in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. He frowned at what he described as “unhelpful electoral attitudes” of […]
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Bayelsa, Election 2015, Elections, General Politics, Headlines, State News
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
As the December 5, Governorship Polls in Bayelsa State draws near, Elder Asu Beks, President, Ijaw People’s Assembly, takes a look at the chances of the APC candidates, Chief Timipre Sylva, and says he is the man to beat. What are the chances of Chief Timi Sylva? A The December 5, Polls in Bayelsa present […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, INEC Politics, Kogi, State News
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
Kogi governorship election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi State governorship election inconclusive. Declaring the results of the election, the electoral body said its decision was reached after collation of results that showed a number of cancelled votes that was high than the margin between the leading candidate and the runner-up. […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Governors, Headlines, Kogi, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
LOKOJA – The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the Saturday Governorship election in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu has been confirmed dead. Audu was said to have complained of stomach ache on Saturday shortly after voting and returning to his country home in Ogbonicha, Ofu Local government, and was advised to […]
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Election 2015, Elections, General Politics, Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, October 24th, 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike will appeal the judgment of the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which ordered fresh governorship election on the basis of the card reader accreditation during the election. Addressing journalists after the judgment delivered by Justice Suleiman Ambrosa of the Rivers State […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
The Akwa Ibom State governorship tribunal has ordered for a rerun of the governorship election in the state. The Tribunal ordered Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct re-run election in 18 local government areas of the state. There are 31 LGs in Akwa Ibom. Giving its verdict on Wednesday, the Tribunal said it was […]
