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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, led by General Muhammadu Buhari has warned that they would not allow anyone to manipulate the results of Saturday’s presidential election. In a press statement signed by its National Chairman Prince Tonny Momoh, the party said they “have access to the results posted at the various voting centres and we […]
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Elections 2011
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Millions of Nigerians are casting their ballots for a second time this month, this time in presidential elections that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is favored to win. Long lines of voters are packing voting booths across Nigeria to cast their votes in Saturday’s presidential polls, which pits incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan against a crowded field […]
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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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Anambra, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, State News
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Former Minister of Information and Communication and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District, Professor Dora Akunyili, yesterday walked into a warm embrace of party supporters in the boundary town of Amansea where she declared that whatever decision Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) takes in the impasse in respect of the […]
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Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
General Muhammadu Buhari was not alone when he was suddenly overcome by emotion in his final official speech going into the Presidential election on Saturday, April 16th 2011, in what he has authoritatively described as his last outing in the Presidential contest in this country. A good number of members of that unique audience and […]
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Borno, Elections 2011, Nigerian Police, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
The Nigeria Police have arrested four persons who threw an improvised explosive device at a police patrol convoy in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri on Saturday morning. The police said in a statement that the suspects were arrested at Galadima Junction in Lamisula area of the state capital around 8.30am. INEC and the National Emergency […]
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Elections 2011
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the National Conscience Party, NCP, Bashorun Dele Momodu Saturday lost elections at his Ward 10 unit 24 at Wasimi Community High School where he cast his vote. The results show that the PDP polled 177 votes, CPC 65, ACN 41 and NCP 1 vote.wp_posts
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Elections 2011, Plateau, State News
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
There was a bigger turnout in many parts of Plateau State for Saturday’s presidential election with most logistic problems experienced during the National Assembly elections taken care of. Although the arrest of about 28 members of the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) who were observing the election generated some anxiety, the election was peaceful in the […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, State News
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
WARRI- THE 10 election observers of the Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, who were held hostage by youths of some communities in Delta State, during Saturday’s presidential poll, were handed over to the police at the Koko Police Station, Koko in Warri North local government area of Delta state . Delta state coordinator of TMG, Oghenejabor […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday swept the two polling stations at the presidential Villa defeating his closest rival, the Congress For Progressive Change with more than half of the votes cast. In one of the polling stations which is less than one hundred meters from the Pilot gate of the presidential Villa, president Jonathan polled 630 […]
