Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau up against incumbent factor

Today, the die is cast and all the anxiety of who becomes the country’s president in the next four years would give way within the next 48 hours, when the results would be announced.  Some of the presidential candidates are seen as contestants to the throne, while some are mere pretenders. Indeed, most of them […]

D-Day for Jonathan, Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau

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; […]

Polls: All fears are gone – Mark

Senate President, Senator David Mark, has submitted that the perseverance, commitment and patriotism displayed by Nigerians towards the success of the 2011 elections have erased the fears hitherto expressed by skeptics about the polls. Senator Mark told a delegation of the European Union (EU) international observers to the 2011 elections in Nigeria that Nigerians had […]

Presidential polls: INEC receives 1.9m ballot papers in Ogun

A total of 1, 980,000 ballot papers have been received by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election. Also, all the Form EC8 series needed for the recording of the election results were also received. Disclosing this, on Thursday, to newsmen was the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr […]

Atiku group declares support for Jonathan’s presidency

The candidature of Jonathan/Sambo received a boost when a group of Atiku loyalists declared their support for the president ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election. The group, Atiku Progressive Forum (APF), with a numerical strength of over three million members across the country, said it decided to support Jonathan/Sambo candidacy ahead of other presidential candidates based […]

Appeal court decides tenure of 5 Govs today

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, will today, decide the fate of five sitting Governors of Kogi, Adamawa, Sokoto, Bayelsa and Cross River states, with regards to whether or not they should vacate their respective offices on the 29th of next month. The appellate court which will today deliver judgment on the appeal […]

SSS nab 7 over electoral offences in Abia

A CHIEFTAIN of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, and candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in last Saturday’s NASS elections, Mr. Nnamdi Orji, yesterday alleged that seven ward chairmen and coordinators of the party were arrested last Friday by operative of state security service, SSS, in a meeting in one of their leader’s house in Ihechiowa, […]

Police order restriction of movement from 10pm today

Barely 48 hours to the Presidential election across the country, the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Abubakar Ringim, has said that the restriction of movement for Saturday, April 16, Presidential election will commence from today 10pm to 6am. The restriction, according to the police, will resume from  8am to 6pm on Saturday, April 16 within […]

Mark to EU: Don’t interfere in our elections

Senate President, David Mark, has warned the European Union, EU, and other international observers monitoring the 2011 general polls in the country not to interfere in the electoral process. Sen Mark, who gave the warning while meeting with Head of the EU observation mission and former Prime Minister of Slovenia, Mr. Aloysius Peterle, stressed that […]

Presidential poll: Vote candidate of your choice, Jonathan tells Nigerians

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged Nigerians to turn-out en-masse during tomorrow’s presidential and subsequent elections to vote for candidates of their choice. President Jonathan spoke when Mr. John Kuffuor, former Ghanaian President and leader of African Union Election Observation Mission to the Nigerian Presidential Elections, visited him at State House. He said: “I thank Nigerians […]

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