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April polls: Army, Air Force to provide support in crisis areas

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Thursday, March 17th, 2011

The Nigerian Army is one of the bodies committed to the success of the April elections. Last week, members of the 73 Battalion, (Janguza), Nigerian Army demonstrated their preparedness ahead of the 2011 April polls, during an in- house training code named Sabon Magana. Sabon Magana was framed in line with the Chief of Army […]

2011: Why I dumped IBB for Jonathan –Dabo

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Chairman Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Move Nigeria Project (MNP), Dr. Godwin Akpenlamen Dabo Adzuana on Wednesday explained that he sacrificed his 49-year relationship with former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida for President Goodluck Jonathan in the overall interest of the country. He however, called on Babangida to support Jonathan and vice president Namadi […]

Daniel booed at Jonathan’s rally, as Obasanjo chides supporters

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Ogun, State News Saturday, March 12th, 2011

The Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, was on Saturday, booed at the presidential rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Daniel, who accompanied President Goodluck Jonathan to the MKO Abiola Stadium, venue of the rally, was heckled on the few occasions his name was mentioned by some speakers. […]

APRIL POLLS: We insist on Zoning – Ciroma, others

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Friday, March 11th, 2011

TWENTY-one days to the general elections, the Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF says it remains unshaken in its position on zoning and rotation of public offices, while asking Nigerians to establish this during the elections. In a communiqué signed by its Chairman and former Minister of Finance, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, the group at the end […]

Jonathan woos Babangida in a bid to win the north

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Friday, March 11th, 2011

Barely four weeks to the general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan has taken measures to win over influential political leaders in the North, with the view to garnering support in the zone. Sources revealed that jolted by the massive turnout in campaign rallies of former head of state and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) presidential candidate, […]

Arewa denies mobilising generals for Buhari

Posted by admin Arewa House, Elections 2011 Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Disturbed by news report that retired military generals of Northern extraction would soon meet in Kaduna at the instance of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) to discuss issues about the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, and the 2011 general election, chieftains of the ACF, on Wednesday, in Kaduna said the […]

INEC moves to halt 5 govs’ tenure elongation •I didn’t stop sequence of elections -Justice Auta

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the execution of the judgment that extended the tenure of five governors to 2012. In a motion for stay filed by the counsel for the electoral body, Carol Ajie, INEC asked the court for an interim order stopping […]

April polls: PDP, 12 others refuse to sign election Code of Conduct

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has expressed concern over alleged hostility by some state governors to opposition parties in their states, especially as it concerns electioneering campaign. He expressed his concern just as some 13 political parties, including the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) withheld their assents to the new […]

2011: Police warn politicians against carrying weapon

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Nigerian Police Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

IBADAN-Ahead of April polls, the Oyo State Police Command has warned that any politician caught with dangerous weapons during the poll would be seriously dealth with. Unlike in the past election when the police would need directives from the Independent National Electoral Commission, the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Baba Adisa Bolanta, said the force had […]

Clinton leads U.S. team to monitor April polls

Posted by admin Elections 2011 Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan (left),Vice President Namadi Sambo(middle), and former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Tony Anenih, acknowledging cheers at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Benin City … on Tuesday. American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, may lead a high-powered delegation to observe and monitor the April elections in Nigeria. White […]