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May 29: Outgoing governors jittery

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Governors, Top Stories Sunday, May 1st, 2011

As May 29, 2011 handover date approaches, outgoing governors have become jittery as law enforcement agencies are finalising plans to probe them for corruption. SUNDAY PUNCH authoritatively learnt that the Nigeria Police Force, State Security Service, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Immigration Service are determined to ensure that there is no […]

Lagos: Island – Fashola in early lead

Posted by admin Governors, Lagos, State News Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

The incumbent Governor of Lagos State and governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, appears to be set for a massive win as the election results tumbling-in from various polling units across the state show him leading his closest rival, Dr. Ade Dosunmu of the Peoples Democratic Party by a wide […]

Guber Polls: High turn out in the south, apathy in the north

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Elections into 24 out of the 36 governorship seats and that of the 34 state Houses of Assembly started on Tuesday with tight security across the nation. The governorship poll did not take place in 12 states. In 10 of the states, the governors are yet to complete either their first or second tenure in […]

Fashola, Amaechi, Chime, Amosun winning

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Enugu, Governors, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Rivers, State News Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Mrs Atanda casting her vote at Methodist Pry School Orile Agege Local Government Area , Lagos State during the Governorship elections on Tuesday. PHOTO; Kehinde Gbadamosi Low voter turn out, violence mar polls, Akala, Shema struggling, Akpabio, Amaechi, Aliyu leading GOVERNORS Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, and Sullivan Chime of Enugu […]

Killing of corps members: NYSC DG blames state govs

Posted by admin Governors, Latest Politics, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp) Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier-General Ismaila Tsiga, yesterday, berated governors in Northern states where corps members were killed in post-presidential election violence, penultimate weekend, and said he was ready to quit. Speaking on an African Independent Television, AIT, programme, monitored in Abuja, the D-G said governors of states where the […]

Plateau: Jang, Tallen in a close race

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Plateau, State News, Women Politics Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

AS the governorship election holds today, the contest in Plateau State promises to be interesting because of the recent crises in the state, Jude Owuamanam writes All eyes are on Plateau as the state gets set to make history today (Tuesday) as three political gladiators jostle for the Rayfield Government House. The incumbent Governor Jonah […]

The big battle •Nigerians elect new governors in 24 states •Lagos PDP, ACN jittery

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors, State News, Top Stories Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

TODAY, 322 gubernatorial candidates will be contesting for governorship seats, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) holds gubernatorial elections in 24 of the nation’s 36 states. The gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections in Bauchi and Kaduna states had been rescheduled to Thursday, sequel to the violence that engulfed some parts of the […]

Fresh security concern over guber polls

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

The Federal Government is reviewing internal security ahead of Tuesday’s governorship and state assembly elections following intelligence report about plans by some people to derail the elections. The announcement of the result of the April 16th presidential election triggered massive violence in some Northern states that claimed many lives and left others injured. Eleven states, […]

Easter: Bankole, govs admonish Nigerians

Posted by admin Governors, House, Legislature Friday, April 22nd, 2011

DIMEJI BANKOLE Prominent Nigerians on Thursday called on the citizens, especially Christians, to pray for the nation during the Easter celebrations. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole; Governors of Ogun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Cross River, Mr. Liyel Imoke; and Abia, Mr. Theodore Orji, were among public officers, who urged Nigerians on the […]

FG to close nation’s waterways for guber elections

Posted by admin Elections 2011, Governors Friday, April 22nd, 2011

The Federal Government on Thursday said it would close all the waterways in the country during next week’s governorship election until the end of the poll on Tuesday. The government noted that its resolve to disallow movement within Nigeria’s borders during the period was to prevent foreigners from coming into the country and to ward […]