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Elections 2011, Kwara, Latest Politics, Osun, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Faced with Herculean task of printing more ballot papers for the rescheduled Saturday’s National Assembly Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has turned to local contractors to deliver 19 million fresh ballot papers before Saturday. The ballot papers are to replace those already used in many states during the aborted April 2 election. However, […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has turned down a paid television commercial featuring Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, presidential candidate of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) and Kano State Governor. The commercial, produced by the Shekarau for Nigeria Campaign Organisation (SfN), is adapted from the NN24 presidential debate, where Mallam Shekarau was deemed to have performed […]
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Akwa Ibom, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Tension on Tuesday enveloped Uyo as the police prepared to arraign the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) gubernatorial candidate, Senator John Akpanudoedehe, in court. Anti-riot policemen took over the town and court premises even as the police could not bring the politician, abducted on the court premises in Abuja last week, to any of the […]
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Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said he was confident the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega will deliver a free, fair and credible elections despite the botched last Saturday’s National Assembly elections. Jonathan, while fielding questions from newsmen at a photo exhibition in his honour at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, said Jega […]
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Latest Politics
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
The Nigerian Navy said it has deployed three of its Cat class vessels to further protect Nigeria’s strategic interest at the Gulf of Guinea. The deployment came just as a United States combat ship, the USS Robert G. Bradley, arrived Nigeria with 205 officers and men of the United States Navy. The Flag Officer Commanding […]
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Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
The assailants’ car A lawmaker representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Local Government of Abia State in the House of Representatives, Chief Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, on Tuesday escaped assassination. But her driver, who used her Honda Sport Utility Vehicle marked EK 810 ABC was shot on his hand and ear. He was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
The Federal Government has said it cannot allow youth unemployment and social disorder to prevail in the country. The government on Tuesday, said such negative development could lead to social unrest as currently being witnessed in North Africa and the Arab world. In order to avoid this, it has urged the 25 newly inducted […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
EGBEMA Ijaw youths have vowed to make the April polls impracticable in Warri North council area over what they termed as gross marginalization by the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. The youths accused the state government of failing to carry them along since its inception. They also accused Governor Uduaghan of failing to caution some […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, launched a stock taking mechanism to ensure that materials already used in some parts of the country before the postponement of last Saturday’s elections were not used in subsequent elections. The commission said its electoral officers in the field would have to account for all the electoral materials […]
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Elections 2011, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said contractors whose failure to fulfill contractual obligations to the electoral body resulted in postponement of last Saturday’s National Assembly elections would be made to pay for their lapses. Chief Press Secretary to the commission, Kayode Robert Idowu, confirmed to Daily Sun that since the contractual terms had […]
