As 74 million Nigerians go to the polls today, to elect members of the National Assembly, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has promised that tough time awaits election riggers. The INEC chairman told editors and news managers, in a meeting in Abuja, that politicians who are planning to hijack […]
CHRISTIAN leaders including General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie have urged Nigerians to troup out en masse today to cast their votes in the National Assembly elections, saying that the ongoing polls are very crucial for […]
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as barbaric and strongly condemnable, the manhandling of its governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom, Senator John Akpanudoedehen, by security agents who re-arrested and slapped him, after he was granted bail in the phantom treason charge against him. National Publicity Secretary of the ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said […]
Anambra: All eyes on Akunyili, Emordi, Ngige, Uba In Anambra State, the outcome of Saturday’s election as it affects Akunyili, Ngige, Senator Joy Emordi and a former governor of the state, Chief Andy Uba, will attract the attention of many people. The candidates for Anambra North include Emordi (APGA); a former minister, John Emeka […]
T he presidential candidate of the United National Party for Development, Mrs. Ebiti Ndok, may miss the presidential election as she has been remanded in the Maximum Security Prison, Keffi, Nasarawa State, for issuing dud cheques to two hotels in Abuja. The court ordered that she should be remanded till April 19, 2011. Ndok […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to take the fight against corruption to the next level if he wins the April 9 presidential election as he harped on necessity for strengthening the anti-corruption institutions as a means of making them perform more effectively. The president promised never to interfere with the operations of any of the […]
Bank customers in Delta State went through harrowing experiences, on Wednesday, as financial institutions put their offices under lock and key in protest against withdrawal of mobile policemen attached to them. The mobile policemen were withdrawn in response to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, and the need for their services in […]
A week to the general election, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday, gave a strong indication of its readiness to disrupt the electoral process should President Goodluck Jonathan fail to immediately assent the N18,000 national minimum wage. To this end, the NLC, on Tuesday, gave President Jonathan a six-day ultimatum to sign the bill […]
THE Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Monday, raised an alarm, alerting people to the alleged plan by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to forment trouble and rig the April elections in the state. The governor, who urged the people to be vigilant, also enjoined them to vote and protect their votes from marauders. […]
Results of the coming elections will be announced in 48 hours, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chair Prof. Attahiru Jega said yesterday. He also said that the distribution of ballot papers, which are being kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria, would be tracked to avoid being hijacked by politicians and thugs. Jega, who spoke […]
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