THISDAY calls the presidential election in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan with a score of 60% – From ThisDay wp_posts
Nigeria’s presidential election has been given an initial thumbs up by observers, but early indications on Sunday showed sharp divisions between the mainly Muslim north and mostly Christian south. While President Goodluck Jonathan was the favourite going in to the race in Africa’s most populous nation, turnout appeared especially high in the north, the power […]
Early results from some polling centres across the country showed President Goodluck Jonathan and Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in a tight race in the presidential election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission across Nigeria on Saturday. While Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party is believed to be having the upper hand in the South-South, […]
* Buhari leading in Katsina, Kaduna, Borno, Kano, Niger, Sokoto, Borno * Sambo, Ribadu, Shekarau crash at home * Govs, Ministers deliver for President By Emma Aziken, Clifford Ndujihe, Oladimeji Ayomide, Charles Kumolu, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Peter Duru, Dapo Akinrefon, Daniel Idonor, Emma Amaize and Wale Mosadomi. President Goodluck Jonathan, the presidential candidate of the Peoples […]
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, led by General Muhammadu Buhari has warned that they would not allow anyone to manipulate the results of Saturday’s presidential election. In a press statement signed by its National Chairman Prince Tonny Momoh, the party said they “have access to the results posted at the various voting centres and we […]
Tens of millions of Nigerians voted on Saturday in the most credible presidential election for decades, with very early results from a handful of polling stations showing President Goodluck Jonathan ahead. From the tin-roofed shacks of the Niger Delta, where Jonathan cast his vote, to the dusty alleyways of Daura, the northern home village of […]
President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday swept the two polling stations at the presidential Villa defeating his closest rival, the Congress For Progressive Change with more than half of the votes cast. In one of the polling stations which is less than one hundred meters from the Pilot gate of the presidential Villa, president Jonathan polled 630 […]
Jonathan Vows to Leave Power if Defeated President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians and the international community that he will leave power if defeated in the Presidential election which held Saturday across the country. He spoke immediately after casting his vote at 12.35pm Saturday, saying that though he was in the contest to […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the Yeye Oodua, Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo and the entire Awolowo family over the demise of one of her children, Otunba Ayo Soyode. The president made a phone call to Chief (Mrs.) Awolowo at about 9.08 p.m on Thursday. By Friday afternoon, a delegation of ministers was already in […]
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; […]
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