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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, April 17th, 2011
BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, Deputy Political Editor THE TOTAL SO FAR: Jonathan (PDP) 22million, Buhari (CPC) 10.8million and Ribadu (ACN) 2.2million LAGOS – WITH provisional results from 35 states of the country including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is on his way to retaining presidential power until […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency, Top Stories
Sunday, April 17th, 2011
THISDAY calls the presidential election in favour of President Goodluck Jonathan with a score of 60% – From ThisDay wp_posts
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Sunday, April 17th, 2011
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 […]
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Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has alleged that ballot papers with thumbprints were distributed by air nationwide on the eve of the presidential election. Buhari expressed concern about what he called the nocturnal movement of presidential ballot papers that were taken to polling centres. Speaking on Saturday after […]
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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
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, […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
* 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 […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
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 […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Party Politics, Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
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 […]
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Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
General Muhammadu Buhari was not alone when he was suddenly overcome by emotion in his final official speech going into the Presidential election on Saturday, April 16th 2011, in what he has authoritatively described as his last outing in the Presidential contest in this country. A good number of members of that unique audience and […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
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 […]
