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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), INEC Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that the conduct of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections was better than those of the presidential and National Assembly polls. Before he gave the order, after collecting his Certificate of Return at INEC’s Electoral Institute in Abuja, the President suspended the Minister […]
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Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Presidency
Monday, April 18th, 2011
ABUJA – CONGRESS for Progressive Change, CPC, Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, called for the cancellation of results of the election saying that computers used in compiling the votes were programmed to rig the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, back to power. Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Shekarau Buhari’s assertion was backed […]
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Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Presidency
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Why he is Nigeria’s next President IF there were concerns that Nigeria’s presidential election was going to be a cliff_hanger, those concerns evaporated 72 hours to the presidential elections on Saturday, April 16, 2011, with the failed last ditch attempt at rescuing the alliance talks between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and the Congress […]
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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 […]
