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Friday, April 15th, 2011
Today, the die is cast and all the anxiety of who becomes the country’s president in the next four years would give way within the next 48 hours, when the results would be announced. Some of the presidential candidates are seen as contestants to the throne, while some are mere pretenders. Indeed, most of them […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, State News
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The agents of the leading opposition parties in Delta State engaged the state Independent Electoral Commission officials in Asaba in a shouting match after accusing the electoral body of hoarding result sheets for the National Assembly elections in the state on Saturday. The agents of the DPP, a party seen as the greatest threat […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
TWO voters were shot dead in today’s National Assembly polls at Ogbe –Ogume in Ndokwa West local government area of Delta State, while vehicles and electoral materials, belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were destroyed by armed men in Isoko South local government. Hundreds of persons who thronged the polling units across the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Imo, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Readers election reports as sent in by Vanguard readers across the country. Note: Please include your names and location when sending your messages. Election in Itu ward 5 in Akwa Ibom state was free and fair There was no election nor materials in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa Materials were hijacked by PDP to Olugbobiri town […]
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Delta, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
LEADER, Delta Elders, Leaders and Stakeholders Forum, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, yesterday disclosed that report making the rounds that former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori, had been set free were a ruse and absolutely baseless. Clark, who spoke with The Guardian, said the story making the rounds that Ibori had been set free were […]
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Delta, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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 […]
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Delta, INEC Politics, State News
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State’s bid to continue in office beyond April without the conduct of gubernatorial election in Delta State suffered a major setback when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) told a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba that Uduaghan’s tenure expires in May 2011. […]
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Delta, State News
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The European Union (EU) has expressed readiness to assist the States of the Niger Delta region to achieve good governance. This disclosure was made recently in Asaba , Delta State capital by the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, David Macrae when he paid a courtesy visit on the Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan at […]
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Delta, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recorded about 1.9 million eligible voters in Delta State during the just concluded voter registration exercise. The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Gabriel Ogbudu Ada, who disclosed this in Asaba while fielding questions from newsmen, added that the commission had not got all the number of registered voters, […]
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Delta, State News, Top Stories
Friday, February 4th, 2011
The London Telegraph reported yesterday how the Yar’Adua administration opted out of a prisoner transfer agreement with Britain unless the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against ex-Governor James Ibori of Delta State. Chief Ibori is accused of laundering more than 196 million Pounds public funds in Britain. The agreement would have allowed Britain deport more […]
