The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has upheld the appeal filed by former House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Masari, by returning him as the Katsina State CPC governorship candidate. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Jimi Bada said the appellants were able to convince the court that the party primary, which Masari emerged as the […]
With just five days to the governorship elections, the Court of Appeal Abuja Division on Wednesday deepened the lingering crisis in the Congress for Change [CPC] when it nullified the candidacy of the son of the late military head of state, Sani Abacha, Mohammed as the governorship candidate of the party for Kano State. The […]
Three persons were feared dead and several others wounded following a fresh breakdown of law and order in the metropolitan area of Kano yesterday. Several vehicles were alsdo vandalized as their owners tried to escape from the troubled spots to safe areas. The cars were vandalized by angry youths who also took advantage of the […]
KADUNA-BURNT corpses with machete wounds lay in roads and smoke rose above the city where rioting broke out again, Tuesday, among opposition supporters who were angered by the announcement that President Goodluck Jonathan had won the election. On the outskirts of the city, burnt out minibuses and cars littered the highways, and at least six […]
Post-election violence swept through some Northern states on Sunday night and Monday as results of the presidential poll released by the Independent National Electoral Commission clearly showed Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as the winner. States where violence flared were Kano, Kaduna, Adamawa, Katsina, Plateau, Yobe, Bauchi, Borno, Katsina and Sokoto. In states like Kano, Bauchi […]
Latest Presidential Results 17 Apr 2011 ABIA Goodluck 1,175,954 Buhari 3,608 Ribadu 4,156 EDO Goodluck 542,173 Buhari 17,795 ENUGU Goodluck 802,144 Buhari 3,753 Ribadu 1755 JIGAWA Goodluck 419,252 Buhari 663,994 KANO Goodluck 440, 666 Buhari 1,624, 354 Ribadu 42, 353 KOGI Goodluck 399,816 Buhari 132, 201 Ribadu 6516 KWARA Goodluck 268,243 Buhari 83,603 Ribadu 52, […]
Below is a table of the latest available results from states around Nigeria from Saturday’s presidential elections. The figures show the number of seats won by the main candidates in each state as announced by the local offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). There are 36 states plus Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory […]
The presidential candidate of All Nigeria Peoples Party(ANPP) Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has declared to accept the likely outcome of the Presidential election in as far as it certifies that the whole process was free and fair. “I will accept the result of the election as long as the process is free and fair, and I […]
The Kano State Government, on Friday inaugurated a transport scheme for female students of public secondary schools in the state. Governor Ibrahim Shekarau inaugurated the scheme at the Government Arabic College (Girls), Goron Dutse. It will be managed by the Kano State Ministry of Works and Transport. Seven luxury buses will ply designated routes […]
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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