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Elections 2011, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State said on Wednesday that it would challenge the result of the just-concluded state governorship election in court. Also, the National Conscience Party governorship candidate, Mr. Ayodele Akele, rejected the result. The Lagos State Secretary of PDP, Chief Tunji Shelle, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the […]
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Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Elections 2011, Enugu, Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Amosun, Ahmed win Ogun, Kwara, Doma loses in Nasarawa Lamido, Amaechi, Fashola, Akpabio, Suswam re-elected Chime, Orji, Geidam, Aliyu retain seats Kwankwaso returns to Kano Govt House Stalemate in Imo, Ajimobi floors Alao-Akala THE wind of change blowing across the polity yesterday swept away some sitting governors and helmsmen of state legislatures. Some outgoing governors […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Plateau, State News
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
MOVES by the two Langtang born ex-Army Generals, Lt.-Gen. Jeremiah Useni and Brig.-Gen. John Shagaya to clinch the Plateau South Senatorial seat has been dashed as they were defeated by their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Victor Lar. Useni contested on the platform of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) while Shagaya contested on the […]
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Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The 21st century in which Arabs fought and won their freedom against tyranny is the one in which the North is fighting against injustice and vote stealing and allocation.” These were the words of one Aminu (not real name), a northerner and a graduate, who even did his postgraduate studies at Leeds University, in the […]
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Bauchi, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Following the decision by corps members to back out of the conduct of gubernatorial and state Assembly elections in the troubled Bauchi and Kaduna states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has settled for students of tertiary institutions in both states to serve as ad-hoc personnel for the election billed for today. The bulk of […]
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Elections 2011, Kwara, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won the Tuesday gubernatorial election in Kwara State. Its candidate, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, polled 254,969 votes to defeat his the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) counterpart, Mr Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN), who scored 152,580 votes. Senator Gbemisola Rukayat Saraki of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) had 72,456 […]
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Akwa Ibom, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Governor Godswill Akpabio was yesterday evening declared winner of last Tuesday’s gubernatorial elections in Akwa Ibom State. In making the declaration, the state returning officer, Professor [Mrs] Comfort Ekpo announced that the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] scored 957,585 votes to beat its closest rival Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] which polled 163,449 votes ,while the […]
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Elections 2011, Imo, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Imo State governorship election lived up to its billing, with tension and drama, and has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Before then, Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) were running head to head. Okorocha led in 12 […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
ASABA- PROTESTS erupted at Ekpan, Uvwie local government and Sapele in Sapele local government area of Delta State, Wednesday morning, as news filtered in that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate; Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is leading in 13 local government areas in Tuesday’s governorship poll, while Chief Great Ogboru of the Democratic Peoples Party, […]
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Edo, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo State, has defeated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Tuesday’s state House of Assembly election, capturing 19 seats out of the 24, as against the four won by the PDP. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has, meanwhile, ordered a re-run in two units in Igueben Local […]
