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Anambra, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, led other Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials from the state to face the panel probing the Anambra Central senatorial election stalemate at the Abuja headquarters of the commission. INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, had on Wednesday announced that the commission was instituting a panel to […]
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Elections 2011, Kwara, State News
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Ten political parties, including the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Political Change (CPC), have jointly called for the cancellation of last Saturday’s National Assembly election in Kwara State, alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) connived with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig […]
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Anambra, Elections 2011, State News
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Anambra State Government has debunked media reports alleging that government officials attempted to bribe an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mr Alex Anene to announce Professor Dora Akunyili as the winner of the Anambra Central senatorial election conducted on Saturday, April 9, 2011. A release signed by the Chief Press Secretary […]
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Anambra, Elections 2011, State News
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission has cancelled the result of the senatorial election in Anambra Central Senatorial District. It said a rerun would be fixed for a date to be announced soon. The decision was announced at a press conference in Awka by the newly appointed Returning Officer for Anambra Central, Prof. Charles Esinone. The […]
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Anambra, Elections 2011, State News
Monday, April 11th, 2011
But for the civil approach of the Police and other security agents at the Awka South Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters, yesterday, Anambra State would have witnessed bloodshed following protests by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) agents. The strength of the ACN agents’ protests over alleged mutilation of results and alteration of results […]
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Abia, Elections 2011, State News
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the Abia State results declaring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner in the three senatorial seats and the seven federal constituencies where elections were said to have taken place. The INEC had given an order that there would not be any election in Isiala Ngwa North and South […]
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Abia, Elections 2011, Party Politics, State News
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Former governor of Abia State and candidate of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) for Abia North Senatorial District, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has rejected the result of last Saturday’s National Assembly election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday announced Senator Uche Chukwumerije of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the poll in Abia […]
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EFCC Politics, Ondo, State News
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party in the Ondo South Senatorial District on Sunday protested the results being collated by the Independent NationalElectoral Commission in the area. A statement by the Chairman of the PDP in the senatorial district, Mr. Sola Adenigbo, and Secretary, Chief Ayi Olowokanga, alleged an unimaginable level of manipulation and gross abuse […]
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EFCC Politics, Gombe, Nasarawa, State News
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the immediate past Deputy Governor of Gombe State and Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate for Gombe South, Mr. Joshua Lidani, as the winner of the election in the area. Lidani, a lawyer, beat three others with 116,625 votes, according to the result announced in Kaltungo on Sunday […]
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Anambra, Elections 2011, State News
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The Election Returning Officer for Anambra Central Senatorial district election, Mr. Alex Anene, on Sunday alleged that he was offered N10m, a duplex and scholarships for his children to persuade him to declare a particular candidate winner of the Saturday poll. Anene told journalists that he abandoned his post and failed to declare the […]
