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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Imo, INEC Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. Due to the number of cancelled votes (144,715) in relation to the margin of win (79,529) by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Rochas Okorocha, the Returning Officer, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive. He said a new date […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
By Abiodun Alade The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akinwunmi Ambode defeated his main challenger, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, according to the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Below is the result from the 20 Local Government Areas as announced by INEC. APC PDP 1. Ibeju Lekki. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
South African President Jacob Zuma South Africa is considering returning more than $15m, it seized from Nigeria in September, last year. The money, which was meant for the purchase of arms to fight the Boko Haram insurgents, was seized in two batches of $5.7m and $9.3m. A South African newspaper, The Mail & Guardian, […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 10th, 2015
By iReports-ng.com The Minister of Petroleum Resource; Diezani Alison-Madueke Barely two months to the inauguration of a new government, the fear of the President-Elect General Muhammadu Buhari is already driving corrupt officials who wield enormous power under the out-going Goodluck Jonathan administration out of the country. Buhari has declared that the fight against corruption will […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Ekiti, Governors, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose and his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, have raced to a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the 19 All Progressives Congress members of the state House of Assembly from impeaching them. But they met a brick wall as the judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, turned down […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
By Chidi Chima 48 Comments In his inauguration speech as president on May 6, 2010, following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, President Goodluck Jonathan had promised to reform the electoral process, and he went about it by appointing a respected university teacher and activist, Attahiru Jega, a professor of political […]
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Africa & World Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) French President Francois Hollande spoke with President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on the telephone on Thursday and invited him to Paris for discussions on the expansion of trade between France and Nigeria. A statement by the French Embassy in Abuja said the French leader congratulated Buhari on his success and noted the peaceful […]
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Africa & World Politics, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
British Prime Minister, David Cameron The UK Prime Minister,David Cameron, has released a statement congratulating the President-elect, Maj. Gen Buhari(retd.) on his victory at the presidential election. Cameron, in a statement on www.gov.uk Wednesday said,”I send my warmest congratulations to General Buhari on being elected as Nigeria’s next President. “This election has been a credit to the Nigerian […]
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American Politics, Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
President Barack Obama | credits: guardianlv.com United States President,Barrack Obama, on Wednesday, commended President Goodluck Jonathan and the President-elect, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), for their public commitments to non-violence during their campaigns. Obama, in a statement said President Jonathan placed Nigeria’s interests first by conceding defeat while congratulating Buhari on his victory. “I look forward to working with […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Top Stories
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File photo IF President Goodluck Jonathan was afraid of the outcome of the just concluded presidential election, he never showed it. Before the election was held, he had started giving conditions on the type of people he wanted to dominate the forthcoming Eighth National Assembly “I would want […]
