Ogun State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Adetunji Olurin yesterday foreclosed stepping down for his kinsman, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN). He spoke against the backdrop of the outcome of a meeting of Yewa-Awori youths on Wednesday in Ilaro which urged the duo […]
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 […]
One hundred and forty nine ex-Niger Delta militants have enrolled in universities in Russia and Malaysia to pursue degree courses, just as 26 others commenced training in aviation technology last month. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Head of the Amnesty Office, Kinsley Kuku said during a meeting with former militant […]
Nigerians are voting in parliamentary elections which have been marred by bloody attacks and chaotic delays. Polling had to be abandoned last week after election material failed to reach many areas. Security is tight following sporadic violence in the campaign. Several people were hurt on Saturday in a blast at a polling station in the […]
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was on Thursday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at an Abuja High Court over the re-allocation of a plot of land in the FCT. The ex-minister was accused of re-allocating to the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Iyabo […]
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has said he cancelled the proposed Lagos metro rail line project that was initiated by the government of Alhaji Lateef Jakande because he did not want to take more loans or devalue the naira. The Lagos metro rail line was designed by […]
The situation reports from the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on the magnitude of the logistic problems facing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cast a pall of uncertainty on Saturday’s rescheduled National Assembly election. After a nine-hour meeting with the RECs in Abuja yesterday, sources told Daily Sun that the commission could not conclude […]
The vendor who caused the fiasco that greeted the National Assembly elections last Saturday will face “judicial sanction” for breach of contract, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced. The commission blamed late arrival of materials for the postponement of the elections which has now affected the other polls. INEC is still keeping the […]
Ahead of the rescheduled 2011 General Elections and in furtherance of his resolve to ensure that the Police do not compromise in the areas of rigging, ballot stuffing and snatching, the Inspector General of Police, Monday, ordered the redeployment of all the Squadron Commanders of the Mobile Police Squadron in the country. The redeployed Commanders […]
By Jide Ajani, Editor, Northern Operations National Assembly Elections:Saturday, April 9 Presidential Elections: Saturday, April 16 House of Assembly/Gov. Elections: Tuesday, April 26The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, led by Professor Attahiru Jega, has rescheduled the voting dates for the 2011 general elections. Professor Jega made the announcement Sunday at the INEC headquarters after a […]
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