Tag: polls
Again, Obi leads Tinubu, Atiku, Kwankwaso in fresh Anap Poll
ABUJA - For the second time in four months, a new poll concluded in December has shown that the 2023 presidential candidate of the...
Kaduna LG polls: PDP wins Jaba LG
Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission has declared Mr Phillip Gwada (PDP) as winner of Saturday’s chairmanship election in Jaba Local Government Area of the...
Tragedy As Kano LG Chairman Dies 2 Days After Winning Election
Newly elected chairman of Bebeji Local Government Area, Alhaji Ali Namadi has been reported dead two days after winning the polls.
Mr. Namadi was among...
Sri Lanka’s new President, Rajapaksa Sworn in after Record Victory
Colombo - Sri Lanka’s former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 70, was sworn in Monday as the country’s new president...
Polls: Group urges Atiku to accept defeat
By Femi Ogunshola
Abuja - A group, Forward With Buhari (FWB), has urged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ...
Atiku wins Taraba polls with 374, 743 votes
By Abujah Racheal
Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji...
UN Chief appeals to voters in CAR for peaceful polls
United Nations - UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has appealed to the electorate in Central African Republic (CAR) for a massive turn-out in Wednesday's...
Council Polls: Rivers APC satisfied with outcome, says Publicity Secretary
PORT HARCOURT - The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Mr Chris Finebone, said on Monday that the party was...
Abia supplementary polls record appreciable voter turnout
Umuahia- Saturday’s governorship and state assembly supplementary elections in Abia witnessed an appreciable turnout of voters in Umuahia and its environs.
The exercise commenced around...
Low turnout in Ekiti as supplementary polls hold in 20 polling...
Iye (Ekiti)- The supplementary election in 20 polling units in Ilejemeje State Constituency in Ekiti, was characterised by low voters’ turnout on Saturday ..
The...
I can’t guarantee PDP victory in rerun polls – Muazu
Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu
The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, has told...
INEC delegates 6 commissioners to monitor supplementary polls in Abia
Umuahia- Three resident electoral commissioners, in addition to three national commissioners, have been deployed to Abia for Saturday’s governorship and state assembly re-run elections.
The...
2015 election: Ex-LG chairman applaud Nigerians for massive turnout at polls
Bwari (FCT)- A former Chairman, Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Isa Dara, has applauded the impressive turnout of Nigerians in...
Youth, unemployed, others besiege newspaper stands to discuss Saturday’s polls
Lagos- Issues on presidential and National Assembly elections dominated discussions of free newspaper readers in Ojota, Lagos, on Sunday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Mixed reactions greet conduct of Presidential, NASS polls
Abuja- Nigerians on Saturday reacted differently to the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
NAN also...
Jonathan votes at Otuoke, says INEC will conduct credible polls
Otuoke (Bayelsa- President Goodluck Jonathan, his wife Dame Patience Jonathan, and President’s mother, Madam Eunice, were the first persons to cast their votes at Otuoke...
Drop card readers before governorship polls, Maku tells INEC
Nassarawa-Eggon (Nasarawa State)- Mr Labaran Maku, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nasarawa state, has urged the Independent National Electoral...
Gov. Fayose commends Ekiti people for orderly conduct during Saturday’s polls
Afao-Ekiti, (Ekiti)- Ekiti Gov. Ayo Fayose has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the people of Ekiti as well as officials of the Independent National...
Sambo commends INEC, appeals for peaceful polls
Kaduna- Vice President Namadi Sambo on Saturday commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for measures it had taken so far towards ensuring hitch-free and...
Manpower shortage, technical hitches, slow down polls process in Benue
Makurdi- Some INEC electoral officers in Benue on Saturday complained that technical issues emanating from the card reader smart machines were slowing down accreditation of...