Tending to newsmen in the wake of making his choice at his polling unit in Daura Katsina state yesterday April 11th, President-elect Gen Buhari is cited as saying by Tribune that PDP defectors ought not expect automatic appointment as ministers ...
Read More »Pics: Violent post-election protest in Akwa-Ibom today
Huge protest presently progressing in Uyo the Capital of Akwa Ibom State over yesterday’s races in the State. Angry dissidents are demanding that a new election be conducted in the State. They are requesting that the decision which they say ...
Read More »APC’s Amosun Wins Ogun State Governorship Election
Ibikunle Amosun of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared winner of the 2015 elections in Ogun State. The INEC Returning Officer who announced the result in Abeokuta, the state capital, said Mr Amosun clinched 306,988 votes closest to ...
Read More »#OsunDecides: Names/Parties of winners in Osun State House of Assembly election
Jesusegun, Osun: Names/Parties of winners in Osun State House of Assembly election: Boripe/Boluwaduro Constituency: Mr. Osuolale Bello (APC) Ifelodun Constituency: Mr. Rasheed Afolabi (APC) Ila Constituency: Mr. Ademola Akanni (APC) Ifedayo Constituency: Mr. Olanrewaju Azeez (APC) Irepodun/Orolu Constituency: Mr. Oyedele ...
Read More »Su-27 Intercepts US Spy Plane Heading Into Russian Airspace
The US RC-135U reconnaissance plane was flying towards the Russian border with its transponder switched off, a Defense Ministry spokesman said in Moscow Saturday. Maj.-General Igor Konashenkov said that an unidentified airborne target was spotted over the Baltic Sea by Russian air ...
Read More »“Stay where they are, & form a formidable opposition party”- APC tells defecting PDP members
John Oyegun, the national chairman of APC said today Saturday April 11th that the gale of defections by politicians was not good for Nigeria’s political development. Mr. Oyegun, who spoke to newsmen in Benin shortly after casting his vote, advised ...
Read More »I’ll congratulate winner if I lose – Okorocha
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said he is ready to congratulate whoever emerges the winner of the governorship election in the state, if he loses the poll. He stated this in an interview with journalists minutes after casting his ...
Read More »Graphic Images: 5 feared killed, journalist missing in Akwa Ibom
Five persons have been feared killed in Akwa Ibom State during the governorship and state House of Assembly elections on Saturday. A reporter with one of the local tabloids, Radar Newspaper, Mr. Aniedi Ukoenang’s whereabouts is unknown. The killings occurred ...
Read More »Voters boycott polling units after accreditation
Voting did not take place on Saturday at Ohokobe-Ngume ward one, in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, following rumours that the electoral materials were not the original. It was gathered that voters had finished their accreditation as of ...
Read More »My phone numbers cloned – Amaechi
The mobile telephone numbers of Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, were cloned by unknown persons hours before the governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday. The cloned phone numbers were thereafter used to send fake text messages, discouraging people ...
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