Monday March 30th, 2015
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Election held in Rivers, INEC insists
Resident Electoral Commissioner, Rivers State, Dame Gesilia Khan, last night, said elections held in the 23 local government areas of the state.
Read More →Polls: Anxiety heightens over delayed results
ENUGU — A palpable trepidation is rife in Enugu State over the delay in announcement of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC,on the presidential and National Assembly elections.
Read More →Impose curfew in volatile areas before releasing election results —CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has advised that adequate security measures be put in place in volatile areas across the country before the announcement of election results.
Read More →Buhari floors Jonathan in Obanikoro, Bode George, Agbaje’s wards
Lagos—Early results in Lagos State indicate that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, is winning Lagos by a wide margin.
Read More →Three INEC staff killed in Benue
MAKURDI—Three adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Benue State were reported to have died, in the course of election duties in the state. The Resident Commissioner of INEC in the state, Prof. Istfanus Dafwang, made this known yesterday while briefing reporters at the state headquarters of INEC in Makurdi.
Read More →Amaechi was right for taking Patience to ICC — Kuti
THE head of Ransome Kuti’s dynasty and founder of the Nigerian Network of Non-Governmental Organizations, NNNGO, Ms. Yemisi Ransome Kuti, has said that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State was right in taking the first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan to the International Criminal Court of Justice, ICC, for making unguarded utterances during her campaign tours in the country.
Read More →Gunmen kill one, set electoral materials ablaze in Bauchi
Operatives of Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, are currently investigating the murder of 30-year-old Idowu Malik, aka Ori-gold who was supposedly murdered by one Ali Mustapha at Ikotun area of Lagos.
Read More →Don’t declare any PDP candidate winner in Anambra, Uba tells INEC
PEOPLE’S Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Anambra State, Chief Chris Uba, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to declare any candidate of the party winner in the state and National Assembly election.
Read More →Police recover N9m from dead armed robbers who raided Owo banks
Akure—The police in Ondo State have recovered N9 million from the six of the fifty armed robbers who raided four banks at Owo last week. Two police women and four others, including an ASP and seven civilians were killed by the robbers who stormed the banks at about 4pm last Friday. Also shot dead by the robbers were a bank manager and his deputy who reportedly refused to cooperate with them on arrival at the bank
Read More →Civil Society Situation Room tasks INEC on gov poll guidelines
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, yesterday, commended the dedication and orderliness of Nigerians during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Read More →Police arrest INEC officer in Taraba for collecting bribe from politician
JALINGO—The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC resident commissioner in Taraba State, Alhaji Ahmed Makama has confirmed that his Electoral Officer in Ibbi local government area of Taraba state was in the police net at the police headquarters in Jalingo for allegedly collecting bribe from a politician from the area to manipulate election results.
Read More →Card Reader failure: Plot to rig elections — PFN
ABUJA—THE Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has decried the malfunctioning of the Smart Card Readers, SCR, in some states at the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday and attributed it as a plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to favour their preferred candidates and party.
Read More →Rescheduled election in Oshodi–Isolo fails to hold
The rescheduled election in some parts of Oshodi area of Lagos State failed to hold yesterday, while it was held in other designated areas such as Eti-Osa, Lagos Island and Egbe in old Alimosho council area. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, it was gathered, were unable to conduct the rescheduled election in some parts of Oshodi area because of unresolved differences between representatives of two leading parties, APC and PDP, over the number of units where the election should be held.
Read More →ECOWAS declares Nigeria’s presidential poll acceptable
Abuja—The ECOWAS Observer Mission (EOM) has declared that Saturday’s Presidential election is acceptable and meet the criteria of being free and transparent. The declaration was made by the mission’s head and former President of Ghana, John Kuffour, in Abuja on Sunday. Kuffour expressed satisfaction with the commitment made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties, security agencies and various entities on the electoral process.
Read More →Presidential polls in Lagos, violence free — CP
LAGOS State Commissioner of Police, CP Kayode Aderanti, said, yesterday, that the presidential election held in the state last Saturday was violence free except for a few hitches by hoodlums who attempted to truncate the process.
Read More →Housing development can generate 12m jobs annually —FMBN
The development of 720,000 housing units required annually to bridge the national housing deficit of about 17 million units can potentially generate 12 million jobs in the country every year.
Read More →I ‘ll boost economy through simplified tax administration — FIRS boss
The Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue service, Mr. Samuel Ogungbesan, yesterday, unveiled his strategic policy measures, saying he would simplify tax administration in the country and make it easy for individuals and corporate organizations to pay their taxes. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, he said that he would be professional and strengthen the economy through a robust tax administration while plugging every leakage in the system.
Read More →Banks intensify efforts to attract patronage from SMEs
Ecobank and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) have heightened the competition to attract patronage from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Read More →Large turnout as postponed elections hold in Delta LG
AS Nigerians await the results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the polls were, yesterday held in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, even though voting materials arrived late in the area.
Read More →Oshiomhole threatens to drag Army before ICC
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has petitioned the Commander of the 4 Brigade Headquarters of the Nigerian Army in Benin City, Brig-Gen. Olajide Laleye, complaining of what he described as illegal deployment of soldiers in Owan federal constituency and other parts of Edo North senatorial district by one Lt-Colonel Abiodun Uwadia (rtd), Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, during Saturday’s National Assembly and Presidential elections in Edo State.
Read More →Inferno claims two, injures four at Lekki
lagos—Two people were roasted to death, while four others suffered burns of various degrees during a fire outbreak which occurred in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, yesterday. The victims were the owner of the apartment and three others, as well as the casualties, including a 4-year-old boy and a year old girl, who were said to be guests in the apartment .
Read More →Katsina Police Commissioner dies
Katsina—The Nigeria Police has announced the death of Alhaji Muhammad Hurdi, the Katsina State commissioner of police. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aminu Sadiq, announced the demise of Hurdi in a statement issued yesterday in Katsina.
Read More →PDP blasts APC over alleged false alert on security agencies
ABUJA—NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday took a swipe at the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC over its claim that the Federal Government was trying to use security agencies to alter the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Read More →ECOWAS asks Jonathan, Buhari to accept election results in good faith
DESPITE the hitches that occasioned last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has asked the presidential candidates to accept the results at the polling stations across the country in good faith.
Read More →Aganga, Uranta hail voting process
MINISTER of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, has commended the voting process of the Presidential and National Assembly election, saying that the process was impressive and smooth.
Read More →Edo PDP condemns suspension of election in Orhionmwon LG
THE decision by the Edo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to suspend the presidential and National Assembly elections in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state has been condemned by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders in the area who accused the commission of collaborating with the Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, to postpone the polls.
Read More →You made mistakes, ex-Aso Rock chaplain tells Jonathan
The former Chaplain of the Presidential Villa during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime and the Founding General Overseer of the All Christians Fellowship Mission, Abuja, Rev. (Dr.) William Okoye, yesterday pointedly told president Goodluck Jonathan that he made mistakes in office and urged him to correct those mistakes if he wins the presidential election.
Read More →Emerhor tasks INEC on election results
ALL Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega to cancel results in all electoral units where original copies of INEC result sheets were missing before voters exercised their franchise.
Read More →APC wants Anambra elections cancelled
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State last night demanded the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections to make room for the use of card readers in conducting the exercise.
Read More →Umeh, Ndukwe flay card readers’ malfunction during polls
Two All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, senatorial candidates for Anambra South and Central senatorial zones, Chief Dr. Ernest Ndukwe and Chief Victor Umeh, have described as an embarrassment the malfunction of the card reader in last weekend’s presidential and the National Assembly elections in some states of the federation.
Read More →Group cautions FG on elections
MUSLIMS in the country, yesterday, warned the Federal Government not to cause a repeat of the June 12 1993 debacle by promptly releasing the Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted last Saturday.
Read More →
Monday March 30th, 2015
TRANSLATE:::
Election held in Rivers, INEC insists
Resident Electoral Commissioner, Rivers State, Dame Gesilia Khan, last night, said elections held in the 23 local government areas of the state.
Read More →Polls: Anxiety heightens over delayed results
ENUGU — A palpable trepidation is rife in Enugu State over the delay in announcement of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC,on the presidential and National Assembly elections.
Read More →Impose curfew in volatile areas before releasing election results —CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has advised that adequate security measures be put in place in volatile areas across the country before the announcement of election results.
Read More →Buhari floors Jonathan in Obanikoro, Bode George, Agbaje’s wards
Lagos—Early results in Lagos State indicate that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, is winning Lagos by a wide margin.
Read More →Three INEC staff killed in Benue
MAKURDI—Three adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Benue State were reported to have died, in the course of election duties in the state. The Resident Commissioner of INEC in the state, Prof. Istfanus Dafwang, made this known yesterday while briefing reporters at the state headquarters of INEC in Makurdi.
Read More →Amaechi was right for taking Patience to ICC — Kuti
THE head of Ransome Kuti’s dynasty and founder of the Nigerian Network of Non-Governmental Organizations, NNNGO, Ms. Yemisi Ransome Kuti, has said that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State was right in taking the first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan to the International Criminal Court of Justice, ICC, for making unguarded utterances during her campaign tours in the country.
Read More →Gunmen kill one, set electoral materials ablaze in Bauchi
Operatives of Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, are currently investigating the murder of 30-year-old Idowu Malik, aka Ori-gold who was supposedly murdered by one Ali Mustapha at Ikotun area of Lagos.
Read More →Don’t declare any PDP candidate winner in Anambra, Uba tells INEC
PEOPLE’S Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Anambra State, Chief Chris Uba, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to declare any candidate of the party winner in the state and National Assembly election.
Read More →Police recover N9m from dead armed robbers who raided Owo banks
Akure—The police in Ondo State have recovered N9 million from the six of the fifty armed robbers who raided four banks at Owo last week. Two police women and four others, including an ASP and seven civilians were killed by the robbers who stormed the banks at about 4pm last Friday. Also shot dead by the robbers were a bank manager and his deputy who reportedly refused to cooperate with them on arrival at the bank
Read More →Civil Society Situation Room tasks INEC on gov poll guidelines
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, yesterday, commended the dedication and orderliness of Nigerians during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Read More →Police arrest INEC officer in Taraba for collecting bribe from politician
JALINGO—The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC resident commissioner in Taraba State, Alhaji Ahmed Makama has confirmed that his Electoral Officer in Ibbi local government area of Taraba state was in the police net at the police headquarters in Jalingo for allegedly collecting bribe from a politician from the area to manipulate election results.
Read More →Card Reader failure: Plot to rig elections — PFN
ABUJA—THE Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has decried the malfunctioning of the Smart Card Readers, SCR, in some states at the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday and attributed it as a plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to favour their preferred candidates and party.
Read More →Rescheduled election in Oshodi–Isolo fails to hold
The rescheduled election in some parts of Oshodi area of Lagos State failed to hold yesterday, while it was held in other designated areas such as Eti-Osa, Lagos Island and Egbe in old Alimosho council area. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, it was gathered, were unable to conduct the rescheduled election in some parts of Oshodi area because of unresolved differences between representatives of two leading parties, APC and PDP, over the number of units where the election should be held.
Read More →ECOWAS declares Nigeria’s presidential poll acceptable
Abuja—The ECOWAS Observer Mission (EOM) has declared that Saturday’s Presidential election is acceptable and meet the criteria of being free and transparent. The declaration was made by the mission’s head and former President of Ghana, John Kuffour, in Abuja on Sunday. Kuffour expressed satisfaction with the commitment made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties, security agencies and various entities on the electoral process.
Read More →Presidential polls in Lagos, violence free — CP
LAGOS State Commissioner of Police, CP Kayode Aderanti, said, yesterday, that the presidential election held in the state last Saturday was violence free except for a few hitches by hoodlums who attempted to truncate the process.
Read More →Housing development can generate 12m jobs annually —FMBN
The development of 720,000 housing units required annually to bridge the national housing deficit of about 17 million units can potentially generate 12 million jobs in the country every year.
Read More →I ‘ll boost economy through simplified tax administration — FIRS boss
The Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue service, Mr. Samuel Ogungbesan, yesterday, unveiled his strategic policy measures, saying he would simplify tax administration in the country and make it easy for individuals and corporate organizations to pay their taxes. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, he said that he would be professional and strengthen the economy through a robust tax administration while plugging every leakage in the system.
Read More →Banks intensify efforts to attract patronage from SMEs
Ecobank and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) have heightened the competition to attract patronage from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Read More →Large turnout as postponed elections hold in Delta LG
AS Nigerians await the results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections, the polls were, yesterday held in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, even though voting materials arrived late in the area.
Read More →Oshiomhole threatens to drag Army before ICC
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has petitioned the Commander of the 4 Brigade Headquarters of the Nigerian Army in Benin City, Brig-Gen. Olajide Laleye, complaining of what he described as illegal deployment of soldiers in Owan federal constituency and other parts of Edo North senatorial district by one Lt-Colonel Abiodun Uwadia (rtd), Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, during Saturday’s National Assembly and Presidential elections in Edo State.
Read More →Inferno claims two, injures four at Lekki
lagos—Two people were roasted to death, while four others suffered burns of various degrees during a fire outbreak which occurred in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, yesterday. The victims were the owner of the apartment and three others, as well as the casualties, including a 4-year-old boy and a year old girl, who were said to be guests in the apartment .
Read More →Katsina Police Commissioner dies
Katsina—The Nigeria Police has announced the death of Alhaji Muhammad Hurdi, the Katsina State commissioner of police. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aminu Sadiq, announced the demise of Hurdi in a statement issued yesterday in Katsina.
Read More →PDP blasts APC over alleged false alert on security agencies
ABUJA—NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday took a swipe at the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC over its claim that the Federal Government was trying to use security agencies to alter the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Read More →ECOWAS asks Jonathan, Buhari to accept election results in good faith
DESPITE the hitches that occasioned last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has asked the presidential candidates to accept the results at the polling stations across the country in good faith.
Read More →Aganga, Uranta hail voting process
MINISTER of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, has commended the voting process of the Presidential and National Assembly election, saying that the process was impressive and smooth.
Read More →Edo PDP condemns suspension of election in Orhionmwon LG
THE decision by the Edo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to suspend the presidential and National Assembly elections in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state has been condemned by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders in the area who accused the commission of collaborating with the Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, to postpone the polls.
Read More →You made mistakes, ex-Aso Rock chaplain tells Jonathan
The former Chaplain of the Presidential Villa during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s regime and the Founding General Overseer of the All Christians Fellowship Mission, Abuja, Rev. (Dr.) William Okoye, yesterday pointedly told president Goodluck Jonathan that he made mistakes in office and urged him to correct those mistakes if he wins the presidential election.
Read More →Emerhor tasks INEC on election results
ALL Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega to cancel results in all electoral units where original copies of INEC result sheets were missing before voters exercised their franchise.
Read More →APC wants Anambra elections cancelled
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State last night demanded the cancellation of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections to make room for the use of card readers in conducting the exercise.
Read More →Umeh, Ndukwe flay card readers’ malfunction during polls
Two All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, senatorial candidates for Anambra South and Central senatorial zones, Chief Dr. Ernest Ndukwe and Chief Victor Umeh, have described as an embarrassment the malfunction of the card reader in last weekend’s presidential and the National Assembly elections in some states of the federation.
Read More →Group cautions FG on elections
MUSLIMS in the country, yesterday, warned the Federal Government not to cause a repeat of the June 12 1993 debacle by promptly releasing the Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted last Saturday.
Read More →
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