…as INEC chairman By Tunde Opalana Government of the United States of America has no preferred presidential candidate in the February 25 Nigeria’s presidential poll. United States Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Africa Affairs, Molly Phee allayed the fear of possible interference by the American government in Nigeria’s coming election. Rather, she said […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has nothing against former President Goodluck Jonathan over the just concluded Bayelsa governorship election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday after a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja. READ ALSO: Prince Andrew stripped of […]
Voting has begun peacefully at Dr Gulama polling unit 007, and G/Kundi Zouro polling unit in Nassarawa ward of Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi with low turnout of voters recorded. The local government election in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area started as early as 7.00a.m with early arrival of materials and officials. Kebbi […]
Political stakeholders in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, have commended the peaceful conduct of the local government elections on Saturday in the state. Some of the stakeholders, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), noted that the elections were peaceful in Omu-Aran and other neighboring communities of Oko, Oro, Arandun, Ipetu and Rore. Mr Muyiwa […]
With only a third of the electorate casting their ballots, voting in the Sudanese elections has ended, African Union observers said. The head of the AU team overseeing the poll, Olusegun Obasanjo, said turnout stood at between 30-35 per cent. He said some voters may have felt the result was a forgone conclusion and […]