Ahead of the March 28 presidential election, Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure the delivery of voting materials to the polling centres on time, so as to guarantee credible democratic elections. Speaking to the Edo State INEC Resident Commissioner, who paid him a courtesy visit at […]
A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has called on all Fulani people in the country to come out en-masse and cast their votes for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, come Saturday. National President of the association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, made the call while addressing all the state chairmen, zonal chairmen and co-ordinators of […]
The people of Oruku Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State have petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), threatening to boycott the March 28 and April 11, 2015 election, if the two polling units relocated from the community to the neigbouring Umuode community were not restored. The community said there was […]
Ahead of Saturday’s poll, the Akwa Ibom State Co-ordinator of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Lady Ngozi Chukwuka, has called for more security measures for the safety of corps members engaged to the forthcoming election. She made this call in Uyo, on Wednesday, during a town hall meeting of the Mitigation of Violence in […]
Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service in Plateau State, Mr. Raymond Jaja, on Tuesday warned foreigners to stay away from polling units during the 2015 general elections. Speaking to newsmen in Jos, Jaja, who spoke to newsmen in Jos, the command had arrested some foreigners with forged documents and INEC voter cards. He said, “The Nigerian […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) skipper, in Plateau State, Bature S. Vincent, has reiterated the commitment of his command to ensure that Plateau State, and by extension Nigeria, would have a hitch-free polls on March 28. He made this statement in an interaction with reporters in Jos, the state capital. He said the […]
Few days to the 2015 general election, former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, and the Bishop of Remoland Anglican Diocese, Rt. Rev. Michael Fape, have called on Nigerians to continue to pray to God for the country to witness a peaceful conduct of election. Daniel, who reiterated religion as the agent of socialization […]
Barely a week to the presidential election, aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, last weekend, resolved to sheathe their swords and work for the re-emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan. At a stakeholders meeting, convened by leaders of the party within the Northern Senatorial District of the state and hosted by […]