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INEC To Prosecute One Million Suspects For Electoral Offences
At least one million suspects are to be prosecuted over offences arising from the 2011 voter registration and general elections, the Chairman, INEC Board of Electoral Institute, Prof. Lai Olurode, has said.
Olurode, who is also National...
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NUJ President Promises Free, Fair Election
The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mallam Mohammed Garba, has promised that the forthcoming elections into the union’s national executive would be free and fair.
The president stated this while receiving members of...
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I rigged polls for PDP in Kogi, says Melaye
AMID cheers and pandemonium, party faithful and fans of Governors Raji Fashola and Adams Oshiomhole in Kogi State nearly pulled down the security gates at the Lokoja Township Stadium.
But they were stunned when Dino Melaye announced to the crowd...
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Jonathan vs Buhari: PDP closes defence today
ABUJA—The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will today conclude its defence over allegations of electoral malpractices levelled against it before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, by the Congress for Progressive Change,...
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One feared dead in Niger State council polls
BREAKING NEWS — Local government elections were held in Niger State, Saturday with poor turn out recorded just as one person was reportedly shot dead while two other people were seriously wounded in Kontagora, headquarters of ...
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Tribunal: Jonathan defends mandate today
ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan will today defend his mandate before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, and canvass reasons why the April 16 general election that brought him to power, should not be nullified.
A...
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Nigeria’s elections set new records in use of social media
“In Nigeria, a study says, elections held last April brought the use of social media in the political field to new levels.”
In 2008, then US presidential candidate Barack Obama broke new ground by using social media in ways never...
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Buhari vs Jonathan: Salami hands-off suit
ABUJA — Following his suspension by the National Judicial Council, NJC, the embattled President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, Monday abstained from presiding over the suit seeking to sack President Goodluck Jonathan from...
