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APC sweeps Kebbi LG polls
The Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KESIEC), on Sunday, declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s local council polls in the state. Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad-Mera, Chairman of the commission, who announced this in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, said the party won all the 21 Chairmanship seats and 225 Ward Councillors. Muhammad-Mera, said that 17 political parties…
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PDP sweeps Bauchi council polls as APC rejects results
The Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State has won all the 20 chairmanship seats in the Local Government election conducted on Saturday. Mr Ahmed Makama, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC), announced the results in Bauchi on Saturday. He said that the polls conducted peacefully across the state, adding. “For the chairmanship election, PDP won all the…
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APC sweeps Ebonyi LG polls
The Ebonyi Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) on Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s local council polls in the state. Mr Jossey Eze, Chairman of the commission, who announced this in Abakaliki said the party won all the 13 Chairmanship seats and 171 Ward Councillors. Eze said that three political parties: APC, APGA and LP…
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Police beef up security ahead of Delta council polls
The Police Command in Delta has ordered massive deployment of personnel to ensure a hitch-free local governments election slated for Saturday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olufemi Abaniwonda stated this in a statement by the command spokesman, SP Bright Edafe on Thursday in Warri. Abaniwonda said that there would be restriction of vehicular movement between 8:00 am…
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Adamawa electoral body ready to conduct LG polls – ADSIEC boss
The Chairman, Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC), Alhaji Mohammed Uma, has said that the body is ready to conduct credible elections in the 4,104 poling units in the 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs). Uma said this during an interactive session with newsmen in Yola on Tuesday. He said that the non sensitive materials for the exercise had been distributed…
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£235m expected to be withdrawn from ATMs as voters go to UK polls
Around 235 million Pounds (298 million dollars) is expected to be withdrawn from ATMs on Thursday as people fit trips to cash machines around casting their general election votes. This is according to a forecast from UK cash access and cash machine network Link reported on Wednesday. The network expects the total to be lower than it was in Dec.…
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Obidients task Gov. Oborevwori on LG polls
The Delta Obidient Elders Council have tasked Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori on the need to ensure that the scheduled July 13 Local Government Elections in the state were transparent, free, fair and credible. The group gave the charge while briefing newsmen after its meeting on Saturday in Asaba. The Council Chairman, Mr Chris Biose, said the Obidient movement did not belong…
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Israeli polls show Netanyahu party narrowing gap behind Gantz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party has reduced the gap behind the centrist party of former minister Benny Gantz, who quit the wartime unity government on Sunday, two polls showed on Friday. The polls, for the left-wing Ma’ariv daily and the right-wing Israel Hayom newspaper, showed Likud winning 21 seats behind the National Unity Party on 24. The…
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Ex-Governor Goje placed under house arrest
A former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, on Saturday raised the alarm over the invasion of his residence in Kashere, Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State in order to effect his arrest based on “orders from above”. Speaking via a telephone chat with our correspondent in Abuja on Saturday evening, Senator Goje said: “As I speak with…
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Europe
March 28 Poll: Survey Rates Jonathan Ahead of Buhari- UK firm
An independent national opinion poll carried out around the country by a United Kingdom-based firm Kevin, Charlyn and Kimberly has put President Goodluck Jonathan ahead his All Progressive Congress (APC)’s presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), with a margin of 13 percent. The aggregate analysis showed 77 percent for Dr. Jonathan while Buhari scored 27 percent from over 30,000 respondents…
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Jonathan, Jega, security chiefs in crucial meeting over polls
President Goodluck Jonathan; Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and heads of all security agencies are currently locked in a crucial meeting inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Jega is expected to brief the meeting of the Security Council on the latest in the commission’s preparation for the forthcoming general elections. Security chiefs are also expected to…
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TUC says polls shift, in the best interest of Nigerians
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday in Abuja said that the postponement of the general elections by INEC to the next six weeks was in the best interest of Nigerians and the country as a whole. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahuri Jega, on Saturday announced the postponement of the National Assembly and…
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America expresses disappointment on shift of elections in Nigeria
The United States Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry has expressed disappointment at the postponement of the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria. In a press statement on behalf of the Government and people of the United States, Kerry expressed surprise on what he described as ‘political interference with the INEC’, an act ‘not acceptable’. The United States therefore called on…
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