Professor Pat Utomi, the Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party, SDMP, has expressed no surprise at the spate of political violence in the country even as the election days draw nearer

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is set to appeal against yesterday’s ruling of a Federal High Court, Osogbo, which barred Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Amb. Rufus Akeju, from conducting next month’s general elections in the state.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has alerted Nigerians to a scheme by some unscrupulous and desperate politicians to massively purchase or outrightly steal voter’s card from unsuspecting Nigerians, in the run-up to the general elections starting on Saturday, as a way of disenfranchising as many people as possible in areas where they believe their party is not popular.

AS Lagosians prepare to elect their governor in the April 16 election, a group, the Forum of Gubernatorial Candidates in Lagos, FGCL, yesterday, declared its support for the re-election of Governor Babatunde Fashola

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital has adjourned indefinitely the case instituted by the former governor of the state, Mr. Segun Oni, asking the court to review the October 15, 2010 judgement on Ekiti State governorship election.

Barely three days to the election into the National Assembly, the Action congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Osun State and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are trading words over alleged plan to disrupt the election through violence.

Kwara State police command, yesterday, paraded 19 suspected thugs allegedly belonging to one of the parties