Suspected transformer vandal nabbed in Calabar
CALABAR—Nemesis caught up with 30-year-old Eyo Inyang Effiom in the early hours of yesterday, as he was apprehended by a vigilante group at Edgerton Street in Calabar, Cross River State, while trying to vandalize a transformer in the area.
Troops rescue women, children, elderly from Gwoza — DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said on Monday that troops had freed a number of women, elderly and children locked up by fleeing terrorists in Gwoza.
APC wins Kano with 1,903,999 votes
Kano LGAs: 44 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 VALID VOTES: 2,128,821 VOTES CAST: 2,172,447 REJECTED VOTES: 43,626 AA:426 AD:708 ACPN:778 ADC:657 APA:2770 APC:1,903,999 CPP:1,552 HOPE:292 KOWA:288 NCP:697 PDP:215,779 PPN:485 UDP:234 UPP:156 REG. VOTERS: 4,943,862 ACCR VOTERS: 2,364,434 Jigawa LGAs: 37 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,815,839 ACCR VOTERS: 1,153,428 AA:394 AD:587 ACPN:540 ADC:375 […]
INEC sets up C’ttee to probe election in Rivers
Following the protest and allegation that trailed the Presidential and National Assembly elections of Saturday 28th March, 2015 in Rivers state the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up a committee to probe the alleged irregularities and calls for cancellation of the election by the opposition , All Progressives Congress (APC)
Buhari wins in Kaduna
General Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Jonathan with a landslide victory in Kaduna State.
PDP expresses satisfaction with results so far announced by INEC
NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Monday hailed the results of the eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, just as it Congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan for leading so far.
National Assembly poll: Angulu wins Abuja South constituency
All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Zakari-Angulu Dobi was on Monday declared winner of the Abuja South Federal Constituency election.
Amaechi imposes curfew in Rivers
An overnight curfew was imposed in Nigeria’s southern Rivers state as tensions ran high over local results of the country’s general election, the state government said on Monday.
Former Enugu State governor leads iprotest to INEC office in Enugu
No fewer than 5,000 protesters on Monday stormed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu State over the outcome of the National Assembly elections.
PDP clears National Assembly seats in Rivers
The results of Saturday’s National Assembly elections in Rivers have been released with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winning all the seats in both chambers of the assembly.
Buhari wins in Gombe
By Soni Daniel Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has been declared the winner of the presidential election held last Saturday in Gombe State. Buhari polled a total of 361,245 voters to beat the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, who had a total of 96,873 votes. Professor Saminu […]
Buhari wins Lagos
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The results for the two major political parties, All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party as announced by the collation officers of each of the 20 local government areas in the state, are as follows: AGEGE APC: 54,611 PDP: 25,596 AJEROMI-IFELODUN APC: 37,716 PDP: 57,494 ALIMOSHO APC: 87,897 PDP: 59,316 AMUWO-ODOFIN APC: […]
How Nigeria plans to eliminate malaria through net substitution
IN what has been largely described as an ambitious initiative, Nigeria is embarking on a malaria elimination drive through a comprehensive Long Lasting Insecticide Nets, LLINs, replacement programme.
Soldiers kill 3, arrest one insurgents in Gombe
Soldiers from the 301 Artillery Regiment (Support Group) of the Nigeria Army, Gombe, on Monday, killed three suspected insurgents and arrested another in Dukku Local government Area of the state.
Political uncertainty: Fitch reviews Nigeria’s Outlook to ‘Negative’
Global Rating agency, Fitch Monday reviewed Nigeria’s long term outlook to ‘Negative’ from ‘Stable’, due to heightened political uncertainty in the context of a tightly contested presidential election and potential transition issues, and erosion of the nation’s external reserves.
Boko Haram failed to disrupt Nigeria elections—UN
Boko Haram was unable to disrupt elections in Nigeria but its allegiance to Islamic State shows the group has an agenda that reaches well beyond Africa’s most populous country, a UN envoy said Monday.
