President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday swept the two polling stations ate the presidential Villa defeating his closest rival, the Congress Fr Progressive Change with more than half of the votes cast.

By Taye Obateru There was a bigger turnout in many parts of Plateau State for Saturday’s presidential election with most logistic problems experienced during the National Assembly elections taken care of. Although the arrest of about 28 members of the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) who were observing the election generated some anxiety, the election was […]

Senator-elect for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu Saturday lost her ward 9 unit 034 to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The national leadership of the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has resolved that its candidates should gladly accept defeat wherever they lost in the ongoing elections in order to accelerate the growth of the nation’s democracy.

President Goodluck Jonathan, Saturday, expressed optimism he was sure of victory at the presidential election , saying that he never contemplated failure when he decided to join the race.

The President and candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Goodluck Jonathan has casted his vote in today’s presidential election at his Otuoke ward in Bayelsa.

He voted at about 12:35pm. His wife, Patience also voted at the polling centre.

Voters across the country turned out in large numbers on Saturday to participate in the presidential election, as accreditation began in most centres at 8 a.m.

Last Saturday, Nigerians shouted loud with their votes over who they want as their representatives in the National Assembly.

They predicted that it was a midnight that would soon pass away. It has. The Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP’s, capturing of the South West political zone that is.

Goodluck Jonathan:One of my greatest goals in government is to restore the dignity of the Nigerian nation and her citizens.

The Nigerian Constitution Chapter VI, Section 134(2), stipulates that a presidential candidate will be deemed to have won if he has the highest number of votes cast at the election; must have not less than a quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two_thirds of all states in the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

The Chief Observer, European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) Alojz Peterle, said yesterday that Nigerian voters are now better prepared than in 2007 to exercise their franchise.

As the Presidential elections commence nationwide tomorrow , the Nigeria Army says that the deployment of its officers and soldiers notwithstanding, it remains apolitical in the choice of Nigerian citizenry.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged Nigerians to turn-out en-masse during tomorrow’s presidential and subsequent elections to vote for candidates of their choice.

Presidential aspirant of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Mallam Nuhu Ahmed Ribadu Thursday sent a clear signal to all aspirants that he is still a contender in Saturday’s presidential race.