Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its gubernatorial candidate, Nyesome Wike, will be mercilessly crushed in the April 11 governorship election, the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared. “Wike and PDP are doomed, as they cannot stand the combined might of Governor Chibuike Amaechi and our gubernatorial…
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NSCDC Ready For April 11 Guber Polls
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr Ade Abolurin, has started preparations for the Saturday, April 11, 2015 governoship and state houses of assembly elections across the country. Abolurin ordered his men to restratigise towards the Saturday’s polls, urging the electorates to be vigilant in order to fish out those…
Guber Polls: INEC Insists On Card Readers
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stressed that it will used the card reading machines for the April 11 governorship elections. The same devices were used for the March 28 presidential election, which was won by candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued by Secretary to the…
Nobody Can Impeach Me Illegally–Fayose
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has stressed that Muhammadu Buhari will not allow illegality in his government when he is eventually sworn in as President of Nigeria on May 29, 2015. The governor expressed optimism in Buhari to respect the rule of law and not allow his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, push…
Kano REC, Family Members Perish In Strange Fire Incident
Aproko247 has learnt that the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Kano State, Mikaila Abdulahi, has died in a mysterious inferno that occurred in the wee hours of Friday. However, how the fire started or what prompted it still remains unknown to residents of the area, where the late…
Nigeria Not United–Asari Dokubo
Former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has said the last presidential election in Nigeria held on Saturday is an indication that the country is not united. The poll was won by candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari and after the election, Buhari’s contender, President Goodluck Jonathan, after conceding defeat, called the president-elect to…
INEC Declares Buhari President-Elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, as the winner of the presidential election of Saturday, March 28, 2015. Chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, declared Buhari Nigeria’s president-elect at about 3:48am on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Abuja at the International Conference Centre, venue of…
Orubebe Regrets Unruly Conduct, Begs Nigerians
Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has apologised to Nigerians, especially the youths, for his actions at the INEC collation centre in Abuja on Tuesday morning. Orubebe had disrupted proceedings at the International Conference Centre on Tuesday when he accused INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega of being partisan and favouring the All…
Jonathan Congratulates Buhari
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him on emerging winner of the just-concluded presidential election in Nigeria. Jonathan reportedly called Buhari at about 5:15pm, according to the Buhari Campaign Organisation, to hail him on the outcome of the election. It was said that the President and his opponent at the poll…
Fayose Cheers Buhari, Urges Nigerians To Accept Result
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has released a statement congratulating candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28, 2015 presidential election in Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, the governor also urged Nigerians to accept outcome of the poll. Prior to…