* Adedibu, Akinjide, Obasanjo, Yar'Adua's children lose
Senate seats: PDP 36; ACN 13; CPC 5; ANPP 4; Labour 3; APGA 1; DPP 1
By Clifford Ndujihe, Deputy Political Editor
MORE political heavy weights continued to fall, yesterday, as more results of Saturday’s National Assembly polls tumbled in last night.
House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Iyabo…
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LAGOS - PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, called on the youth to lead the fight for the election of credible leaders that would lead the country out of the woods.
The President who spoke at a meeting with leaders of youth groups across the South West geo-political zone, asked them to be at the vanguard of the quest to clean up the polity and enthrone responsive leadership in the country.
He said: “You should be the vanguard to impress on the people that we must no longer…
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ABUJA - EU Election Observation Mission, EU EOM, has described the National Assembly elections as a “positive step,” but says improvements are needed for the next elections.
A statement from the EU made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, said the Chief Observer, Alojz Peterle, made the observation in Abuja on Sunday.
Peterle said: “We observed an overall encouraging conduct of the elections, in a generally peaceful atmosphere. Our observers reported that the majority…
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By Abdulwahab Abdulah
LAGOS - CHIEF Olabode George in his reaction to the poll in Lagos State, yesterday, expressed shock, saying his party was rigged out.
George who claimed that the party’s agents were manhandled by security operatives, apparently acting the script of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, said until he received detailed information from other parts of the South-West, he would not react to the results released yet.
The PDP…
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NIGERIANSin South Africa, yesterday, scored the conduct of the parliamentary elections back home high, saying early results even indicated a new path in the nation’s democracy.
Mr. Gbenga Odusanya, the General Manager (Africa), Hay Group, based in Johannesburg, told the Southern Africa correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the conduct of the polls showed that Nigeria seemed to have put the days of election rigging behind them.
He said: “We seem to be…
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ABIA STATE
Abia South PDP Enyinnaya Abaribe
Abia North PDP Uche Chukwumerije
Abia Central PDP Nkechi Nwaogu
ADAMAWA STATE
Adamawa South PDP Ahmed Hassan Barat
Adamaw North PDP Bindawa Jibrilla
ANAMBRA STATE
Anambra South PDP Andy Ubah
Anambra North PDP Prince John Emeka
EBONYI STATE
Ebonyi North PDP Christopher…
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*As Omisore, Oyinlola, Adeleke lose elections
BY GBENGA OLARINOYE
OSOGBO - Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Osun State swept last Saturday’s National Assembly polls, winning the three Senatorial seats and eight of the nine House of Representatives seats conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Election into the remaining seat for Ife Federal Constituency was postponed by INEC till April 26, 2011, to accommodate the…
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*Agagu, Olajumoke, Ogunniya fail to secure ticket
BY DAYO JOHNSON
AKURE - THE Labour Party, LP, in Ondo State, has cleared almost all the Senatorial seats and seven out of the Nine House of Representatives seat in the rescheduled polls held on Saturday.
Results of the Southern Senatorial district and that of the Ilaje/Ese Odo Federal Constituency were still been collated as at the time of this report. The LP lost the Okitipupa/ Irele Federal…
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*As PDP loses 2 senatorial seats to CPC
By EMMAN OVUAKPORIE
KATSINA -THE daughter of Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Maryam Umaru Yar’Adua of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lost to Mohammed Tukur of the Congress for Progressive, CPC, at last Saturday Katsins Federal Constituency.
Tukur of CPC polled 45,572 while Yar’Aadua recorded 26,674.
Other results announced, Sunday night, includes Katsina senatorial zone where Ibrahim Ida of…
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BY VINCENT UJUMADU
AWKA - THERE is a stalemate in Anambra Central senatorial zone election as the candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Dr. Chris Ngige, insisted the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should not announce the result of the zone, following alleged discrepancies.
However, the PDP was declared winner in Anambra South and Anambra North senatorial zones, even as no candidate was named as the actual winner.
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ENUGU - THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won all the three Senatorial and eight House of Representatives seats in the National Assembly elections conducted in Enugu State on Saturday.
By this result, former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani has lost his bid to retain his seat as the senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District on the platform of People for Democratic Change, PDC, which the Ebeano political family adopted for the 2011 elections.
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