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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that despite the extension of the Saturday’s elections till Sunday in some parts of the country, the complete ‎results of the presidential poll will be declared on Monday. INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who gave this assurance on Sunday, however, said as of Sunday evening, results of the polls had only been completely …

Thousands of supporters of opposition party on Sunday demonstrated in the southern state of Rivers, calling for the cancellation of elections locally because of alleged irregularities. The demonstrators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) converged on the local offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state capital, Port Harcourt. All Progressives Congress (APC) party supporters march towards …

Policemen fired gunshots at INEC office on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, around on Sunday as the protest against Saturday’s elections in the state began to heightened. The incident happened after APC supporters surrounded an SUV in front of the Commission’s office, believed to have the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Nyesom Wike, inside it. After …

Tension heightened in Rivers, Anambra and Enugu states on Saturday following bombings, killings and arrests in some polling units. In Rivers State, a soldier and two civilians were shot dead by suspected political thugs at polling centres in Ozuoha and Kpite in Ikwerre and Tai Local Government Areas of the state. Sources said the gunmen opened fire where prospective voters …

Even in the face of provocation of gargantuan proportions occasioned by the episodic failure of the Smart Card Readers, SCRs, Nigerians persevered, were patient and eventually voted at yesterday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. It was, indeed, the dawn of a new electoral process for a nation that had been reeling under the unbearably crushing weight of a shambolic voting …

At exactly 3.09, President Goodluck Jonathan and wife, Dame Patience, voted at his polling unit, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. Afetr casting his vote, he had this chat with reporters What is your impression of the process? I want to congratulate Nigerians for coming out en masse to exercise their right to vote. But I want to sympathise with the Independent National …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC) in yesterday’s elections, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), expressed satisfaction with the electoral process. Buhari spoke to journalists after his accreditation for the polls at Sarkinyara Ward A, Kaafar Baaru 0003 Polling Unit, Daura, Katsina State, at about 9.30am. Main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari casts his …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Presidential and National Elections to Sunday. INEC has therefore directed all Resident Electoral Commissioners in the country to conduct election on Sunday in areas where there were hitches. The Chairman of INEC Committee on Information and Voters Education, Mr. Chris Iyimoga, who addressed the press at the Media Centre …

ABUJA– As Nigerians go to the polls tomorrow in the presidential and national assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will announce the result of the elections within 48 hours after voting. INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega who revealed this Friday, during a joint press briefing with the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), …

ABUJA — The two leading candidates for the Presidential election scheduled for tomorrow, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday signed another peace accord, 48 hours to the election, where they affirmed their preparedness to accept the outcome of free, fair and credible elections. The meeting …