By Chinyere Ogbonna – Results of yesterday’s National Assembly poll in Nigeria are being compiled now at various collation centres across the country. Team of correspondents who monitored the election in parts of the country reports that the election was largely peaceful in most areas, except for some states like Bayelsa,Delta Nassarawa states where violence were reported but brought under control by security agents who were on ground. In Lagos, south -west Nigeria, the conduct of the poll was generally peaceful except for one or two incidents which were later brought under control by security operatives. For instance in Epe... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, April 10th 2011 |
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna– As Nigerians go to polls today for the parliamentary election, there has bomb scare in parts of the northern part of the country. Yesterday the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Suleja, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory was bombed by unidentified bombers. According to reports, many regular and ad-hoc staff of INEC including members of the National Youth Service Corps who make up the majority of the ad-hoc staff lost their lives in the bomb explosion. The number of people who died in the incident is not clear yet as there... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, April 9th 2011 |
By Yusuf Ganiyu Olaniran – It is a known fact that a former American president Abraham Lincoln was the one who interpreted democracy as government of the people, by the people and for the people. But in an academic parlance, Abraham’s explanation of describing democracy will not guarantee a student a pass mark. In a general way of expantiating on democracy. It goes thus: The consents of the governed is highly desirable for any person to come around to rule the people. In a broader and wider way, democracy can be defined as a system of government, where periodic elections... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 7th 2011 |
By Chinyere Ogbonna, Shout-Africa.com Correspondent – Nigeria’s President, Dr.Goodluck Jonathan has again appealed to Nigerians to sustain the patriotic zeal that they have displayed during last Saturday’s botched polls. President Jonathan made the appeal in a national broadcast this morning. He urged Nigerians to turn out en masse on Saturday and other subsequent election days to cast their votes for credible candidates of their choice. Dr. Jonathan said that INEC’s Chairman, Professor AttahiruJega, has again assured Nigerians of the commission’s readiness to conduct credible polls. He reiterated that the Federal Government is fully committed to the Independence of INEC to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 7th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna, Nigeria – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Nigeria says it has addressed problems which led to the postponement of last Saturday’s Parliamentary election in the country. Spokesman for the chairman of the commission, Mr. KayodeIdowu, gave the assurance after a meeting between the chairman of the commission, Professor AttahiruJega and resident electoral commissioners. Mr. Idowu said that Professor Jega, will on Thursday brief journalists on the level of preparation for the elections. There has been speculations from some quarters that the National Assembly poll slated for Saturday may not hold in some states... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, April 6th 2011 |
