March 29, 2015 - Page 3

He told newsmen in Damaturu that security challenges in the council area had scared adhoc staff from going to conduct election in the affected units on Saturday and Sunday.

IVERS State experienced a political tremor occasioned by the defection of the Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) barely six days to

The INEC on Sunday declared candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winners of Lagos Island Federal Constituencies 1 and 2 in Lagos State.

On Wednesday, the commission took delivery of ballot papers and other election materials brought by officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The materials, loaded on three articulated trucks, were supervised

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated Nigerians for holding "largely peaceful and orderly" elections despite Boko Haram attacks and urged them to continue to maintain a peaceful atmosphere.

The tension that gripped the political firmament might not have been unconnected with the zeal and determination with which the two leading parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Bauchi State, Prof. Hamman Tukur, has said that Saturday's attacks on some polling units in Darazo, Kirfi and Alkaleri towns will have no effect on elections