Saturday, 28 March 2015

NigerianEye: “#NigeriaDecides DAY TWO - Early results roll in (Live Update)” plus 28 more

NigerianEye: “#NigeriaDecides DAY TWO - Early results roll in (Live Update)” plus 28 more


#NigeriaDecides DAY TWO - Early results roll in (Live Update)

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:24 PM PDT

March 29th, 2015 (6:08 am) Tinubu wins polling units Presidential results : APC, 180; PDP 55; APA 1, and KOWA 2. Senatorial: KOWA 2; PDP 53; APC 181; and House of Reps: KOWA 1; AD 1; PDP 53...

#NigeriaDecides2015: Millions of Nigerians troop out en masse to elect new president

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 11:00 PM PDT

Millions of Nigerians trooped out en masse on Saturday to elect a President and National Assembly members to steer the affairs of the country in the next four years. Sadly their enthusiasm was...

Political thugs snatch 6 ballot boxes in Akure

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:44 PM PDT

A group of political thugs numbering 10 people, on Saturday evening, reportedly snatched six ballot boxes at the conclusion of voting at Unit 5, Ward 9, Akure-South Local Government Area of Ondo...

How sick 85-year-old voter insisted on voting against all odds

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:51 PM PDT

Ailing 85-year-old Dr. Adebisi Sebanjo, caused a stir on Saturday after he arrived at the polling unit at Doula, Apapa, Lagos State. The octogenarian medical director of Julisam Hospital was...

Chris Ngige refuses to vote

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:41 PM PDT

Senator Chris Ngige representing Anambra Central Senatorial District refused to vote on Saturday, claiming that the electoral process had been compromised. Ngige, who is contesting for a re-election...

Boko Haram murder 34 in Borno, Gombe

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:38 PM PDT

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 34 persons including a lawmaker on Saturday morning in Gombe and Borno states. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a member of the Gombe State...

DPO accused of snatching ballot boxes in Niger state

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:31 PM PDT

A Divisional Police Officer attached to Magama Local Government area of Niger State (names withheld) was on Saturday accused of snatching four ballot boxes and papers at the Mungoro central polling...

Tinubu, Fashola, Obanikoro win polling units

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:22 PM PDT

The lawmaker representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, won her Polling Unit 34, Ward 9, |Ikoyi. She scored 105 while her Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenger polled...

Scores of APC members shot dead in Rivers

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:49 PM PDT

Today's presidential and National Assembly elections have turned out to be a big nightmare for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, with the members being killed, attacked and...

Gunmen storm polling unit in Bauchi, set election materials ablaze

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:05 PM PDT

Some unidentified gunmen on Saturday stormed a polling unit in Bagurun Primary School of Darazo local government area of Bauchi state, firing gunshots sporadically into the air and forcing voters to...

Man collapses at Lagos polling unit

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:48 PM PDT

An old man, whose name was given as Mohammed Isiaka, collapsed during Saturday elections at a polling unit in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. Isiaka had gone through the accreditation process...

Results in Jonathan’s polling unit delayed

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 03:54 PM PDT

Results are yet to be announced in the Unit 39, Ward 13, where President Goodluck Jonathan voted. Voting was still ongoing as at 8pm. When the last person on the queue voted, the electoral officer...

Hold Jega responsible for card-reader hitches - Fani-Kayode

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 03:31 PM PDT

The People Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, Saturday lampooned the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega over the card...

Man shot dead in Benin polling unit

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 03:12 PM PDT

A middle aged man, identified as Igie Osayande was reportedly shot dead on Saturday at Obagie in Ikpoba-Okha local area of Edo State, following a clash between two factions. Osayande, who was said...

Nigerian refugees in Chad endorse Buhari, reject 'Badluck'

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 02:45 PM PDT

In the Chadian capital N'Djamena, Modou Mallam brandished his blue voter's card but the Nigerian refugee could not vote in Saturday's presidential ballot like thousands of other refugees scattered...

TRAGEDY: Boat carrying Olu of Epe's son & five others drown after voting

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 02:38 PM PDT

Kunle Adewale, a son of the Olu of Epe, and five others drowned on Saturday in a river after their boast capsized. It was learnt that Kunle, who is a Director in the Lagos State Ministry of Local...

Buhari wins in Abuja Barracks

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 02:27 PM PDT

Out of the 717 registered voters in the unit, APC polled 280 votes while its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party polled 213 votes. The counting was concluded at exactly 9.55pm on Saturday.

PDP chief, Bode George loses polling unit to APC

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 02:24 PM PDT

Former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George lost his PU001 Evans Street, in Lagos Island, Lagos State to the All Progressives Congress, APC, by one...

APC condemns election violence in Gombe, Rivers

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 02:18 PM PDT

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the violence perpetrated against its members in Gombe and Rivers State during Saturday's elections, saying violence has no place in any...

APC defeats PDP at the two polling units located within the Presidential Villa

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 02:13 PM PDT

The All Progressive Congress candidate for the House of Representatives has defeated the Peoples Democratic Candidate at the two polling units located within the precincts of the Presidential...

Borno senator, Ali Ndume weeps after voting

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 02:00 PM PDT

A Senator representing Borno South senatorial district, Sen. Ali Ndume, wept after casting his vote at the Internally Displaced Persons' camp located in Government College, Maiduguri, on...

APC wins in Obasanjo’s ward in Ogun

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 12:42 PM PDT

The Presidential and National Assembly elections in Ogun State held, Saturday was peaceful with little skirmishes in various parts of the state. The All Progressives Congress seems to be in early...

President Jonathan's V.P, Namadi Sambo finally defeats APC in his polling unit

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 11:45 AM PDT

Vice President Namadi Sambo, after several defeats at his polling unit by opposition party, trounced the All Progressives Congress at his new polling unit in the Saturday's presidential and National...

FG Plans To Discredit Card Readers - Tinubu

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 11:33 AM PDT

The national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has lamented the plan by the Federal Government to discredit the process of card reader machine. Speaking after voting at...

Armed political thugs hijack ballot boxes in Mushin, empty them in a gutter

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 11:13 AM PDT

Fresh reports reaching NigerianEye suggests that a group of armed political thugs today hijacked ballot boxes on Ayilara Street in the Mushin area of Lagos. INEC officials told presmen that the...

Oyo PDP governorship candidate shares cash at polling unit

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:45 AM PDT

There was commotion at Ward 5, Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Saturday when the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Teslim Folarin, publicly doled out money...

OFFICIAL: INEC extends voting till Sunday

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:39 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed that elections should to Sunday in areas where the exercise has been marred by glitches. The Chairman of INEC Committee on...

PDP, APC supporters clash in Osun, one dead

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:15 AM PDT

There was panic in Ikirun, Osun State, on Saturday as the presidential election was ongoing when supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress clashed. According to...

I voted for myself - Jonathan reveals

Posted: 28 Mar 2015 10:05 AM PDT

After problems with accreditation, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cast his votes for the presidential and National Assembly polls. He cast his vote some...

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