Nigerian Hottest and Political News from Daily Trust (April 2011 Diet)

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The presidential candidate of the CPC, retired General Muhammadu Buhari, defeated President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP in the results declared yesterday by the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kaduna State, Alhaji Haliru Aliyu Tambuwal for Saturday's presential election.

Source: Buhari wins in Kaduna

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the incidents of post election violence in some parts of the country. Atiku said it is not healthy for the sustenance of our democracy.  

Source: Atiku condemns post-election violence

[nazir bello malami]

in har zaben kwarai za'ayi a rinka yin yar tike instead of voting kuma gaskiya a rugurguza pdp kawai a nigeria don is a corrupt party kuma wanda yaci zabe daban wanda aka ba kujera daban kuma jega ya kamata ka tsaya ka duba lamarin ga akwai magudi a ciki wslm

[DT]

Despite outbreak of violence that trailed the presidential election in some parts of the northern states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it is going ahead with plans for conduct of governorship elections next Tuesday.

Source: INEC: Governorship polls to go ahead

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Governorship elections scheduled to hold in 29 states across the country on Tuesday next week have been deferred in Kaduna and Bauchi States by 48 hours, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced yesterday.

Source: Guber polls deferred in Kaduna, Bauchi : By two days

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The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described last Saturday's presidential election as the most systematically rigged in Nigeria's history, and warned against any attempt to repeat such in Tuesday's governorship/state assembly polls.

Source: Presidential poll most  systematically rigged, ACN says

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Four parties have called for the postponement of the gubernatorial election in Bauchi State, less than 48 hours to the election.

Source: Shift Bauchi guber poll, CPC, ACN, ANPP urge INEC

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Despite last week's riots in many Northern states where its chieftains' houses and offices were major targets, the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] appeared to have fully recovered its feet and was on the way to winning yesterday's governorship and state assembly elections in the majority of those states. As at midnight however, only a fraction of the results were in and the situation could still change in many states. Final results are expected to be announced in all the states today.

Source: PDP leads in many states : PDP: Niger, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Sokoto, Rivers - ANPP: Zamfara, Yobe        Kano, Katsina unclear

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The Independent Na-tional Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday announced the incumbent Katsina State governor Ibrahim Shema as winner of last Tuesday's gubernatorial election with 1, 027 , 912 votes.  

Source: Shema wins Katsina, Masari protests

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There were jubilations yesterday in most parts of Nasarawa State following the defeat of the incumbent governor, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC)'s Alhaji Tanko Almakura.  

Source: Jubilation as Doma loses to Almakura in Nasarawa