Polls – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:51:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Polls – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 I Will Link Brass Island By Road If I Win Bayelsa Polls – Senator Diri https://www.theinfostride.com/i-will-link-brass-island-by-road-if-i-win-bayelsa-polls-senator-diri/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 00:51:33 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=239352 PDP candidate for the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has vowed to link Brass on the Atlantic shores of the state by road if he wins the election. He made this vow when his campaign train reached the Brass Island in continuation of his campaign across the state ahead of [...]

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]]> PDP Is Panicking Ahead Of Bayelsa Governorship Polls – APC https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-is-panicking-ahead-of-bayelsa-governorship-polls-apc/ Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:06:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=239310 The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused PDP of trying to cause panic in the state which will set the foundation of “a state government-sponsored violence” ahead of the November 16 governorship polls. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, said this as they reacted to the accusations of election [...]

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]]> Yahaya Bello Will Still Focus On Governance Despite Upcoming Polls – Kingsley Fanwo https://www.theinfostride.com/yahaya-bello-will-still-focus-on-governance-despite-upcoming-polls-kingsley-fanwo/ Mon, 02 Sep 2019 20:02:17 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=237113 The Director-General of Media and Publicity to the Governor of Kogi State, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo has told Kogi State indigens that the Governor will keep focusing On governance despite plans for the November 16, 2019 Governorship election in the state. Speaking to newsmen at Mopa over the weekend, Fanwo’s image maker revealed that delivering democracy [...]

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]]> Yahaya Bello Is Kogi’s Choice For Governor – Kogi Council of Chiefs https://www.theinfostride.com/yahaya-bello-is-kogis-choice-for-governor-kogi-council-of-chiefs/ Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:54:29 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=234969 The Kogi Council of Chiefs have revealed that it presented Gov. Yahaya Bello to President Muhammadu Buhari after his endorsement by the people of the state. The Attah Igala, Dr Michael Idakwo Oboni, revealed to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting between the president and members of the council of chiefs held at the [...]

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]]> Shina Peller, Akin Alabi Win Polls https://www.theinfostride.com/shina-peller-akin-alabi-win-polls/ Sat, 02 Mar 2019 01:52:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=228165 Popular night club boss, Shina Abiola Peller has won in his race to represent the people of Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola and Iwajowa Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives. He emerged winner as the flag bearer for his party, APC. The votes he received were 44,088 and he is set to represent his people [...]

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]]> Nigerians Must Ensure That The Forthcoming Polls Are Hitch-Free – Nasir El-Rufa’i https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerians-must-ensure-that-the-forthcoming-polls-are-hitch-free-nasir-el-rufai/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 17:13:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=224878 Nasir El-Rufa’i has stressed that cultural activities had always been a rallying point for people of different status and faith. The governor assured the people of government’s readiness to give due recognition to the vital role of culture in the area of peace-building, urging them to strive to ensure that the forthcoming polls were hitch-free. [...]

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]]> Buhari Is Leaving Room For The Rigging Of The 2019 Polls – Nyesom Wike https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-is-leaving-room-for-the-rigging-of-the-2019-polls-nyesom-wike/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:28:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=223179 Nyesom Wike has criticised President Buhari for refusing to sign the Electoral Bill. Wike said that Buhari knows that if he assents to the bill, he will lose the 2019 presidential election. The Governor said this on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, while meeting with the Anglican Bishop of Niger Delta North, Rt. Rev. Wisdom Ihunwo. [...]

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]]> 2019 Polls Would Be Free And Fair – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/2019-polls-would-be-free-and-fair-buhari/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:01:18 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=219767 Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria has left that era in which democratic norms are brazenly subverted, with votes awarded to those favoured by the authorities, and the shortchanged told to go to court for redress. The President stated this on Monday when he received members of the Joint United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS Good Offices [...]

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]]> We’re Not Using Drones To Monitor Polls – Rivers State https://www.theinfostride.com/were-not-using-drones-to-monitor-polls-rivers-state/ Sun, 11 Dec 2016 04:23:38 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=150850 The Rivers Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George, has described as untrue comments in some quarters that the state government plans to deploy drones to monitor the rerun elections in the state. He told Newsmen in Okrika on Saturday that the Nyesom Wike-led government was deeply interested in ensuring free, peaceful and credible legislative rerun [...]

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]]> APC Is Ready For Edo Guber Polls – Adams Oshiomhole https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-is-ready-for-edo-guber-polls-adams-oshiomhole/ Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:24:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=144667 Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready for the Sept. 28 gubernatorial elections. Oshiomhole, who spoke with State House Correspondents, said that the ruling party was also sure of victory having worked for Edo people in the past seven and half years. “We work for Edo people. [...]

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]]> PDP Declared Winner Of Ondo Council Polls https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-declared-winner-of-ondo-council-polls/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:21:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=126698 The Chairman of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Professor Olugbenga Ige, has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of the local government council elections. PDP won all the 18 local government chairmanship seats and 202, out of the 203 councillorship positions available. According to Ige, “all the results had earlier [...]

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]]> APC Sweeps Local Council Polls In Sokoto https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-sweeps-local-council-polls-in-sokoto/ Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:47:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=122723 The All Progressives Congress (APC), has won all the Chairmanship and Councillorship seat in the Local Government elections conducted on Saturday in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the results were declared in Sokoto on Sunday by Alhaji Usman Abubakar the Chairman, State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC). Abubakar, who announced that [...]

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]]> Rivers Governorship Election Tribunal: IG-P Arase Allegedly Orders Arrest Of Police Witnesses For Testifying To Peaceful Polls https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-governorship-election-tribunal-ig-p-arase-allegedly-orders-arrest-of-police-witnesses-for-testifying-to-peaceful-polls/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:01:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101814 The Rivers State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday heard the testimony of two senior police officers, an Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Area Command of Bori Zonal Police Command in Rivers State, Mr. Akuki Kenneth, and a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, Uche Mike Chukwuma. The police officers told the tribunal that contrary [...]

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]]> Do Not Interfere In The Upcoming Bayelsa & Kogi Guber Polls, Governor Dickson Tells President Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/do-not-interfere-in-the-upcoming-bayelsa-kogi-guber-polls-governor-dickson-tells-president-buhari/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:51:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101396 Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) not to interfere in the forthcoming Bayelsa and Kogi States governorship elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed November 21 and December 5 as dates for the governorship polls in Kogi and Bayelsa respectively. The governor also warned the security agencies and the [...]

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]]> Guber Polls: Buhari’s Popularity Won’t Help APC In Kogi – Wada | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/guber-polls-buharis-popularity-wont-help-apc-in-kogi-wada-nigeria/ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:30:54 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/guber-polls-buharis-popularity-wont-help-apc-in-kogi-wada-nigeria/ Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s popularity will not help the All Progressives Congress in the November 21 governorship election in the state. Wada, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, when he visited the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party to pay for his nomination form, insisted [...]

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]]> PDP, Jonathan Have Perfected Plans To Replicate Ekiti Rigging Strategy For Polls – APC https://www.theinfostride.com/pdp-jonathan-have-perfected-plans-to-replicate-ekiti-rigging-strategy-for-polls-apc/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 03:15:45 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/pdp-jonathan-have-perfected-plans-to-replicate-ekiti-rigging-strategy-for-polls-apc/ The All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in cahoots with security agencies, are planning to replicate the strategy allegedly used in the June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State, to manipulate the general elections, slated for March 28 and April 11, 2015. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji [...]

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]]> Polls: Delta SSG Warns Jega Against Using Card Reader, Carpets APC https://www.theinfostride.com/polls-delta-ssg-warns-jega-against-using-card-reader-carpets-apc/ Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:15:51 +0000 Ahead of this weekend’s presidential and National Assembly elections, the Secretary to Delta State Government, Ovuozorie Macaulay, has denounced the Independent National Electoral Commission’s planned use of the card readers. In an interaction with reporters in Asaba, the Delta State capital, over the weekend, the SSG warned INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega, against using the card [...]

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]]> Polls: Don’t Receive Bribe From PDP –Aregbesola Urges Electorate https://www.theinfostride.com/polls-dont-receive-bribe-from-pdp-aregbesola-urges-electorate/ Sat, 14 Mar 2015 03:15:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/03/polls-dont-receive-bribe-from-pdp-aregbesola-urges-electorate/ Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has called on the people of the state to reject bribes from the Peoples Democratic Party, which is meant to sway them to vote the PDP in the forthcoming general elections. Aregbesola made the call while campaigning for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress at Atakumosa West [...]

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]]> #OsunElection: Clear Testimony To Jonathan’s Unparalleled Commitment To Peaceful Polls – PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/osunelection-clear-testimony-to-jonathans-unparalleled-commitment-to-peaceful-polls-pdp/ Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:15:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/08/osun-election-clear-testimony-to-jonathans-unparalleled-commitment-to-peaceful-polls-pdp/ The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the outcome of Osun State governorship election as “a clear testimony to President Goodluck Jonathan’s unparalleled commitment to peaceful elections in Nigeria”. The ruling party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh on Sunday, hailed the president for “creating the enabling [...]

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]]> Panama to elect a new president amid close thee-way race https://www.theinfostride.com/panama-to-elect-a-new-president-amid-close-thee-way-race/ Sun, 04 May 2014 06:02:27 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=40273 Voters in Panama go to the polls Sunday to pick the country's next president, after a campaign that revealed few major policy differences among the top candidates. The campaign has gone down to the wire, with polls giving any of the three leading contenders…

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]]> Ekiti Guber Polls: We Won’t Start Any Fight, But We Are Not Scared, Says Fayemi https://www.theinfostride.com/ekiti-guber-polls-we-wont-start-any-fight-but-we-are-not-scared-says-fayemi/ Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:15:52 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/04/ekiti-guber-polls-we-wont-start-any-fight-but-we-are-not-scared-says-fayemi/ Ahead of the June 21 governorship elections in Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi has said that the civil disposition of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state should not be mistaken for cowardice. Addressing a large crowd of students, teachers, artisans and other categories of people, who came out in support of his [...]

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]]> Ensure Credible Polls Next Year – U.S Urges Federal Govt https://www.theinfostride.com/ensure-credible-polls-next-year-u-s-urges-federal-govt/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:23:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=25163 The U.S government on Thursday urged the Federal Government to ensure that the 2015 general elections were credible. . The U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, made the call in Abeokuta during an official visit to the state. . Entwistle, who was accompanied by the U.S Consul General, Mr Jeffery Hawkins, said that his [...]

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]]> GEJ Tasked On 2015 Polls https://www.theinfostride.com/gej-tasked-on-2015-polls/ Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:06:35 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=16968 Christian graduates in the country have tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to keep faith with his promise of ensuring no blood was shed on account activities leading to 2015 presidential election. . Acting under the aegis of Nigerian Christian Graduates Fellowship, NCGF, immediate past president of the group, Professor Vincent Iyawe, gave the charge in an [...]

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]]> Supply Of Power Worsened In Q4 2013 — NOI Polls https://www.theinfostride.com/supply-of-power-worsened-in-q4-2013-noi-polls/ https://www.theinfostride.com/supply-of-power-worsened-in-q4-2013-noi-polls/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:52:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=14588 Electricity supply in Nigeria, worsened in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2013, at the peak of the privatisation process, power poll results just released by NOIPolls Limited have shown. . The report said that although power supply to households worsened in Q4, nevertheless, majority of Nigerians (70 percent) were hopeful about the ongoing reform in [...]

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