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Nigerian Presidential and National Assembly Election

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headed by Prof. Attahiru Jega on Monday, April 18, 2011 declared incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, winner of Saturday’s presidential election. Jonathan polled 22, 495,187 (58.89%) to beat General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) who polled 12,214,853 (31.98%), Mallam …

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Analysis of Recent Delta State Governorship Re-Run

Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Delta State was on January 7, 2011 declared winner of the re-run election. He polled a total of 275,253 votes. His rival, Chief Great Ogboru, Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) governorship candidate polled 138,244. Chief Ovie Omo-Agege of Republican Party of Nigeria was a distant third …

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