INEC chairman Attahiru Jega holds up a result sheet after the presidential elections in April 2011. (file photo)
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Electoral Commission Accused of Rigging Nigeria's Polls
Several political parties have blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for playing an active role in rigging the last general elections, won by President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Nigeria: INEC Responsible for Rigging, Say Parties
This Day, 25 September 2011
Independent National Electoral Commission has been blamed for rigging during last general elections held in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: 39 Days to Go - Presidential Election Tribunal - How Far Can Buhari, CPC Go?
Vanguard, 25 September 2011
It is exactly 141 days since Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, launched its bid to get the April 16 general election that brought President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling… Read more »
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Nigeria: Presidential Poll - Tribunal Rejects CPC Results in Five States, FCT
Daily Champion, 23 September 2011
The Presidential Election Petition tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday rejected election results sought to be tendered by Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) from 35 states of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Tribunal Rejects CPC's Bid to Tender Results From 35 States, FCT
Vanguard, 23 September 2011
THE bid by Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, to sack President Goodluck Jonathan from office, yesterday, suffered a major setback, following the refusal of the Presidential… Read more »
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Nigeria: I Can't Tender Voters Register, Jega Tells Court
Vanguard, 22 September 2011
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Tribunal, Prof Attahiru Jega, yesterday, adduced reasons why he would not tender the biometric data bank containing the national… Read more »
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Nigeria: PDP Sure of Victory At Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal
This Day, 21 September 2011
A high-powered delegation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by the Acting National Chairman, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, Tuesday stormed the presidential election petitions… Read more »
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Nigeria: PDP Leaders Storm Tribunal
Daily Champion, 21 September 2011
Stalwarts of the(PDP) yesterday, stormed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal hearing the petition brought by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), challenging the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Salami - President Acted Unconstitutionally - Momoh
Daily Trust, 20 September 2011
Prince Anthony Macnono Momoh, national chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) is a lawyer, author and a former information minister. He was at the Court of Appeal… Read more »
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Nigeria: CPC Asks Tribunal to Summon Jega
Daily Trust, 20 September 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change, (CPC), yesterday asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission… Read more »
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Nigeria: Presidential Tribunal - CPC Seeks Electronic Copies of Proceedings
Leadership, 20 September 2011
The lead lawyer to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mr Oladipo Okpeseyi (SAN) in its suit challenging the election of President Goodluck Jonathan, has requested for… Read more »
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Nigeria: Presidential Poll - CPC Loses Faith in Appeal Court, Writes Foreign Embassies
Vanguard, 20 September 2011
Fresh indications emerged, yesterday, that Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, is set to follow its challenge of President Goodluck Jonathan's election victory to the Supreme… Read more »
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Nigeria: Appeal Court Must Deliver Judgement in Sokoto Gov Tussle - Kutigi
Leadership, 18 September 2011
As a principle, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Kutigi, rarely grants press interviews because he abhors cheap publicity. But the exigency of the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Bad Day for CPC at Presidential Tribunal
The Moment, 18 September 2011
THE Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday refused an application filed by the CPC seeking to call more witnesses in its petition challenging the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Jonathan Didn't Get 25 Percent of Zamfara Votes - Cpc
Daily Trust, 16 September 2011
The Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan, who was declared the winner of the April polls, did not score up to the 25% votes accredited… Read more »
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Nigeria: CPC's Bid to File New Evidence Rejected
This Day, 18 September 2011
The Presidential Elec-tion Tribunal yesterday refused the application by the Congress for Progressive Change to bring before the court new witnesses and documents. Read more »
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Nigeria: Army, Police Diverted Election Materials for Jonathan, CPC Tells Tribunal
Vanguard, 16 September 2011
Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, yesterday, alleged before the Presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, that President Goodluck Jonathan used scores of armed… Read more »
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Daily Trust, 15 September 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)… Read more »
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Nigeria: CPC - Ballot Papers Used to Rig for Jonathan
Daily Trust, 14 September 2011
The excess ballot papers printed by Tulip Press Limited by the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] was used to inflate the scores of President Goodluck Jonathan in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Presidential Poll - Our Agents Signed Results At Gunpoint, CPC Tells Court
Vanguard, 15 September 2011
TO convince the presidential election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, to nullify the April 16 general election that brought President Goodluck Jonathan into power, the Congress… Read more »
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Nigeria: Presidential Poll - We Signed Result Under Pressure -- CPC
Daily Champion, 15 September 2011
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) yesterday told the Presidential election tribunal sitting in Abuja that the final result of the presidential election for Cross River state… Read more »
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Nigeria: CPC- PDP Printed Excess Ballot Papers to Rig Poll
This Day, 14 September 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Tuesday told the Court of Appeal in Abuja, sitting as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)… Read more »
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Nigeria: Presidential Election Tribunal - CPC Calls Witnesses From Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Kaduna
Vanguard, 14 September 2011
Four witnesses of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, including an expert in Information Technology (IT), Tuesday, testified before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal… Read more »
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Nigeria: Presidency - Tribunal Rules Out CPC Chairman's Testimonies
Leadership, 13 September 2011
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday struck out the testimonies and statements of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Chairman,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Petition - CPC in a Drama of Errors
This Day, 13 September 2011
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Monday in Abuja began the prosecution process in its petition challenging the return of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as winner of the April… Read more »
