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April 12, 2015 : Samuel Awoyinfa and Kunle Falayi 39 Comments

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo cast his vote in Ward 11, Unit 021, Totoro/Sokori, in Abeokuta, Ogun State...on Saturday | credits: Saheed Olugbon

The All Progressives Congress won the governorship and state House of Assembly elections at former President Olusegun Obasanjos polling station, Ward II Unit 22, Olusomi Compound in Totoro-Sokori area of Abeokuta.

The APC defeated the candidates of Peoples Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and Unity Party of Nigeria, among others.

In the governorship election results, APC polled 95 votes, PDP 4, UPN 8, while SDP polled 11 votes.

In the House of Assembly race, APC polled 85 votes, PDP 8, while SDP polled 14 votes.

Obasanjo, who addressed journalists after his accreditation, lauded Nigerians for their doggedness and never-say-die attitude by making the democratic process to thrive in the country.

The former president, who was accredited in less than one minute and voted around 2.26pm, said Nigerians had done themselves proud.

He said, I think Nigerians should be proud of their performance in this election. There were apprehensions and, understandably so, because of those who were beating the drums of war.

But God took control and people who expected a big bang did not even get a whimper. We should all be proud of ourselves. We have done it for ourselves; we have done it for Africa. I believe we are gradually maturing in our democratic process.

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Gov Ducey #39;s Vetoes ....Arizona Progressives Unifying and Organizing 3-31-15
Gov Ducey #39;s Vetoes ....Arizona Progressives Unifying and Organizing Which is scaring the heck out of the right wing corporate/theocratic extremists. 3-31-15.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Runoff, But Progressives Show a Force That Can No Longer Be Ignored
http://democracynow.org - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has won re-election in a hard-fought runoff against challenger Jess "Chuy" Garca. Emanuel defeated Garca with a margin of around 55...

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Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he doesn't take it personally.

He has been open about his willingness to challenge Hillary Clinton, who is expected to announce her candidacy this weekend, and give progressives a voice in the Democratic presidential primary. But while Sanders tours the country delivering fiery speeches railing against the "billionaire class," many progressives remain preoccupied with a candidate who has repeatedly said she isn't running -- Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

"It's not about me and it's not about Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a great senator and a good friend of mine," Sanders said in an interview following a rally in Chicago where he campaigned for mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia last week. "It is about: 'Can we bring together working people to stand up and take on the billionaire class?' Nothing personal about this at all, Elizabeth and I are good friends."

Sanders, who has been labeled a socialist, has made multiple visits to the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire this year and recently completed a five-day trip that took him through California, Nevada, Texas and Illinois. He has drawn large and receptive crowds eager to hear him passionately denounce the Koch brothers and Citizens United while calling for a "political revolution" to reignite the middle class.

But as Sanders fires up liberals around the country, Warren's non-existent campaign continues to loom. After the Chicago rally, Sanders politely thanked a supporter who tells him that she likes him "just as much as Elizabeth Warren." Another progressive holding a "Run, Bernie, Run" sign said he supports both senators "but there is no way Elizabeth Warren is going to run for president."

The efforts of influential progressive organizations remain focused on Warren as the greatest hope the left wing of the party has in influencing Clinton, the overwhelming favorite to capture the Democratic nomination in 2016. All the while, Sanders continues to move closer and closer to announcing his own campaign.

Democracy For America and MoveOn partnered to form "Run Warren Run" to encourage her to join the race. They have built an infrastructure in early voting states for Warren's presidential campaign, along with helping to recruit small-dollar donors.

"If I run, I have to run a good campaign, not for myself but for all the people out there."

"Certainly Bernie has been carrying this debate for years and he's very seriously considering it, which is why we didn't do a draft campaign for him," said Jim Dean, chair of Democracy for America.

"This isn't an either or proposition for us," he added.

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April 11, 2015 : Kayode Idowu and Eniola Akinkuotu

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed

The All Progressives Congress has directed its members and supporters in Adamawa State to defy the curfew imposed by the state police command, describing it as unlawful.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in a statement on Friday that there was no threat to security in the state to warrant the imposition of a curfew.

The APC said the Presidential and National Assembly elections were held without incident or declaration of curfew, wondering what warranted the unlawful curfew declaration.

Imposing an unlawful curfew with effect from when voting ends on Saturday is suspect and unacceptable. We are therefore asking all our members and supporters to ignore the curfew, come out en masse to vote and also stay back to defend their votes, the party added.

The Adamawa State Police Command had imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on the state to forestall violence that may trail the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gabriel Adaji, said this while briefing newsmen on the preparation of the police for the April 11 elections in Yola on Friday.

The police commissioner said the curfew would run between April 12 and 14 would begin at 6pm and end by 6am.

He said that the measure was to ensure peaceful and orderly conduct of the elect ions.

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