President Goodluck Jonathan • FG meets with parents of schoolgirls •Elderly men studying Qur’an in Gwoza killed as sect is expelled from MafaJaiyeola Andrews in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Almost one year after over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, and possibly encouraged by the inroads the Nigerian…
Ruling party: We are not against it, insists on test-runUS ambassador backs use of card readers as Odinkalu backs deployment of troops Chuks Okocha , Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Damilola Oyedele in Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) public avowal to oppose the use of Card Readers in this…
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) on Thursday rose in defence of the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, saying that she was spot on in her assessment of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as being “brain-dead.” The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO,…
Lawyers dismiss request citing Electoral ActChuks Okocha in Abuja
A new controversy has arisen over the conduct of the 2015 polls, as a political party, Young Democratic Party (YDP), which obtained a court judgment on Wednesday ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register it and include it in the 2015 elections, has demanded that…
SDP governorship candidate, Seyi Makinde As the various political parties in Oyo State gear up for the last lap of their campaigns ahead of the March 28 and April 11 elections, the party leaders, especially the governorship candidates, have been called upon to warn their supporters against violence. This call was made by the governorship…
Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sam Amadi Nume Ekeghe with agency report Nigeria’s electricity industry is being hindered by producers’ inability to raise finance and natural-gas shortages, curbing companies’ ability to boost INVESTMENT in output as the country suffers from daily blackouts, the country’s energy regulator has said. Peak electricity output of Africa’s…
The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has warned that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), two regulatory agencies of broadcasting and print advertising respectively, are by default promoting violence and hate following their inability to sanction erring radio and television stations, industry players and groups who continuously breach extant…
NNPP Office • Adopts Jonathan as presidential candidateZacheaus Somorin New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has demanded the extension of the collection of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At a press briefing in Lagos on Thursday, the party posited that the extension has become necessary taking into consideration the…
Seriki Adinoyi in Jos A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Chairman of the party in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, Chief Samuel Doro, has allegedly been killed by some unknown gunmen. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday morning, was confirmed by the Police Public…
Party’s spokesman raises the alarm over assassination plot Olakiitan Victor in Ado Ekiti The controversy surrounding the audio clip of how soldiers allegedly rigged the June 21 governorship election in favour of Governor AyodeleFayose is taking a new dimension as the All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister…