Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Buhari Campaign Council have warned the government against postponing the February 14 and 28 elections, saying they should be allowed to go ahead as scheduled. Atiku said there was enough time for the distribution of the permanent voter cards, adding: “Yes, we have a problem with the distribution…
Barely 24 hours after releasing Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s 1961 West African School Certificate (WASC) results, the Principal of the Government College, Katsina, Mallam Isyaku Bello, has been receiving death threats. The source of the threats could not be ascertained last night. The principal was summoned by his employers, the Katsina State Ministry of Education, in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), the Buhari Campaign Council, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Governors Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) and Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto) all said no to any postponement. While Fashola and Wamako spoke at campaign rallies in their states, the others responded in separate statements. In a statement in Abuja by its National Publicity…
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised the people of Abia State and the Ndigbo in general that his administration will provide them with the enabling environment for entrepreneurship to thrive if voted into power in the forthcoming election. Speaking in Umuahia during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign rally, President Jonathan said he would give…
There will be no official role for uniformed soldiers at polling stations across the land when next month’s elections get underway,according to indications from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) . Only unarmed policemen will be allowed at the 120,000 polling units created for the elections,Saturday Nation gathered yesterday. The commission is also said to…
BARELY six days after the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State was bombed, another secretariat of the ruling party was yesterday bombed in Ngo, the headquarters of Andoni Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the APC’s secretariat, a bungalow, was bombed by…
A barrage of criticisms from across the nation yesterday greeted Thursday’s visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Maiduguri, Borno State, with many Nigerians dismissing the trip as belated and politically motivated. The President had used the visit – his first to the state since March 2013 when he held a town hall meeting with Borno…
Spokesman of the Chibok Community Nationwide, Dr. Allen Mannaseh, has described as empty the promise made by President Goodluck Jonathan in April last year on the release of their abducted daughters in April 2014. Dr. Mannaseh also said the entire Chibok community was shocked over the silence of Mr. President on the true situation of…
The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has applauded President Jonathan and General Buhari for their signing of a non-violence pledge, the “Abuja Accord,” by which they have publicly committed to refraining from advocating, fomenting, or condoning electoral violence. All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, and President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday signed a non-violence accord…
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday visited Maiduguri – the beleaguered Borno State capital that has been troubled by Boko Haram insurgents. This is the President’s first trip to the Northeat since the government declared a state of emergency in three states – Borno, Yobe and Adamawa – in May 2013. His unannounced visit is believed to…