INEC confirms 68m eligible voters for February polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday released the register of voters for next month’s general elections. In the register, the total number of voters stands at 68, 833, 476....
View ArticlePTF: OBJ clears Buhari of corruption
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said the report of the probe panel he set up when he held the sway as the president of the country did not indict ...
View ArticleBuhari replies: I spent more on military equipment than Jonathan
The Campaign team of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), yesterday, tackled President Goodluck Jonathan ...
View ArticleObasanjo to Buhari: Form government of people ‘with character’ if you win
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday advised the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), to recruit ...
View ArticleSenate refers 2015 budget to committees
The Senate on Wednesday referred further legislative activities on the 2015 budget to its committees on Finance and appropriation and adjourned plenary till February 17 to enable members to participate...
View ArticleItaly’s President Napolitano resigns
Italy’s veteran President Giorgio Napolitano resigned Wednesday after almost a decade at the helm of the eurozone’s third largest economy, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state....
View ArticleMy wife first ‘spotted’ PDP gov candidate, Emmanuel – Akpabio
If not for the foresight of the Akwa Ibom State First Lady, Mrs. Unoma Akpabio, perhaps the 2015 Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the state, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, would not have been “discovered” and...
View ArticleMy wife first ‘spotted’ PDP gov candidate, Emmanuel – Akpabio
If not for the foresight of the Akwa Ibom State First Lady, Mrs. Unoma Akpabio, perhaps the 2015 Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the state, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, would not have been “discovered” and...
View ArticleAmaechi predicts victories for Buhari, APC in Rivers
Ahead of the general elections in February, the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed the confidence that Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), presidential candidate of the All...
View ArticleFormer Gov Nnamani seeks re-election to Senate, pledges quality...
By Chibota Edozie The Enugu East Senatorial candidate of People for Democratic Change, PDC, and former governor of Enugu state, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani has pledged to give the constituency quality...
View ArticleUS links rising Boko Haram attacks to elections
The United States government has thrown its weight behind the Federal Government to conduct this year’s general elections despite the fact that the country ...
View ArticlePDP an Ebola Virus party, says Tinubu
The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a political Ebola and should be voted out ...
View ArticleAPC regains House majority as PDP loses 8 Reps
The ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives further depleted on Wednesday as eight more members defected from the majority party ...
View Article2015: Jonathan, Buhari, others sign non-violence agreement
President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progress Congress (APC) presidential candidates as well as 12 others contesting ...
View ArticleImages show scale of Boko Haram devastation
Human rights group Amnesty International has released satellite images showing what it says is “indisputable and shocking evidence” of the scale of last week’s attack on two Nigerian towns by Boko...
View ArticleYouth group warns Patience Jonathan against Bayelsa visit
A group of concerned youths in Bayelsa State under the auspices of Bayelsa Youth Vanguard, has threatened to disrupt the Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally if the First Lady, Mrs. Patience...
View ArticleYouth group warns Patience Jonathan against Bayelsa visit
A group of concerned youths in Bayelsa State under the auspices of Bayelsa Youth Vanguard, has threatened to disrupt the Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally ...
View ArticleBird flu hits Lagos, Kano
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday announced that there had been unusual high mortality in two poultry farms ...
View ArticleJonathan can’t fight B’Haram with 1985 weapons – Fashola
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has faulted a statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan that Muhammadu Buhari did not buy any weapon for soldiers when he was in government. Fashola...
View ArticleEkiti Govt stops pasting of posters in the night
In view of the need to maintain adequate security in Ekiti State, the State Government has stopped pasting of posters in the night in the State. The government has also directed that no poster should...
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