Why Buhari will not agree to a debate with Jonathan By Femi Aribisala
In all my years of studying elections, I have never seen a campaign as bogus as that of Muhammadu Buhari. It is amazing that, for a man who is running for election as president for a marathon fourth time, Buhari…
INEC Petitioned Over Alleged Non-distribution of PVCs in 24 Lagos Wards
â– Alimosho, Ifako, Ikeja, Mainland LGAs affected The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been petitioned over alleged deliberate mismanÂagement of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, distribution in five Local Government Areas of LaÂgos State. The development is said to have…
Prof Nwabueze, Agbakoba, others Initiate Intervention Commission On 2015 Elections
Icon of the Civil Society Movement and Former President of Nigerian Bar Association, Barr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN has been named as the arrow head of the intervention of coalition of leaders of thought and political activists in the torrential build…
Promise Fulfilled As Jonathan Gives Employment Letters, Cheques To Families of Diseased Job Seekers
In keeping his promise, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Friday in Abuja presented letters of employment into the Nigerian Immigration Service to members of the 15 families who lost sons and daughters during the Service’s recruitment exercise last year. At…
War Against Boko Haram: South Africans Providing Technical Support, Training, Says Report
Nigeria’s senior military commanders have described stories in major international media and culled by local newspapers reporting that Nigeria is deploying hundreds of mercenaries against Boko Haram terrorists as a joke taken too far. The officers insisted the foreigners, who…
Nigerian Forces Clear Adamawa, Others of Boko Haram Insurgents
Nigerian troops on Thursday successfully cleared terrorists out of Madagali, the last major town held by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s Adamawa State, even as troops of the 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, had earlier concluded the dislodgement and clearing…
Obanikoro Confirmed Minister By Senate
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as a minister. He was appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan, but his confirmation was stalled due to yet to be substantiated allegations that Obanikoro played a…
Electoral Violence: Former First Lady Simone Gbagbo Jailed
Ivory Coast’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in the violence that followed the 2010 elections, the BBC reports. Gbagbo, 65, had been charged with undermining state security. Her husband,…
Jonathan Appoints Akau New SURE-P Chairman
In furtherance of his efforts to continuously re-energize and reposition agencies of the Federal Government for optimal service delivery, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Mr. Ishaya Dare Akau as the new Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme…
Abducted American Woman Missionary Rescued By Nigerian Security Forces
An American woman Missionary, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, who was kidnapped has been rescued by a combined team of police, military and State Security Service officials, Premuim Times reports. Ms. Sortor, 87, was rescued at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday at…
Nigeria Decides: South West CNPP Endorses Jonathan
A coalition of political parties in Nigeria under the aegis of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), South West, has thrown its weight behind the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in this…
