Nigeria Elects First Female Governor
Results from Nigeria’s governorship election, Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan may have made history by becoming the first Nigerian woman to be elected a State Governor. As Nigerians await official results of the polls, reports from Taraba State show Jumai, the…
Obama, Raúl Castro in Historic Meeting Over U.S. – Cuba Relations
In attempts to establish closer ties with Cuba, President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba met Saturday, in the first face-to-face discussion between the leaders of the two countries in a half century. The meeting on the sidelines of…
Ebonyi Council PDP Chairman Shot Dead
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Emeka Nworie, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be political thugs in the early hours of Saturday. The late PDP chairman was attacked in his…
We Won’t Vote if We Don’t See Result Sheets – Amaechi
Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclised that members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will not take part in Sarurday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections if INEC officials fail to show them election result sheets at…
APC Jittery Over Defeat On Saturday Elections – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the PDP was plotting to disrupt the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the southwest on Saturday, insisting the APC is merely crying wolf…
#NigeriaDecides: Police Restricts Movement 8am – 5pm On Staurday
The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement in the 36 states of Nigeria for the final lap of the 2015 general election. The police had also restricted vehicular movement during the past presidential…
David Mark Devastated Over Oronto Douglas’ Death
The President of the Nigerian Senate, David Mark, has described as “devastating” the death of Special Adviser, Research, Documentation and Strategy to President Goodluck Jonathan, Oronto Douglas. Mark, in a condolence message to Jonathan, government and people of Bayelsa State…
Oronto Douglas, Jonathan’s Senior Adviser is Dead
The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas is dead. He was born on 1966 at Okoroba, his home town in Bayelsa State, South-South of Nigeria. According to reports, he had battled with cancer…
Stay Out of Politics, Lagos Leaders Warn Oba Akiolu
Two political leaders are unhappy with statements made by the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, denigrating Ndigbo in Lagos State for their perceived support for Jimi Agbaje, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Saturday’s governorship…
Lagos, Ekiti Threats: PDP Warns Against Anarchy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned what it described as the emerging height of political recklessness in Lagos and Ekiti states ahead of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. It called on all Nigerians to stand up against such…
Oba of Lagos Outburst: Expunge Indigenship From Nigerian Constitution – Saltlove Tells Buhari
The President/Executive Director of Citizens Rights and Empowerment Advocacy Initiative (CREMA Initiative), Comrade Rexkennedy Saltlove, has called for the abolition of indigenship – settler dichotomy from the Nigerian Constitution by the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. He made this…
