From Ignatius Okpara (Enugu) and Ayo Balogun (Lagos) – Fashola said the IGP and others clamouring for such move and asking the electorate to stay 300 metres away from the polling unit were simply election riggers, as the electoral act did not forbid electorate from waiting after the election until the votes were counted. The governor, […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission and other 5 telecom company to pay the All Progressives Congress N500m for unlawfully shutting down the party’s presidential campaign fund-raising platform. Justice Ibrahim Buba gave the order on Tuesday in Lagos. The affected telecom companies are Etisalat, MTN, Globacom, Airtel Nigeria and […]
Plans to cause maximum harm to election officials and voters in Rivers State on Saturday, March 28 during the Presidential election by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have been condemned and described as evil. To that effect, the Greater Together Campaign Organisation, GTCO, has warned PDP to lay down such dastardly and satanic plans, noting […]
Pro-democracy activist and Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Comrade Shehu Sani, has described the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, as an affliction on the people of Nigeria in the last six years. Sani who spoke at a sensitization workshop organized by the Buhari/osinbajo Youths Support Groups as well as […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Asaba – Delta state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has put smiles on the faces of 100 indigent students of the state, as he presented a total of N500 million for their benefit under the 2013 First Class Graduate Scholarship Scheme of his administration. While speaking in Asaba, the State capital, at the […]
The World Igbo Congress (WIC) has renewed its support for President Goodluck Jonathan in his re-election bid, as well as called on Nigerians of Igbo extraction to vote massively for him. The group described President Jonathan as a true democrat who “strongly believes in due process and rule of law”, thus urged Nigerians to consider […]
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Kwara State Chapter has denied rumours of any illegal or non-statutory deductions from the monthly allocations accruing to the 16 Local Governments from the Federation Accounts. Chairman of the Association, Barr. Abdulateef Amodu-Okandeji told visiting members of the State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – As the Presidential election draws close, a youth group under the aegis of Middle Belt Youth Council has called on all Middle belt people to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, saying he is better option for the country. Addressing journalists in Jos, Monday, Leader of the group, Emmanuel Zopmal said, “Our […]
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen – A federal high court sitting in Lagos has ruled against the deployment of the Military to the polling units in the coming general elections. Justice Ibrahim Buba in his ruling, Monday morning held that Military presence during elections as proposed Federal Government, was unconstitutional and anti-democratic. It would be recalled the […]
Rivers State Governor and Director-General of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Presidential Campaign, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has accused the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state and former Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike of giving one million dollars monthly to the wife of the President, Mrs Patience Jonathan. Amaechi spoke at a Praise and Worship session […]
Hon. Azubuike Wanjoku, President-General, Ikwerre Youth Movement and member, Rivers State House of Assembly has described the political battle in Rivers State as a clash between Christianity and occult. Wanjoku said this at praise, prayer and worship conference organised by Ikwerre Youth Movement, IYM and Ikwerre Women Forum, IWF in honour of all the candidates […]
By Collins Amadi – Rivers State Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) saying the party was built on deceit. Resigning from APC in a statement issued on Sunday, Ikuru stated that APC is a party of “of rebels, insurgents and anarchists, clothed in robes of pretense and deceit.” His statement […]
*Says He’s Appendage Of Uche Secundus The APC in Andoni, hometown of Engineer Tele Ikuru, Rivers State Deputy Governor has described his defection to PDP as a mere scratch on the surface of the towering popularity of APC in the State from the ward to the State. Speaking with Newsmen in Port Harcourt, a leader […]
Rivers state governor, Chibuike Amaechi says the reasons given by the deputy governor Tele Ikuru for dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC) are shocking adding that the deputy has consistently been the second in command in politics of the state. A statement issued by the Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari added that […]
Ayo Balogun, Ibadan – Arising from an emergency meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, elders and leaders in Yorubaland have raised the alarm over calculated attempt to invade and subjugate Yorubaland through convert and disguised official policies of the Federal Government. They also agreed that next week’s election must hold and called on Yoruba people […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Barely a week to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Bauchi State has raised alarm of a systematic plan by INEC to disenfranchise about 10,000 Christians in Bauchi LGA of the State. The Christian Youths added that if INEC cannot resolve […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia – A total of 23 suspects including kidnappers, child traffickers/thieves, armed robbers, among others have been arrested and paraded by the Abia State Police Command. The state Commissioner of Police (CP) Mr Joshak Habila, while parading the suspects Friday in Umahia the State capital, said they were apprehended in different locations. […]
US BASED Nigerians are getting a bit of the country’s presidential campaigns as both the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and main opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC are seeking to engage them to influence next week’s polls, Empowered Newswire reports While several groups within the Nigerian community here have been issuing press releases endorsing […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the fiery Enugu Catholic priest, has raised fresh alarms over alleged plans to assassinate him before the March 28 general elections. The clergyman, who cried out via the media officer of the famous Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria Barr. Ike Maximus Ugwuoke, said he had been marked […]
Nigeria Election 2015! There have always been some asinine, farcical and insincere features to the politicking and electioneering in Nigeria, even long before the real election times. Nothing has ever been normal or straightforward with politicians; if they are not involved in one corruption scandal or the other; they are involved in bloodletting, mudslinging and […]
