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Buhari’s certificate saga: PDP may pass vote of no-confidence on INEC – Fani-Kayode

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to address the issues surrounding the certificate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC] Muhammadu Buhari, or face a vote of no-confidence from the party. Femi Fani-Kayode, Director, Directorate of Media and Publicity of the organisation, […]

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Okonjo-Iweala attacks Soludo, says he’s Nigeria’s worst CBN governor ever

The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday took the former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Chukwuma Soludo, to the cleaners over his criticism  of President Goodluck Jonathan’s management of the country’s economy, saying his comments amounted to committing “intellectual hara-kiri”. The Minister, who spoke through her Special Adviser on Media, Paul Nwabuikwu, accused Mr. […]

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Nigeria’s problems cannot be fixed in four years – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that there is no government that can solve problems of a nation within four years. The president stated this on Monday when he paid a courtesy call on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari as part of his ongoing re-election campaign. According to him, beyond tackling the Boko […]

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Jonathan disowns Maku

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday disowned former Minister Labaran Maku, who claimed his support for dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), saying he cannot be involved in anti-party activities. Maku contested for the governorship candidature in Nasarawa State last year, but lost The President said he had at no time […]

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Soludo grades Jonathan “F” on economy; says his administration the worst ever

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, has delivered a ruthless evaluation of the Nigerian economy under President Goodluck Jonathan, ranking the administration “F” on economic management, and suggesting the Jonathan government is Nigeria’s worst as far as the management of the economy is concerned. Mr. Soludo said while Mr. Jonathan […]

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Niger Delta militants meet in Yenagoa, threaten war should Jonathan lose presidential election

Prominent Niger Delta militants have vowed to ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the February 14 presidential election. Mr. Jonathan is of the Ijaw ethnic stock, and the only member of a minority tribe from the South to have ever governed Nigeria. The former militants, who said any attempt to dethrone the President would be […]

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President Jonathan’s Special Meeting with Entertainers in Lagos Yesterday (Photos)

President Goodluck Jonathan was in Lagos yesterday, Saturday, January 24, 2015 for a special interactive session with Nollywood stars and other entertainers towards his re-election bid. At the special event, Nollywood stars and comedians turned out in large numbers with the likes of Segun Arinze, Ramsey Nouah, Emem Isong, Bovi, Omo Baba, Omawumi, Fidelis Duker, Zeb Ejiro, […]

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Nobody can stop me from visiting Bayelsa – Patience Jonathan

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Thursday said nobody or group could threaten her if she decided to visit any part of the country. Mrs. Jonathan, who spoke with one of our correspondents through her media assistant, Ayo Adewuyi, was reacting to statements by some youth groups threatening to disgrace her if she […]

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INEC snubs Dasuki, says “we are ready to hold elections in February”

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reiterated its commitment to the conduct of general elections in February, in reaction to the call for postponement by the National Security Adviser, NSA, Dasuki Sambo. At a press briefing in London on Thursday, Mr. Dasuki had called for postponement of elections, according to him, to enable INEC […]

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Nigeria Security Adviser, Dasuki, wants February election postponed

President Goodluck Jonathan’s National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has called for the February 2015 election to be postponed to allow more time for the distribution of voter cards, a call that has drawn a forceful rejection by the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. Mr. Dasuki made the call Thursday in London, UK. He said the […]

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Call Your Followers to Order, We Are Going Into Election, We Are Not Going For War – NHR tells Jonathan, Buhari

National Human Rights Commission (NHR) has called on the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari respectively to refrain from making statements capable of inciting their followers to violence. ‎The commission decried the alarming rate of hate speeches that have characterised electioneering campaigns […]

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Nigerians will continue to enjoy freedom under my government — Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday promised Nigerians that they would continue to enjoy freedom as contained in the law of the country under his leadership, if re-elected. Mr. Jonathan, who is the Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the pledge at the PDP campaign in Dutse. He said freedom was a good ingredient […]

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Katsina College releases Buhari’s ​WASC results

Government College, formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina, which Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, graduated from in 1961, has released Mr. Buhari’s secondary school certificate examination results. The results, obtained exclusively by PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday, confirm Mr. Buhari’s claim that he undertook the University of Cambridge West African School Certificate Examinations and […]

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My School Will Publish My School Certificate Results Soon – Buhari

Speaking to journalists at the Presidential Lodge at the Kano State government house earlier, the APC candidate said he was constrained to address the press because of the genuine concern of Nigerians and his admirers. He stated that he wrote the Cambridge/WASC examination 53 years ago at the Provincial Secondary School in Katsina. He  listed […]

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PDP Disowns Fayose on Advert on Buhari

Outrage has continued  to trail the newspaper advertorial placed by the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, stating that  the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari is terminally ill and may soon die, as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that it does not represent the position of the party or the views […]

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“Osinbajo Is My Problem”-President Jonathan Cries Out In Secret Meeting With Pentecostal Pastors In Abuja

Apparently ruffled by the momentum generated by the nomination of Yemi Osinbajo, a professor and pastor, as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress [APC], Muhammadu Buhari, President Goodluck Jonathan is asking a group of Pentecostal pastors to help him avert what he fears could be a loss in next […]

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Babangida declares support for Buhari

Ibrahim Babangida on Monday declared his support for Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate in the upcoming elections. Speaking while receiving Mr. Buhari who visited him in Minna, Mr. Babangida said ‘’all of us will support you in this course to salvage this country’’. He said that the APC candidate’s doggedness in […]

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