President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday re-echoed his earlier advice to politicians to avoid sowing the seed of discord and hatred through their utterances ahead of the 2015 general elections. He also reminded opposition politicians that Nigeria does not belong to anyone and cannot be considered anybody’s personal estate. Speaking at a special Christmas service at […]
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Akpabio, Jang, Imoke, Suswam, others donate N1billion to PDP while owing workers for months
As representatives of 21 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors mounted the rostrum Saturday night at the presidential villa in Abuja to announce N1.05 billion in donation to the PDP, back in their respective states, school teachers and other state workers were enduring their second or third month of work without pay. In some states, the […]
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PDP labels Buhari a “semi-literate jackboot” who will lose again
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described a former Head of State and flag-bearer of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, as a “semi-literate jackboot”. Speaking at the national secretariat of the PDP, Monday, the national secretary of the party, Wale Oladipo, while receiving a delegation of PDP members from Diaspora, said […]
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Nigeria 2015: SERAP drags APC, PDP to court for undisclosed campaign expenses
For failing to disclose their planned expenditure and sources of funding, Nigeria’s two largest political parties have been charged to court. The suit is coming over one month after both parties received a Freedom of Information, FOI, request, but declined to disclose their finances to a civic group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP. The […]
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Tinubu attacks Jonathan, again
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, on Friday asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign from office because he has failed the nation and was not fit to rule Nigeria. Tinubu made the call in Benin, Edo State, when he inaugurated the New Lagos constructed […]
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APC raises the alarm over purchase of Permanent Voter’s Cards
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the antics of a certain political party that has engaged in buying Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) with a view to disenfranchising the owners of such cards, especially in opposition strongholds. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]
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Buhari takes 2015 to Facebook
Checks on Facebook Thursday showed that the retired general had begun keeping up with the use of the social service with a view to attracting the support of the younger generation. Although many online analysts might argue that Buhari registered his presence on social media late, his followership has begun growing in leaps and bounds. […]
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“We are a mission and we do not meddle in politics” – RCCG
The Redeemed Christian Church of God has dissociated itself from rumours making the rounds that its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, gave his blessings to the vice-presidential ambition of a former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The All Progressives Congress had on Wednesday named Osinbajo, who is said to […]
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Why I picked Osinbajo as my running mate – Buhari
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, has given reasons why he picked Yemi Osinbajo as his running mate as he bids again become Nigeria’s president. While presenting Mr. Osinbajo to the media at the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja, Mr. Buhari said his running mate was chosen because […]
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Finally, Buhari nominates Osibajo as running mate
Presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, has nominated , former Attorney-General of Lagos State,Yemi Osibajo, as his running mate, in the incoming 2015 election. The nomination of Osibajo by Buhari is coming a day to the deadline to submit his nomination form to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following long days […]
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Jonathan avoids National Assembly, sends Okonjo-Iweala to present 2015 budget
President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed Tuesday he will not be presenting the 2015 budget proposal personally to the National Assembly, in a move that appears aimed at avoiding a possible confrontation with lawmakers. Mr. Jonathan has mandated finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to do the presentation on his behalf. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala will present the budget Wednesday (today) , […]
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Court strikes out PDP’s suit seeking to unseat defecting governors
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, urging the court to sack its five governors who defected to APC. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, in a ruling that lasted about two hours held that the suit’s originating processes were invalid, on the ground that they were […]
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Buhari has nothing new to offer, except ‘tired ideas, provocative utterances’
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has welcomed the emergence of former military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, as the presidential flagbearer of Bola Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections. This will be the fourth time General Buhari will be contesting in the presidential elections. On each of the three previous occasions, […]
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Buhari Wins APC Presidential Primary, Confronts President Jonathan In February Election
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) today at the All Progressives Congress (APC) convention in Lagos won the presidential primary to carry the party’s flag at the 2015 presidential election to be held on February 15th 2015. The former Head of State grabbed about 5,000 votes being the majority of the votes cast to beat former Vice […]
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Jonathan Picks Sambo as Running Mate
President Goodluck Jonathan in the early hours of Thursday announced his deputy, Namadi Sambo, as his running mate in the 2015 presidential election. The announcement has brought to an end speculations that the President would drop the vice president and choose a new vice presidential candidate. He chose Sambo as the vice president when he […]
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Muma Gee Emerges As Candidate For Federal House of Representatives Under Labour Party
Muma Gee has emerged as Labour candidate for Federal House of Representatives, Constituency 1 of the Abua / Odual and Ahoada East local Government Areas of Rivers State, at the primaries which held on Tuesday 9th Dec 2014, in Rivers State. Muma Gee who decamped to Labour Party as requested by her people due to […]
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