Governors of the three North-Eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency, have insisted that elections must hold in their states in February. The governors, who rose from an emergency security meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday resolved that elections would hold in these areas against fears and…
President Jonathan Speaks at New Year
New Year Broadcast to the Nation by Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Jjanuary 1, 2015 Dear Great People of our nation, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the New Year today. As we mark the beginning of this New Year, 2015, a new nation…
Agbaje Wants INEC To Repeat PVC Exercise In Lagos
Jimi Agbaje, PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State, on Saturday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to repeat the Permanent Voters Card, PVC registration exercise in Lagos. Agbaje made the appeal at an endorsement rally put together by Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Support Group to canvass for President Jonathan and Agbaje at the 2015 polls.…
PVC: Twins Allege Discrimination
A group of identical twins and other people of multiple births in the country have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene by stopping what they described as “the mass discrimination against them by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s biometric system.” The group said at least 1,000 sets of identical twins in the country have…
INEC Shifts Date for Submission of Candidate List
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has moved the deadline for the submission of political parties’ candidates list for governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections from December 25 to December 26, 2014. This was disclosed by Kayode Idowu, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, on Thursday evening in Abuja. He said “the commission…
Obanikoro Accuses Agbaje, George Of Arming Thugs
Musiliu Obanikoro, aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the December 8, PDP governorship primarieshas accused Jimi Agbaje, winner of the election and Olabode George, national leader of the party of having armedthugs loyal to them with gunsfor purposes of intimidating him and his supporters on the election day. He stated this in a…
2015: Garba Canvasses for Journalists’ Safety
Mohammed Garba, President, Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called for adequate security for journalists. He said this was necessary in order for journalists to be able to carry out their constitutional role effectively during the 2015 general elections. Garba, made the call on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 in Abuja during the 45th meeting of…
Buhari Names Osinbajo As Running Mate
Muhammadu Buhari, Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has named Yemi Osinbajo, a professor of law, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and former Commissioner of Justice and Attorney-General of Lagos State, as his running mate for the February 14, 2015 general election. Osinbajo’s nomination came exactly seven days after the party held its…
2015: Jega Advises RECs To Remain Non-Partisan
As the nation gears up for the 2015 general election, Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has advised Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, to remain focused and neutral in all their activities in order to give the nation a credible, free and fair election. Jega gave the warning at the quarterly…
Making Way for Women
At the Abuja launch of a book by Amina Salihu, a farmer, newspaper columnist and feminist, the need for deliberate policies to promote women’s participation in politics was brought to the front burner In Nigeria where, more often than not, events such as book launches are targeted at fund raising, it is not out of…
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