The need to have peaceful polls, forestall crisis both during and after the 2015 general elections and ensure the continuity of a united Nigeria continues to generate concerns among stakeholders in the Nigerian project. The latest call is coming from Project Nigeria Movement, a body comprising several civil society organisations, led by eminent jurist and…
Candidate Sues Lagos PDP Chairman
A Peoples Democratic Party’s House of Representatives aspirant, Abdulkabir Lawal, has sued the PDP Lagos chairman, Captain Olatunji Shelle, alleging that he transferred his mandate to Adebola Gbabijo. Lawal’s claim is that Shelle has given the party’s mandate to Gbabijo, who he claimed lost to him by a single vote. Lawal grossed 29 votes. The…
Presidential Election: Niger Delta Group Assures of Peace if Jonathan Loses
A group of ex-militants from the Niger-Delta region has assured that there will be no crisis if President Goodluck Jonathan loses in the forthcoming Presidential election. The youth who spoke on the platform of Niger-Delta Coalition, NDC and Delta Coalition for Change DCC, also pledged their support to whoever wins the Presidential election, assuring that…
PDP Denies Rift Between Jonathan and Mu’azu
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has denied reports of a sour relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and Adamu Muazu, its national chairman. In a statement issued on Monday, the party said Muazu still has an excellent working relationship with the President ahead of the March 28 presidential election. The party gave the assurance following…
Group Calls For Sanction Against PDP, APC
The Center for Social Justice has alleged that both the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have violated the provisions of the 2010 Electoral Act on campaign funding. Eze Onyekpere, Lead Director of the organisation, on Monday, said both parties have so far spent at least N4.97bn on publicity, to…
I will Confront Insecurity with Zeal –Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured that tackling indiscriminate violence would be one of his top of priorities once elected into office. Buhari said this in a condolence message issued today through his media campaign committee in Abuja where he expressed outrage and grief at the latest terrorist suicide…
Woman Arrested For Selling PVC
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old mother of two while allegedly attempting to sell some Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs to the women political leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kabala ward of Kaduna North Local Government Area of the state. The women leader in the ward, Hajiya Hajara Mairiga told…
Stop Inducing Electorate With Money- Oyintiloye
Nigerian politicians have been asked to refrain from inducing voters with material items and cash ahead of this year’s general elections. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate in Obokun Owa constituency, Osun State, made the call while delivering a speech at the 40th Annual Synod of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Diocese of…
Suspected Thugs Attack APC Billboards in Osun
Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC vying to represent Obokun Constituency of Osun State in the House of Assembly, has raised alarm over the destruction of his campaign billboards in Obokun by people suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Oyintiloye alleged that the suspected vandals loyal to…
Desperate Politicians Violate Abuja Peace Accord – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan says some desperate politicians have violated the Abuja peace accord by hiring and brainwashing young people to perpetrate violence in the country. Jonathan recalled his experience in Katsina State when his convoy was stoned by some hoodlums on his reelection campaign to the state, and lamented that most of the hoodlums are…
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