INEC Urged To Shift Borno State Poll To September, 2015

Twenty-three of the 28 political parties in Borno State on Thursday asked that elections should be postponed in the state till September this year. They also suggested that an interim government should be put in place to run the affairs of the state on the expiration of the tenure of the present administration...

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[Must Read] Buhari’s Speech at Chatham House – Nigeria’s Transition

Permit me to start by thanking Chatham House for the invitation to talk about this important topic at this crucial time. When speaking about Nigeria overseas, I normally prefer to be my country's public relations and marketing officer, extolling her virtues and hoping to attract investments and tourists....

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Attorney General Adoke Withdraws Anti-PVC Affidavits, Claims They Were Filed Without His Knowledge

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has claimed ignorance of his own affidavit to scuttle the use of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) in Nigeria's elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a press statement on Wednesday in response to the SaharaReporters'...

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PDP Challenges APC To Admit To Nigerians That Their Manifesto Is False And Unrealistic

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described as lies and unrealistic, the various electoral promises made to Nigerians by the All Progressives Congress (APC) while seeking votes for its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.The ruling party accused the APC of deceiving Nigerians...

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Fierce Battle: Femi Fani-Kayode Denies Renting Crowd To Boo Buhari In London

Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has denied allegation that he has rented a crowd to boo the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rted) during his presentation at...

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Breaking: Nigeria Lawmakers Fail To Confirm Obanikoro’s Ministerial Nomination

The Nigerian Senate failed to conduct the ministerial confirmation hearing for Senator Musiliu Obanikoro scheduled to take place on Wednesday. The ministerial confirmation hearing was not listed in the Order paper of the senate, this led to it being rescheduled for another date that is yet to be made...

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Breaking: Senate reschedules Ministerial Screening, Passes MTEF

The Senate today rescheduled the Ministerial screening listed in its Notice paper yesterday. The item was not listed in the Order paper. Reason given for the postponement was to enable the Senators debate the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper preparatory to the passage of...

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Jonathan On The Cliffhanger, By Erasmus Ikhide

President Goodluck Jonathan's suspenseful uncertain transitional government is gradually drawing to a close. His secret wish had been truncated. He expects Nigerians to simply reward his 6-year gutter government with another 4-year without election. It was a vain fancy gone awry! It was a sordid denuding...

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VP Sambo Doling Out Millions Of Naira In Kaduna -SaharaReporters

Vice President Namadi Sambo, who arrived in Kaduna at the weekend, is presently supervising the sharing of millions of Naira to individuals and groups in the state with sole aim of ensuring that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari loses to President Goodluck...

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Improve health for Nigeria women and children, Political Aspirants Urged

A coalition of women and children's health advocacy groups has challenged political office aspirants to explain details of their maternal and child health plans to the electorate especially at this period of electioneering. Partnership for advocacy in Child and Family Health Coalition (PACFaH) a public...

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Twist: Obasanjo Destroyed His Expired PDP Membership Card, PDP Claims

Two weeks after former President Olusegun Obasanjo tore his Peoples Democratic Party membership card, the party claimed on Tuesday that the card being held by the former President had expired.It said that the card hitherto owned by Obasanjo was signed by the party's former Acting National Chairman,...

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So How Come Money Is Failing PDP So Badly? By Peter Claver Oparah

PDP has been known for its money power. It believes so much in the power of money. It oozes money from all pores. It celebrates money such that it's another name is 'share the money'. It makes no pretence of the fact that it is monetarily rich. Money is PDP's aphrodisiac that wakes its potency any...

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Senate To Screen Ministerial Nominees Tomorrow

The Senate will on Wednesday February 25th, 2015 begin the process for the confirmation of Ministerial Nominees during their plenary. Among those to be screened are Senator Patricia Akwashiki, Professor Nicholas Akise Ada, the controversial Senator Musiliu Obanikoro. President Goodluck Jonathan last...

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Obasanjo's Graceful Exit From PDP : The Rest Is Noise Within PDP Camp By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Those lines of dialogue from the film "Double Indemnity" (1944) sum up the state of the two major political parties in Nigeria today. Both parties are rotten. How could they not be? Given the complete infestation of the political system by corruption on a scale that now requires a presidential aspirant...

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Buhari Is Stronger Than Fayose - Gov. Amosun

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has berated the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, for his continuous scathing remarks about the health status of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), saying Buhari is stronger than Fayose.He said...

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Ekiti Rigging Saga: Senator Omisore Confesses, "I Was There, All I Said Was Calm Down, Calm Down"

In a one-on-one interview with Nigerian citizen journalist Kayode Ogundamisi at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, Senator Iyiola Omisore of Osun state has admitted that a tape released by SaharaReporters detailing how some politicians met with a Nigerian army general to plot the rigging...

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Ogun Presidential Campaign Body To Challenge Mental State And Physical Health Of Buhari

The Presidential Campaign Organisation, Ogun State, on Monday resolved to challenge the state of mind and physical health of General Muhammadu Buhari in a competent court of law and demand that a thorough medical examination be carried out on him to ascertain if he is capable of Ruling Nigeria.The body...

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Just In: Shonekan Commissions Bandirawo City, Says Kwankwaso Has Done Well

----------------------Press Release----------------------Former Head of Nigerian Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan on Monday commissioned Bandirawo City, one of the three new mega cities built by the government of Kano state, under Gov. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso.In the first phase, the...

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Just In: President Jonathan Has No Plan To Rig March Polls, Says Dr Abubakar Sulaiman

The Honourable Minister/Deputy National Chairman, National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr. Abubakar Sulaiman has declared that President Goodluck Jonathan has no plan to rig next month's general elections, even as he described the president as a leader with large heart.The minister made the disclosure...

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Ban Ki-Moon Urges FG And INEC To Adhere To New Election Dates

The Secretary-General to the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on Saturday urged the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the new dates for elections in Nigeria are maintained, in accordance with the provisions of the nation's constitution. He also maintained...

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