Elections 2015: Five reasons Nigeria’s poll delay is fishy. BY Todd Moss

There was a whiff of something rotten in my kitchen on Saturday – and it wasn't the cooking. No, it was emanating from the press conference I was watching live on my smartphone, in which Nigeria's national electoral commissioner announced that polling, scheduled for February 14, was to be postponed...

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Will 2015 elections ever hold? BY Uche Igwe

At last, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced a postponement of the scheduled elections late Saturday night in Abuja. To many, it came as a surprise but to some of us, it did not. The whole issue of a possible shift in the elections had been in the works for a while. In fact, the...

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This Whole Boko Haram Thing Is Just A Political Game, Writes Victor.

Only the narrow minded will completely doubt that Boko Haram is being sponsored by the Jonathan-led government. Tell me why the once highly regarded Nigerian army that single-handedly brought peace to a war ravaged Liberia and Sierra Leone and has successfully engaged in several peace keeping operations...

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Just IN: Maku Denies Calling Jonathan A Boko Haram’s Sponsor

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Mr. Labaran Maku, has debunked social media reports that he accused President Jonathan of sponsoring Boko Haram.He added that reports linking him to making such treacherous comments are being formulated by his political enemies who intend on instigating...

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Just In: President Jonathan To Host Special Presidential Media Chat On Wednesday

President Goodluck Jonathan will host a special edition of the Presidential Media Chat on Wednesday (tomorrow). In a statement released on Tuesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said that President Jonathan will use the programme to answer questions...

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Just IN: Popular Uselu Market In Benin City Gutted By Fire

A section of the Popular Uselu market located along Ugbowo road in ‎Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, was razed down by fire on Monday evening.The fire, reported to have started at about 8:30pm, gutted a minimum of 50 shops although no life was reported to be lost. When our correspondent got...

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Exposed At Last: President Jonathan Behind Boko Haram Insurgency - Labaran Maku

This is a shocker especially when you consider the fact that Labaran Maku was a former Minister of Information under President Goodluck Jonathan. The APGA gubernatorial candidate in Nasarawa State said President Goodluck Jonathan's government is behind the Boko Haram insurgency. He made this shocking...

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Special Scoop: Jega To Proceed On Compulsory Retirement March 1, With Prof Mimiko Replacing Him

Information reaching NewsBeatPortal indicates that President Goodluck Jonathan may have finally succeeded in implementing his plan B - send INEC Chairman Prof Jega on a compulsory retirement - having earlier coerced the Independent National Electoral Commission into postponing elections in the country...

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Exclusive: Jega’s Tenure Ends On March 24, 2015 By Operation Of Law

In the interest of full disclosure, let me say from the outset that this piece is non-partisan. It is, instead, an apolitical academic exercise, primarily intended as a simple legal treatise, without being personal, on the legalities of tenure of Prof Attahiru Jega as INEC Chairman. Having said that,...

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Could Jonathan Be Afraid Of Losing and Could He Be The New Maradona? BY Bayo Olupohunda

The February 2015 general election shift had all the trappings of a well-organised plot. The time line and intrigues leading to the announcement seemed precise like clockwork. The speculations that the February 14 date for the presidential election could be changed had dominated political discourse...

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