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India PM Modi concedes defeat as anti-corruption candidate wins

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conceded defeat on Tuesday in Delhi state elections as early results showed anti-corruption campaigner Arvind…

Report: Jonathan to ease out INEC boss, Jega

President Goodluck Jonathan’s next joker is to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, with…

Boko Haram will be ‘thing of the past’, Jonathan promises

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to politicise the issue of security, saying government…

INEC extends PVC collection deadline to March 8

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) until March…

Agbaje warns supporters against violence

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje on Monday called on his…

INEC assures Nigerians of credible elections

The Independents National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday assured Nigerians that the 2015 general elections would be credible. Mrs Thelma…

Jonathan’s fear of defeat, reason for poll shift, says Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of Nigeria’s main opposition party, All Progressives Congress has stated that the general elections…

Elections will not be postponed again – National Security Adviser

Nigeria’s elections will not be postponed past March 28, National Security Advisor (NSA) Sambo Dasuki told AFP in an interview…

Boko Haram will be dismantled in six weeks, says Dasuki

Nigeria on Monday vowed to crush Boko Haram within six weeks as its leader warned a new regional fighting force…

The Right Man for the Job: Buhari or Jonathan?

Although 14 presidential candidates will be contesting at the next general elections set for 28, March 2015, there are strong…

In Pictures: Nigeria’s Hardworking Women In Agriculture

Photos By Emmanuel Osodi/Ondo

In Pictures: How Nigerian Women Lead The Way In Agriculture

Story and Photos by Emmanuel Osodi/Delta Much have been made of how agriculture should be the main source of income…

Outrage Continues Over Polls Shift

Eromosele Ebhomele Hours after the Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced a postponement of the already scheduled general elections…

Poll Shift: Buhari, Others Call For Calm

Eromosele Ebhomele Top politicians and well-meaning Nigerians have since Saturday been urging Nigerians for calm as reactions to the postponement…

Youths Plan One Million-Man March For Buhari

Youths in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, have concluded plans to organise a One Million-Man March…

Doyin Okupe Disgraced In Aso Rock

Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, did not bargain for what he got on…

Boko Haram leader in new video talks tough

*The most wanted Nigerian terrorist vows to defeat regional force Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed in a new video…

Agbaje, Ambode Sign Peace Pledge In Lagos

Simon Ateba/Lagos The two leading governorship candidates in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and Akinwunmi…

Oshiomhole ‎accuses PDP of contract duplication in Edo ‎

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state over the weekend accused past governments of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in…

Suicide bomber kills at least 14 in north Baghdad

A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite-majority area of north Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, security and medical…

Poll Shift: Obstruction of Democracy by Jonathan, PDP – Saraki

Senator Bukola Saraki has believes that the postponement of the 2015 general elections is an obstruction to the growth of…

Gunmen shoot dead Somali lawmaker

Gunmen shot dead a lawmaker in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, a fellow MP said, the latest in a…

Poll Shift: Ban Ki-moon asks INEC to start rapid PVC distribution

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has asked INEC to take advantage of the shift in polls to embark on rapid…

Accusations, counter-accusations trail polls shift

There are have been accusations and counter-accusations regarding the postponement of the 2015 general elections with Nigerian authorities coming under…

Six injured in Ogun auto crash

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Six persons were seriously injured Sunday morning in an early accident that occurred in Sango area of the…

Nigeria’s poll shift ‘a cause for concern’, says Britain

Britain said on Sunday a decision by Nigeria’s electoral commission to delay the country’s presidential election because of the security…

Ozekhome, Darah applaud INEC over polls shift

Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Mike Ozekhome, on Sunday said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did the…

22 die as Egypt police clash with football fans

Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the…

Ivory Coast defeats Ghana 9-8 to win AFCON 2015

Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry scored the decisive goal as Ivory Coast ended a 23-year Africa Cup of Nations title drought by…

My first term in office will not exceed May 29, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that he will not exceed the May 29 handover date in office, noting that,…