Tag: 2015 election
How Jonathan plotted own defeat in 2015 Presidential election
A new book on the 2015 General Election has detailed how former President, Goodluck Jonathan plotted his own defeat during…
INEC officials got N23.9bn bribe from Diezani ahead of 2015 election
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) got at least N23.9billion from the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani…
I’m prosecuted for objecting a Muslim-Muslim ticket – Saraki
Nigeria’s senate president, Bukola Saraki has opened the lid on why he is being prosecuted by some persons in the…
2015 Election: Jonathan should have sacked partisan Jega – Okupe
By Seun Bisuga Doyin Okupe, a former spokesperson to Goodluck Jonathan, a former Nigerian president has outlined the errors his…
Ex-Senate President Mark to testify at election tribunal on Aug. 18
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Thursday fixed Aug. 18 for former Senate President, David Mark…
2015 Election: Aeroland Battles Yayi At Tribunal
Henry Ojelu The People Democratic Party, PDP candidate for the Lagos-West Senatorial election, Mr Segun Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland,…
I didn’t collapse after Jonathan’s defeat – Edwin Clark
A former Federal Commissioner for Information in Nigeria and acclaimed leader of the ethnic Ijaw group, Chief Edwin Clark, has…
US set to sanction Patience Jonathan, Orubebe, others
First, it was the extradition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ogun central senator-elect Buruji Kashamu to the United States but…
Insight: Nigeria’s ‘smooth election’ was nearly scuttled
Reuters As Muhammadu Buhari closed in on Nigeria’s presidency, an aide to election commission chairman Attahiru Jega sent a text…
Akinwunmi Ambode: The Story Of The Nigerian Dream
By Idowu Ajanaku “Every champion’s journey begins with a dream.” So goes the pay-off message of the Academy for Sports…
Buhari: At The Appointed Time
By Peter Claver Oparah I was nearly moved to tears when I watched the mocking PDP television advert against President-elect,…
Community of Democracies laud free, fair Nigeria election
The Secretary General of the Community of Democracies, Ambassador Maria Leissner, congratulates the people of Nigeria and the electoral management…
2015 Election: Jonathan, Buhari kick against violence
With the presidential elections barely five days away, the message of non-violence have been coming from all quarters across the…
PDP’s Deadly Fight With Jega, Card Readers And PVCs
By Peter Claver Opara PDP, that party that basks in the self-adulation of the largest party in Africa is deeply…
The Fuss About Presidential Debate
Before the general elections were shifted from 14 February to 28 March and 11 April, there was so much fuss…
2015 Election: Who’s the biggest ‘Loud Mouth’, Vote Here
There’s been loads of accusations and counter-accusations by members of the two leading political parties, Peoples Democratic Party and the…
NANS Was Wrong With Jonathan’s Endorsement
Sulaimon Adeyemi Wasiu Onikoro, a 400-level student of Islamic Law is the newly-elected President of the Lagos State University Students…
CNPP okays use of Card Reader for elections
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), has expressed its support for the use of Card Reader for accreditation of…
Over 2,500 PDP, SDP supporters join APC in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Total number of 1,237 members of the Abe-Igi Babaloke group in Idiroko ward, Ipokia local government council of…
God will defend Nigeria from bad leadership – Bishop Oyedepo
Bishop David Oyedepo, the President of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has urged Christians to earnestly pray for God’s choices to…
2015 elections will define Nigeria’s future, says Dakuku
Dr Dakuku Peterside, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, said on Thursday that the forthcoming…
Appeal Court dismisses suit challenging Jonathan’s eligibility
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed Mr Cyriacus Njoku’s appeal challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck…
Network for peaceful elections formed in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A network of organizations for peaceful elections in Edo state has been formed in the three senatorial districts…
Professional Liars Dominate PDP, Says Ajomale
The Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State Chapter, Otunba Henry Ajomale has described the incessant media attacks on the…
2015 Elections: We’re Ready For APC, says PDP
The PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, has said that contrary to claims by the opposition, the party is ready for the…
Arewa endorses President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan in Asaba on Saturday urged Nigerians to remain united and not allow politicians to divide the country…
Benin Palace Chiefs Disagree Over Jonathan’s Re-election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The raging controversy trailing the pronouncement by Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, that the Benins…
How celebrities, internet warriors, social media shaped 2015 campaign
Nigeria’s politicians are turning to Nollywood film stars, popular musicians and former international footballers to win next month’s election, in…
2015 Elections: UN reiterates support to Nigeria
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has reiterated the full support of the UN to the new dates fixed for the…
No Role For Soldiers In Polls —Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has declared that soldiers have no role to play in elections. Falana in…