Tag: 2015 election
I’ll not give up until I’m president, says Atiku
Former Vice President and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on…
INEC to engage Air Force, Navy personnel for 2015 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission said it would engage the services of Nigerian Air Force, Navy and other security agencies…
2015 Election: INEC sets up 15 standing committees
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has set up 15 Standing Committees to ensure the success of the general elections…
2015 election on track to be volatile, vicious, says Crisis Group
Nigeria’s general election is on track to be “volatile and vicious”, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said Friday, warning that…
Kano Govt. threatens to sue INEC over voters card exercise
The deputy governor of Kano state, Dr Adbullahi Ganduje, on Thursday said the state may go to court if the…
PDP calls for arrest of Governor Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the arrest and investigation of Governor Chibuike Amaechi for…
Stop Begging Politicians For Money, Ex-Minister Advices Nigerians
Eromosele Ebhomele A former Minister of State for Defence, Ademola Seriki, has said that Nigerians can only fully hold elective…
2015: Pray for me, Ikuforiji begs clerics
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji of the Lagos State House of Assembly Wednesday evening called on Muslim clerics and faithful…
2015: The gap between PDP and others is astronomical, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said that the gap between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and other opposition parties in…
Jonathan advises aspirants to shun do-or-die politics
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday dissolved the Presidential Declaration Committee with a plea to all PDP aspirants to shun do-or-die…
2015: Ex-INEC boss, Iwu warns against violence
Prof. Maurice Iwu, a former chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday advised Nigerians to shun violence during the…
Atiku storms Benin, seeks Oshiomhole’s support
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wednesday, stormed Benin City, Edo state to interact with Governor Adams…
Why Amaechi dumped tattered umbrella for the broom
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has cleared the air on why the state governor,…
Tinubu has not dumped Buhari for anyone
The rumour making the rounds that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has dumped former Nigerian Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari to back…
No presidential aspirant measures up to Jonathan, says cleric
Prof. Yusufu Obaje, the former State House Chaplain, said that none of the credentials of the aspirants clamouring for the…
How to make INEC truly independent – Atiku
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has advocated the setting up of an independent body to oversee the…
Jonathan submits 2015 presidency forms, optimistic of success
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday in Abuja submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms to contest the presidency in…
APC Reschedules Primaries Again
Jamiu Yisa The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its primaries aimed at picking candidates for the various elective positions…
I’m still contesting for presidency on PDP platform – Tafawa Balewa
Dr Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa of PDP, on Friday in Abuja said he had not withdrawn from the 2015 presidential…
Jonathan replies Amaechi, plans to fix Rivers roads
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt President Goodluck Jonathan seems to have found a reply to Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s accusation that he has…
2015: Dimeji Bankole throws money at commuters, Okada riders
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta What could be described as a popularity test played itself out Thursday evening at Kuto roundabout, Abeokuta, the…
APC’ll Sweep Away Thieves In PDP Govt, says Kwankwaso
Adi Femi/Kaduna Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday in…
Curbing Boko Haram will determine success of 2015 election, says Gov. Aliyu
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger said on Wednesday in Minna that the success of the 2015 general elections would depend…
PDP and INEC are Siamese Twins, says Tinubu
National leader of APC and former governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has insinuated that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party…
2015: Gbenga Kaka, Obadara dump APC for SDP
The three Ogun senators, Adegbenga Kaka, Akin Odunsi, and Gbenga Obadara on Wednesday submitted their letters of defection from the…
We Didn’t Endorse Jonathan – NCP
Damilare Okunola The Lagos state Chapter of the National Conscience Party, NCP, has denied reports that it has endorsed President…
2015: Ogoni, Kalabari will vote party that gives them gov. ticket
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The issue of who becomes the governorship candidate of the two prominent political parties in Rivers state…
Ambode Woos APC Elders, Unveils Action Plan
By Kazeem Ugbodaga A governorship of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode over the weekend wooed the…
Eight Ogun Lawmakers Defect To SDP, PDP
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Eight members from the Ogun State House of Assembly have defected from their parties to pitch tent with…
Jonathan announces second-term bid, vows to defeat Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared his bid for re-election, vowing to finally defeat Boko Haram whose rise in strength…