Tag: 2015 elections
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…
There are new developments to be addressed before elections, says Jega
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that there were `new developments’ that needed to…
Elections: Council Of State In Crucial Talks
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A crucial meeting of Nigeria National Council of State presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan was going on…
Don’t Vote For Jonathan, Soyinka Lists Reasons
Simon Ateba Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, declared on Thursday that no one should vote for the continuation of President…
February 14: An Open Letter To Nigerians
By Joe Igbokwe A dying British soldier at the battle of Trafalgar Square cried out with a loud voice: “England…
Reflections On February 2015 Elections
By Ayo Fasanmi As February 2015 elections draw near, global focus is on Nigeria. There are several reasons for this…
How Safe Are School Children During Polls?
Tension is thick in the air. The stakes are very high. And the major gladiators and their supporters are throwing…
Knocks For FG Over Plans To Keep Students In School
Harrison Iyoha Nigerian students and their parents have reportedly slammed the Federal Government following comments by the Minister of Education,…
How To Keep Nigeria As One In 2015
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema This article is, to a great extent, inspired by the interview with the Catholic Bishop of…
Agbaje, Ambode To Sign Peace Pledge
Simon Ateba Jimi Agbaje and Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All…
Spirit of Lagos Urges Lagosians To Vote
Funsho Arogundade Moved by the need to bring the message of its ‘Do The Right Thing’ campaign closer to the…
Don’t Leave The North, Okorocha Tells Igbos
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has advised Igbos living in the North against leaving the places they currently reside ahead…
Jonathan, Buhari To Face ICC Trial Over Polls Violence
The two leading presidential candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, President Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari of the…