Tag: 2015 general elections
22 PDP Gov Aspirants Defect To APC
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State, southern Nigeria, has suffered a major blow ahead of the general…
The Gathering Storm
Less than six weeks to the general elections in Nigeria that promise to be the toughest contest since the return…
Hamzat: Ambode Is Our Brother, We’ll Support Him
Jamiu Yisa Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure and governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress…
Nigerian Judiciary And 2015 Elections
As the 2015 general elections approach, the input of the Nigerian Judiciary in ensuring that the polls are credible is…
2015: Lagos APC Picks Odunmbaku As Campaign Co-ordinator
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, western Nigeria, has appointed one of the party’s chieftains, Cardinal James Odunmbaku…
Hypocrisy Of Obasanjo’s Book Of Vengeance
By Nwobodo Chidiebere After reflecting on the intents and motive of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s book titled My Watch, I…
Abiola’s Wife Clinches Lagos UPN Gov Ticket
Kayode Aponmade Chief Mrs Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, wife of the late politician and business mogul, Chief MKO Abiola, has emerged the…
Jega Identifies Threats To 2015 General Elections
Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has identified insecurity and inadequate funding as the challenges facing the…
Gov Race: Aspirant Asks Court To Stop Agbaje
Eromosele Ebhomele A governorship aspirant for Lagos State, western Nigeria in the 2015 general elections in the country, Nurudeen Balogun,…
2015: APC Screens House Of Reps Aspirants
Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has begun the screening of aspirants for various…
INEC Lifts Ban On Campaigns
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, officially lifted the ban on campaigns for the 2015 general elections. The…
PDP Planning To Rig 2015 Election —Oshiomhole
Eromosele Ebhomele With the 2015 general elections just months away, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo Stae, southern Nigeria, has alerted…
Groups Endorse Jonathan As He Declares For 2015
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Chieftains of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and several groups on Tuesday gathered at the popular Eagles…
Who Should APC Pick As Its 2015 Presidential Standard Bearer?
As next year’s general elections appraoch, several aspirants have indicated interest in clinching the presidential ticket of the All Progressives…
7 Lawmakers Fight To Replace Ikuforiji
Eromosele Ebhomele & Jamiu Yisa As political calculations and horse trading begin ahead of the 2015 general elections in Lagos…
2015 Presidency: Buhari Declares
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former Military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) on Wednesday declared his intention to contest for the…
Oba Akiolu Vows To Expose Corrupt Yoruba Obas
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has promised to expose the corrupt monarchs who were bribed by…
Boko Haram’s Effrontery
In the wake of Boko Haram’s recent territorial conquest, the insurgents have taken another step to rub Nigeria’s face in…
Hamzat Flags Off Gov Campaign
Jamiu Yisa All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship hopeful and Lagos State Commissioner for Works, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has said that…
‘Ekiti Poll Raises Bar For 2015 Elections’
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), an NGO, on Monday said that the just-concluded governorship election in Ekiti State had raise…
PDP decries media attack on Mu’azu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja, decried the use of a section of the media to attack…
33 Lagos Lawmakers Plot Return
Eromosele Ebhomele At least 33 out of the 40 members of the Lagos State House of Assembly are currently jostling…
2015 Election: Mixed Reactions To Time Table
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The early release of the time-table of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission has…
2015 Elections: 5,000 Thugs Train In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele It has been revealed that at least 5,000 youths are currently being trained in Lagos…
A Year To The Presidential Election
A year and four days to the presidential election, Nigerians still do not know who are the contenders or what…
Nigerian Politicians And Unguarded Utterances
As Nigeria prepares for the general elections in 2015, it has become nauseating to hear prominent leaders of the country…
INEC Warns Politicians Against Overheating Polity
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday warned politicians against overheating the polity ahead of the 2015 general elections.…
Stop Politicking And Face Governance
The recent warning by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against political campaigns by politicians and political parties ahead of…
Disband INEC Now —Lagos ACN
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has said that the present INEC leadership is corrupt, partisan…
2015: Ifeanyi Dike Eyes Politics
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Prince Ifeanyi Dike, is set to participate actively…