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PDP NWC blames campaign team for Jonathan’s defeat … says hate statements cost party votes in the North
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has said the hate campaign against Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress by the President Goodluck Jonathan campaign team played a huge part in PDP’s woeful outing at the last general elections.It also accused the team of shutting out its members from Jonathan’s electioneering after receiving about N500m out of…
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There Was No Election In Rivers State – Amaechi
The Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, is calling on INEC to conduct the elections in Rivers State, saying that after all that he witnessed on Saturday, there was no election at all in the state. Speaking to Channels Television’s election coverage programme, Nigeria 2015, in the early hours of Sunday, Amaechi alleged that there was a deliberate plan to truncate…
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INEC extends deadline for PVC collection again
The Independent National Electoral Commission has again extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards by two weeks. The new deadline for collection of PVCs is now March 22 as against the March 8 deadline. This was made known in a statement by Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega. Following the postponement of the…
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Endorsement: Benin royal palace have no favoured candidate, says Oba of Benin
The controversy that has trailed whether or not the Oba of Benin had endorsed a particular Presidential candidate has finally be put to rest as the palace has affirmed that all those contesting are the subjects of the Benin monarch. The Oba also said he has not mandated any of his palace chiefs to speak on his behalf in a…
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Features
Insight: Why Nigeria’s restive oil region will only accept Jonathan
The most impressive building in Otuoke, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s home town in the oil producing Niger Delta, is the multi-storey mansion complex he has built for himself and close family while in office. A few hundred meters away, the street where he grew up is a jumble of rusting iron-roofed shacks. Down a dirt side alley, Happiness Ebi smokes…
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Jonathan says Shekau will be capured before elections
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he underestimated Boko Haram Islamists who have overrun swathes of the country’s northeast and defended an election postponement in an interview published by Thisday on Sunday. Jonathan, facing a tight re-election bid against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, has faced criticism over the vote delay, which critics argue was designed to give him time to shore…
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BREAKING NEWS: Twitter suspends Obasanjo’s account
A Twitter handle belonging to former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has been suspended. Quick News Africa gathered that the account at the moment reads “Sorry, that user is suspended.” Investigations reveal that Obasanjo had sent several tweets yesterday attacking President Goodluck Jonathan, including predictions that General Muhammadu Buhari will emerge victorious at the presidential elections later next week. The suspension,…
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Court orders Buhari, INEC to be served papers over certificate
An Abuja Federal High Court has ordered that documents be served on the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, in relation to a suit seeking among others things, to restrain him from participating in the February 14 election. Justice Adeniyi Ademola ordered a substituted service of the court documents on Buhari and the Independent National…
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Interviews
Rig presidential election at your own peril, Edo leader warns PDP
President of Edo Progressive Indigenes Association (EPIA), Dr John Edokpolo has warned that the Peoples’ Democratic Party(PDP) will be biting more than it could chew if the February 14 presidential elections is rigged. Edokpolo, who recently joined the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, told newsmen that he is presently campaigning for the APC because the president has underperformed. The…
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War threats: Niger Delta ex-militants give Danjuma 7-day ultimatum
Former defence minister, Gen. Yakubu Danjuma, yesterday got a seven-day ultimatum from a group of ex-militants in the Niger Delta to withdraw his statement in which he called for the arrest of some former warlords or face their wrath. Gen. Danjuma had, on Wednesday, condemned last weekend’s meeting of the former warlords in Yenagoa where they threatened to unleash terror…
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APC will not be rigged out on Feb 14, says Edo leader
President of Edo Progressive Indigenes Association (EPIA), Dr John Edokpolo has warned that the Peoples’ Democratic Party(PDP) will be biting more than it could chew if the February 14 presidential elections is rigged. Edokpolo, who recently joined the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, told newsmen that he is presently campaigning for the APC because the president has underperformed. The…
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