INEC debunks allegations of working for PDP

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has distanced itself from the claims by the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that it is working for the opposition party. Besides, INEC said the exclusion of APC in Zamfara State was purely a judicial matter and not a decision of the commission. Reacting to the allegations […]

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PDP campaign house burnt in Kano, 20 injured in Ekiti clash

Police arrest 28 suspects, vow to deal with troublemakers Emir Sanusi sues for peace Atiku takes campaign to the doorsteps of Kano’s Emir Suspected hoodlums have invaded the house of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, and set it ablaze. This came barely 24 hours after violence forced the […]

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Ogun State APC presidential rally ends in chaos

• APM supporters hurl items at ruling party’s guber candidate, Abiodun• President vows to punish agents of trouble• Why Buhari must go, by Jonathan, Atiku, Tambuwal, Wike A dress rehearsal of what is likely to happen during the general elections in Ogun State played out on Monday, forcing the presidential rally of the All Progressives […]

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Buhari vows polls’ll be free, fair, credible

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday assured that he is all out for free, fair and credible elections starting on Saturday He visited Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he spoke at a meeting with traditional rulers at the secretariat complexes of the Councils of Traditional Rulers of the two states. In a […]

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I’ll restructure Nigeria if elected President – Atiku

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has described himself as the author of restructuring. He claimed that he would be Nigeria’s President from May 29 and that President Muhammadu Buhari must go. The former Vice President spoke at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, near Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State, while campaigning along […]

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I am not party to Buhari’s endorsement by SDP – Falae

says restructuring ‘absolute necessity’ to move Nigeria forward By Banji Ayoola Elder statesman and former National Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Olu Falae on Friday said that he was not party to his party’s endorsement of the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the coming election, President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke in an […]

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Buhari: Why Nigerians should reelect me

By Banji Ayoola President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday took its presidential campaign to Ondo and Ekiti states, where he gave reasons he believed should convince Nigerians to reelect him in the February 16 election for a second term in office. Addressing a mammoth crowd of party supporters, mobilised across Ondo State’s 18 councils and the […]

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Soyinka asks Nigerians to reject Buhari, Atiku

Obasanjo urges Nigerians to defend democracy Wike alleges plot to shut Internet access during elections Religious leaders task INEC, others on vigilance As the campaigns for the forthcoming general elections hot up, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has stated that neither President Muhammadu Buhari nor former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, would get his vote. Buhari […]

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