Akure—All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday promised to support states in the country to create 20,000 jobs each to cushion the effect of unemployment nationwide, if the March 28 election favours the party.

Over 1.4million Nigerians may be recruited into traffic warden service across the nation, in line with President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda on job creation.

FOR quite some time, the print, electronic, social and other Media have been flooded with heated discussions, debates and sometimes, recriminations, over the call by the National Security Adviser, on INEC to postpone the general elections due to security and logistical reasons. He was said to have concluded his observations by pointedly telling Professor Attairu Jega, “It costs you nothing, it’s still within the law,”.

Edo State Coordinator of General Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has urged Nigerians to disregard the insinuations that All Progressives Congress, APC, standard bearer, Gen. Muhammadu Buhati (retd) will Islamize the country if elected president in the coming general election in March this year.

Maiduguri—Borno State chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Ali Bukar Dalori and some members of the state House of Assembly, who were meeting at one of the government’s lodge in Maiduguri, were, Tuesday, forced to scale the perimeter fences for dear life, following a clash between the police attached to the former and hoodlums claiming to be members of the vigilante group, popularly called Civilian JTF.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO yesterday lampooned the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, accusing him of being economical with the truth on what actually necessitated the shift in the dates of the Presidential and general elections from February 14 and 28 to March 28 and April 11.

The campaign manager of Mrs. Stella Ngwu, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Uzo-Uwani/Igbo-Ekiti Federal Consistency, has died in a road mishap along Aku-Nkpologu Road, while on campaign in the area.

Lagos — A prime suspect in the murder of Cynthia Osokogwu, Okwumo Nwabufor, yesterday told an Igbosere High Court that the nude photos of the deceased found by the police in his laptop were planted by the police.

Here is a ranking of 180 countries and territories evaluated by the Paris-based media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for press freedom in its latest annual report, from best to worst:

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over a police siege on the residence of the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization, Shehu Garba, saying the action is in line with the ongoing harassment and intimidation of the party’s leadership by security agencies.

The APC presidential candidate, Gen. Buhari said it would be harsh to judge him against his record as a military dictator in a democratic setting just as he last night welcomed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his aspiration.

The Republic of South Africa High Commission’s Consul General, Ambassador Amb. Mokgethi Monaisa has expressed the need for a violence-free and credible elections come February 14, 2015 in Nigeria.

Dutse—Operatives of Jigawa State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, have arrested 30-year-old Bello Muhammed for allegedly impregnating mentally-ill Daharatu Isyaku, aged 18.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, reacted, yesterday, to former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), saying he was entitled to his views as an individual.

•I don’t know why opposition is so anxious OTUNBA Gani Adams is the National Coordinator of the Odua People’s Congress, OPC. In this interview, Adams explains why leaders of South West zone are divided over the choice of presidential candidates to support in the forthcoming elections. He also bares his mind on the postponement of […]