What election shift means for Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan’s denial of having prior information on the shift of the election date would be hard to believe among many stakeholders who believe that his party and his government worked to ensure the new election dates for their benefit. What does the shift mean for the president and his team?
My successor, Ugwuanyi’ll perform more than me – Chime
ENUGU State governor, Sullivan Chime, has expressed confidence that the governorship candidate of ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, would eventually perform better than him, if voted into power.
PDP candidates in Anambra warn INEC over list substitution
CANDIDATES of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State have accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of subterranean moves by some persons to unlawfully manipulate the list of nominated candidates of the party for the coming polls.
APC plots to destabilise Nigeria, says PDP Nat’l Deputy Chair
The National Deputy Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has alleged that there were clandestine moves by the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Director-General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, to destabilise the nation and derail the 2015 general elections.
Man arrested with fake $100, £100 notes
A fraudster, Akeem Alo, who specialized in producing and selling counterfeit currency, has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery, Squad, SARS, at the Zone 2, headquarters, Onikan, Lagos.
Political parties, others sign peace accord in Osun
OSOGBO—Ahead of the general elections in the country, candidates contesting state and National Assembly posts in Osun State, yesterday, signed a peace accord pledging to abide by rules and regulations laid down by the legal framework for elections in Nigeria.
Investors dump shares as NSE capitalisation drops by N262bn
The Nigerian stock market continued to downslide for the fourth consecutive trading days with the bears dominating trading activity, yesterday on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE resulting to the fall of market capitalisation by N262 billion.
Investors indicate interest in Ibom deep seaport
Both local and foreign investors have indicated interest in the proposed Akwa Ibom Deep Seaport.
TRAFFIC CONTROL: Commotion as federal tasks force sacks LASTMA again
LAGOS—Officials of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme,, SURE-P and the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA, popularly called Federal Task Force, yesterday, chased away operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, at old toll gate, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway and environs over control of traffic on federal highways in the state.
Give cancer greater priority, FG tasked
With 10 Nigerians dying of cancer every hour, Nigerian researchers are seeking the inclusion of cancer on the Federal government priority list with a view to tackling the recent epidemic of the disease in the country.
‘Polls shift, deliberate plot to suffocate Nigerians’
A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Chief Isaac Emetitiri, has said the needless postponement of the presidential and governorship elections was a deliberate plot by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to further suffocate innocent Nigerians.
