Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, (APC), Gen Muhammadu Buhari lamented that the independence of Independen Electoral Commission, INEC has been “gravely compromised” by the postponement of February elections by six weeks, the presidential candidate of the main opposition party said on Sunday.

“The President appeals to all stakeholders to accept the adjustment of the election dates by INEC in good faith, as the electoral body has a responsibility to conduct credible elections in which every Nigerian of voting age is afforded the opportunity to exercise their civic right without any form of  hindrance.

The wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has called on Nigerians to accept the postponement of the nation’s general elections in good faith.

The gunmen that kidnapped Mr Dariye Dafweng, father of Sen Joshua Dariye, in his Mushere village, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau, on Saturday, have asked for 10 million dollars as ransom.

An Egyptian court will this week retry Al-Jazeera journalists, including a Canadian awaiting deportation, a judicial official said on Sunday, after his Australian colleague was deported.

Sen. Ayoade Adeseun, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate for Oyo Central Senatorial District, on Sunday, said President Goodluck Jonathan deserved another term, having performed wonderfully well.

Nigerians in the UK on Sunday, commended INEC for the postponement of the general elections, and appealed for understanding from all stakeholders. Some of them who spoke to newsmen in London, unanimously agreed that the extension was in the best interest of the nation’s democracy, while urging the youths to refrain from violence.

The Borno Government on Sunday threatened to revoke road projects which contractors performed badly. The Commissioner for Works, Alhaji Usman Zannah, made the threat while inspecting some roads and drainage projects in Maiduguri.

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki, has said that the bureau would soon begin the privatisation process for the country’s transport sector.

South African police said Sunday they have discovered the frozen corpses of four newborn babies in freezers at a house in the southern city of Mthatha.

Following last night postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) has postponed the presidential debate scheduled for Feb. 8.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)Presidential Campaign Organisation, has expressed support for Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) postponement of the general elections, saying it was in the nation`s interest.

The father of a former governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Dariye has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.

Criticism mounted on Sunday over Nigeria’s decision to postpone national elections by six weeks because of Boko Haram violence, with some insisting President Goodluck Jonathan’s political woes were the true cause of the delay. Election body chairman Attahiru Jega announced the postponement for presidential and parliamentary polls from February 14 to March 28 late Saturday, […]

Boko Haram fighters waged a new attack on Sunday in a southeastern border town in Niger, where a blast killed at least one person and left 10 injured, witnesses and hospital sources said.