From stock market to weddings, vote delay wreaks havoc
The band was booked, invitations had been sent to 500 guests and two caterers hired to prepare a range of local specialities, including jollof rice and pounded yam.
APC urges Jonathan to clear air on rumours of interim government
All Progressives Congress Presidential Council Organization, APCPCO, has decried what it called vested interest and sinister motives behind the polls postponement and asked President Goodluck Jonathan to come clean on the speculation on plans for an interim government, to avert possible civil disobedience that could scuttle the country’s democracy.
18 dead, many missing as Fulani herdsmen sack Governor Suswam’s village
MAKURDI— NO fewer than 18 persons were feared dead, with many sustaining injuries in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, as suspected Fulani herdsmen sacked over 24 communities and villages in the area, including Anyii, the home town of Governor Gabriel Suswam.
2-month-old baby stolen, sold for N.6m
ONITSHA—Police at Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, have arrested four women for their alleged involvement in stealing, selling and buying a two-month old baby girl for N625,000.
PDP to INEC: Allow use of TVCs for voting
DIRECTOR- General,Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, Dr. Ahmadu Ali, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to allow the electorate, who participated in the 2011 elections, use their temporary voters’ cards in case they could not get their permanent voters cards.
Polls shift: Remain calm, Abdulsalami tells Nigerians
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), has called on all Nigerians to remain calm, following the shift in the dates of the general elections.
