With the ongoing elections, Nigerians are facing one of the toughest challenges in their quest for consolidation and sustenance of the modest political gains achieved since civilian rule was reintroduced in 1999. In other words, form March 28, they would engage in a peaceful and orderly selection of political office holders that would manage the country’s affairs at various levels from May 29 until 2019. Expectedly, the electioneering campaigns, especially the presidential, have been particularly fierce, brutal and bruising.

In what appears to be a frantic effort to combat pipeline vandalism in Nigeria, Lagos State chapter of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has cried out that oil pipeline vandals are being sponsored by some powerful individuals in the country, a situation which has enabled them to procure weapons that seem superior to those of law enforcement agents.

Time was when the sight of earth moving construction equipment was uncommon in Edo State. In particular, the first eight years of PDP administration in the state was standstill and characterized by inertia. In many cases, contractors never got to know their contract locations before certificates of completion were issued and payments effected to them. A clear example is the notorious N1.6 billion Iguobazuwa – Okada unexecuted dualization project that was fully paid for..

Christians the world over today mark the feast of the Palm Sunday.

In a side room at the American University of Nigeria, four girls chat and giggle. One teenage girl in particular catches our attention. She looks familiar. Then we realize why.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the use of card readers across the country for the extended Presidential and National
Assembly elections on Sunday, except in cases where the card readers fail to work.

In case you are wondering why some of them will run away before May 29, 2015, consider this. On that day, the man who had been surrounded by tough-looking security people will find himself alone with the people he had ruled for eight years. Only God can save him if he still owes civil servants three or four months’ salary, as well as local contractors who might never get paid.

Let us celebrate good men. Chukwuma Azuonye, poet, scholar, and belletrist; one of the most versatile and most sophisticated intellectuals of his generation in Nigeria, belongs squarely to that”interstial” generation in Nigeria: that is how I describe that group of people born between 1945 and 1955; between the end of World War II and the formal transition towards decolonization in Africa in the 20h century.

PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO, Saturday lampooned the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega over the card reader machine glitches during the Presidential and National Assembly elections, saying that Nigerians should hold the INEC boss responsible.

In the Chadian capital N’Djamena, Modou Mallam brandished his blue voter’s card but the Nigerian refugee could not vote in Saturday’s presidential ballot like thousands of other refugees scattered across neighbouring countries.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has the mandate to promote national unity and development by mobilizing and deploying fresh graduates to various parts of the country for the compulsory one year national service. However, there is a new dawn of things happening in the NYSC with the innovation that is catching the eye. At the centre of this rebirth is Brigadier-General Johnson Bamidele Olawumi, the Director-General (DG) of the scheme.

Counting of ballots and collation of results have commenced following the conclusion of voting in polling stations in the FCT and across the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Voting in ongoing general election has been extended to Sunday in 300 out of 150,000 polling stations, the electoral commission said, after technical glitches marred polling nationwide.

Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga Saturday commended the voting process of the presidential and National Assembly election, saying that the process was impressive and smooth.

The All Progressive Congress candidate for the House of Representatives has defeated the Peoples Democratic Candidate at the two polling units located within the precincts of the Presidential Villa.