Who will break the jinx Jonathan or Buhari ?
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is Nigeria’s 14th Head of State. Born on November 20, 1957 at Ogbia, Bayelsa State, he attended St. Stephens Primary School Otuoke (1961-65), St. Michaels Primary School Oloibiri (1966-69), Mater Dei High School Imiringi (1971-77) and the University of Port-Harcourt (1977-81), (1983-84) and (1987-95).
He holds a B.Sc Hons Zoology (1981), M.Sc Hydrobiology and Fisferies Biology (1984 and PhD in Zoology (1995).
Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was Nigeria’s seventh head of state (December 31, 1983 – August 27, 1985). Born on December 17, 1942, he joined the Nigeria Army in 1962, attending the Nigerian Military Training College the same year. He attended Mons Officer Cadets School in Aldershot, England; Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 1973 and United States War College Pennsylvania.
INEC deploys 45,000 adhoc staff in Kano
Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi Thursday said that no fewer than 45000 adhoc staff has been deployed by the electoral umpire for the conduct Saturday Presidential election.
This election doesn’t worth spilling blood – Bode George
Former deputy national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has said the coming general election does not worth spilling of the blood of any Nigerian.
Electricity tariff cuts: FG makes U-turn, excludes residential customers
Some electricity consumers jubilating over recent tariff cuts announced by Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, few weeks ago would be disappointed as the regulatory agency yesterday made a U-turn, saying the reduction did not apply to all categories of customers
Real change will come
CHANGE is one thing that is inevitable in life. From birth to death, man continues to change, either for good or for bad. If he grows up to imbibe the fear of God in his ways, he lives well, but where he adopts to live by his own ways, he lives at his own peril. When man refuses to accept change, change forces itself on him. It is same with the life of any nation and Nigeria appears to be on the brink of a big change.
Sanusi Lamido and his twisted ‘missing $20 billion’ tale
ADOLF HITLER’S propaganda minister in Nazi Germany, Paul Joseph Goebbels stated in one of his popular submissions: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
Germanwings co-pilot suffered depression – report
The Germanwings co-pilot said to have deliberately crashed his Airbus with 149 others aboard into the French Alps suffered serious depression six years ago, German daily Bild reported Friday.
‘Germanwings captain tried to smash into cockpit with axe’
The captain locked out of the cockpit of the Germanwings plane that crashed in the French Alps used an axe to try and force his way back in, German daily Bild said Friday, citing security sources.
Full Text of Jonathan’s Election Broadcast
I also wish to place on record, once again, my sincere gratitude for the support you have given my administration without which the significant progress we have made in recent years would not have been possible.
Broadcast: Jonathan calls for peaceful election
President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all Nigerians to come out en masse on Saturday and vote for the candidate of their choices in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
Police list electoral offfences on election day
The Police have warned voters to beware of certain electoral offences on the election days.
