AU deploys 50-man team to monitor Nigeria’s February polls
Dr Dlamini Zuma, the Chairperson, African Union Commission (AUC), has appointed former Mozambique President, Joaquim Alberto-Chissano, to lead a 50-member election observers to Nigeria's general elections in February.
Land Use Charge: Agbaje’s firm owes Lagos N1.6m tax —Fashola
LAGOS—THE Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, yesterday, accused Jaykay Pharmacy, owned and managed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Jimi Agbaje of owing the state N1.6 million as unpaid land use charges.
Rivers election: Drums of war
The three major political parties in Rivers State are recently signed a peace accord to reject violence in the course of the ongoing campaigns. However, there is almost a general agreement that the assertions of the pundits are quite far from the actions of their gladiators and pawns
PDP alleges Edo govt plan to sell Army barracks
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has raised alarm over what it described as the alleged plot by the state government to sell the Nigerian Army Barracks in Ikpoba Hill, Benin City, due to alleged lack of funds for capital development.
Soludo seeking attention — NGF
The Governor Jonah Jang-led Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, yesterday tongue-lashed the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Soludo, over his comments on the economy, saying he was only seeking for attention.
Showdown in Edo!
The governorship election in Edo State is not scheduled to hold until 2016 but the forthcoming presidential and National Assembly elections would be a strong contest between the two dominant parties in the state, the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Indications to that were shown yesterday when the women coordinator of the Goodluck Campaign in the state, Mrs. Evelyn Igbafe, three term member of the House of Representatives, Hon Ehiogie West-Idahosa and several other PDP members defected to the APC
Jonathan backing N-Delta militants in threats to destabilise Nigeria — APC Campaign
ABUJA — THE All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, APCPCO, has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly identifying with former militants in the Niger Delta who threatened to cause violence should he fail at the February 14 presidential polls.
One feared dead as robbers attack bank’s ATM in Ekiti
One person was killed yesterday when the Automated Teller Machine, ATM, of one of the first generation banks was attacked in Ado Ekiti by armed robbers who carted away an undisclosed amount of money
Soludo, an embittered loser in search of relevance —FG
ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, accused the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, of poor managerial ability, saying he was largely responsible for the N5.67 trillion contingent liabilities of distressed banks, bought up by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, to save the banking industry in 2008.
Court restrains 5 telecoms firms
LAGOS — A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, restrained five telecoms firms from suspending All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign fund-raising platform.
Soludo, Fayemi and Fani-Kayode: My takeaway
ProfesSor Soludo’s article on the elections in Nigeria is the best writing I have read recently on the real situation politically and economically in Nigeria. The well-articulated response from Dr. Fayemi compared to the abuse infused response from Femi Fani-Kayode on the PDP side is a great example of the contrast of the status-quo compared to the alternative.
