“Our position on the card reader remains that the machine has not been tested in any election. “There are bases for genuine concern over the use of the machine, for the first time, in a crucial election of this magnitude. “We are aware that the All Progressives Congress (APC), is working in cahoots with some strategically placed elements to use the card readers to frustrate accreditation in some parts of the country’’, he said.

Ebola-ravaged Liberia has for the first time since last May gone a full week without reporting any new confirmed cases of the devastating virus, according to World Health Organization data. Liberia “reported no new confirmed cases” during the week to March 1, the UN health agency said in a report late Wednesday.

Some commuters in the Federal Capital Territory have called on the Federal Government to totally remove the subsidy on petroleum products, to ensure availability of fuel in the country.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has raised alarm over a plot by the Presidency to produce a very damaging documentary on the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibiuke Rotimi Amaechi, in continuation of the on-going campaign of calumny against leading lights in APC by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, APCPCO, said yesterday that the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan was “an incredibly crude woman” but thanked Nigerians for putting up with her attitude.