Two Chieftains of the PDP on Sunday in Lagos described Saturday’s statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s against President Goodluck Jonathan as unsavoury. Obasanjo had in reaction to the postponement of the Feb. 14 polls, alleged that…

Amb. Rufus Akeju, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, says any voter caught with fake Permanent Voter Card (PVC) during the general elections will be prosecuted.

HUMAN rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has identified other reasons for the recent postponement of the general elections other than insecurity and poor preparations on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari last Wednesday drew questions from CNN International Correspondent, Christine Amanpour on a number of issues relating to his aspiration and his record as military head of state

General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, a former Minister of Communications, during his service years served as commander, Corps of Artillery and General Officer Commanding, Third Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, a post once held by General Muhammadu Buhari at the beginning of the eighties.

Senator Abdallah Wali, the first Senate Leader of the Fourth Republic, set a high moral tone for the new dispensation when after the impeachment of Senator Evan Enwerem as Senate President in 1999, he voluntarily stepped down as Senate Leader though he was not in any way touched with the moral issues that forced Enwerem out of office.

BY FRANCIS IGATA, Enugu People from all walks of Life thronged the Michael Okpara Square venue of an all night prayers organized by Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association in conjunction with the Christian Association of Nigeria,CAN, on February 8. Apparently to give credence to the aphorism, which says,”It ends well,for those who start with prayers”, the […]

President Goodluck Jonathan’s denial of having prior information on the shift of the election date would be hard to believe among many stakeholders who believe that his party and his government worked to ensure the new election dates for their benefit. What does the shift mean for the president and his team?

Chief Femi Fani- Kayode, a lawyer, a politician, was Minister of Aviation. He is presently the director, Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation

Veteran journalist Mallam Garba Shehu is at the head of the Media Directorate of the Buhari Campaign Organisation. He gives the campaign’s perspectives on the shift and on who gets the advantage.

The prospects of the elections originally scheduled to commence tomorrow being shifted came in whispers from the middle of January as some stakeholders argued against the election on the basis of the twin problems of lack of preparedness on the part of the election management body and the insurgency in the Northeast.

Former Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa has described the postponement as an act of God that will enable the people of Bakassi to exercise their franchise.

Many of the south easterners who returned home for fear of election violence are now trapped in the dilemma of whether to go back to their base or not. Many of the returnees arrived at the weekend, oblivious of the postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections from Feb. 14 to March 28, and April 11 for governorship and state assembly seats.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja dismissed threats of war from some quarters of the country over the outcome of the 2015 general elections.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured that he would inaugurate the next President if he lost the 2015 Presidential Election. Jonathan, who gave the assurance at a media chat in Abuja, dismissed the insinuation in some quarters that he would not hand over to the winner of the election, come May 29.