Power – Change, Forward Or Accelerate?
With long hours without light and expensive petrol and diesel self-generation still a day-to-day reality for Nigerians, electricity remains a vexing national challenge. As it is in other countries, we…
Jubilationin Osun as Tribunal Affirms Aregbesola’s Victory
Wild jubilation in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday greeted a ruling by the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osun that the state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, actually won…
INEC Issues Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists for 2015 General Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued guidelines for the accreditation of journalists who intend to cover the 2015 General Elections. The guidelines which have since been uploaded on…
Advocates of Election Shift Unrelenting Despite Council of State’s Decision – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday said that in spite of the commendable and patriot decision by the National Council of State that the 2015 general elections must go…
Our Plan Over Call For Election Postponement – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday announced that it was not going to solely decide on whether or not to postpone the February elections. The Commission wants to…
Audit: We Won’t Tolerate Calls for Alison-Madueke’s Resignation – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday warned the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) that it would not tolerate any protest by the opposition to call for the resignation of…
INEC Refutes Reuters Story on Election Delay
INEC has refuted a story published on in Reuters, quoting National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Amina Zakari, as saying that the 2015 general elections may be…
Editorial: On the Permanent Voters’ Cards
The announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), that it has extended the deadline for registered voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to Sunday, February 8, 2015…
Apart From AU’s Declaration of Missing N8.6trillion, N30 trillion Missing under Okonjo-Iweala, Soludo Insists
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, on Wednesday insisted that about N30 trillion was missing under the country’s Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of…
Police IG Sets Up Special Investigative Team for Electoral Offences
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered the constitution of a Special Investigative Team to be headed by the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Force Legal/Prosecution Department,…