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I am really saddened and deeply troubled by the turn of events over the last few days by the tone of the debate on the economy and the personalities involved. The two principal actors are people who are not just close to me, but respected internationally in the field of economics. In his latest article, […]

INEC has postponed the 2015 general elections by six weeks as previously reported by www.www.aso.rocks search engine. As a  result of this development, the presidential and National Assembly elections, which was to hold on February 14 will now hold on March 28, while the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections, originally scheduled for February 28, will […]

Feelers emanating from Abuja, suggests that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), may  have decided to postpone the February 14  presidential and legislative elections by six weeks. The development   arose from a marathon meeting between INEC officials and  politicians in Abuja A source who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity  said all parties […]

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 want the light to come on anytime you turn on the switch without thinking much about it until the bill comes at the end of […]

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 the 19th August governorship election in Osun State. The Tribunal also dismissed the petition filed governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyiola Omisore, seeking […]

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 the Commission’s website insist that media organisations intending to send representatives to report the election procedures must apply to INEC for the accreditation of every […]

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 on as scheduled, proponents of election shift have not given up on their desperation to scuttle the elections. However, in a statement issued by its […]

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 meet with national chairmen of all political parties and the party secretaries before taking a stand. Nigerians are still not united in thought over the […]

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 the country’s Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke over the recently audited report on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).  A forensic audit of the financial […]

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 delayed if the number of Permanent Voter Cards collected by voters is too low. INEC discredited the story in a letter it wrote to the […]

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 sounds like a good warning to compel citizens’ participation, but this belated extension seems to be a case of the cure becoming the disease. To […]

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 Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Soludo had last week published details of the stolen funds amidst denials by the Okonjo-Iweala who is also the Minister of […]