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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has reassured Nigerians that challenges experienced, especially in the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will not prevent the Commission from delivering free, fair and credible elections next month.  Professor Jega, gave the assurance at a meeting with leaders of Political Parties, at the […]

For anyone who has not read Professor Charles Soludo’s article in the Vanguard (online version) on January 25 2015, I would encourage them to do so. It is littered with abusive and unbecoming language. It shows how an embittered loser in the Nigerian political space can get so derailed that they commit intellectual harakiri by […]

Though the outcome of the elections to be held in February is one that is still giving Nigerians and the international community cause for attention, what could be described as a political end for former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, reared it’s head on Tuesday after he was condemned by top officials of the Peoples […]

Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Team in the South West, Mr. Jide Adeniji, On Tuesday warned Nigerians against voting for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, describing the candidate as lacking the mental capacity to rule the country. He further said President Goodluck Jonathan cannot handover power to […]

For daring to allege that some Abuja-based top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are responsible for the recent attack on President Goodluck Jonathan and his campaign team when they visited Bauchi, the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, has described Governor of the state, Isa Yuguda, as a mole working for the […]

We commend Professor Chukwuma Soludo for his insightful and incisive article published in the Vanguard Newspaper of January 26th under the above title. We agree with Professor Soludo that if the political parties, including ours, must justify the overwhelming enthusiasm of Nigerians about the 2015 elections we must remain focused on the issues that matter […]

I welcome you warmly once again to our traditional 100 day briefing on the state of our State and the progress report on our social contract. This is the 28th consecutive time that our administration will give this kind of report, either through me directly or through the members of the State Executive Council. As […]

Reason for Macroeconomic Policy This serves as a companion to my recent commentary on slumping oil prices. As hoped, that prior intervention helped stir discussion on the critical issue of our economic wellbeing and the best policy direction to take in order to ensure that well-being. I would like to expand the discussion from the […]

Members of President Goodluck Jonathan’s  campaign team who were trapped in Maiduguri, Borno State capital on Sunday have found their way back to Abuja on Monday. The team which went in advance to prepare the campaign logistics, was made up of representatives of the media, medical and security units of the Presidential Villa. The team […]

Mrs. Olapeju Fasonu, the 87-year old mother of a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Ondo State, Chief Bunmi Fasonu, has been abducted by unknown gunmen. The octogenarian was kidnapped on Sunday around 9pm at her residence at the Araromi-Obu area of Odigbo Local Government Area in the State. Mr. Tayo Ikujuni, a member of the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the PDP to tell Nigerians how it plans to move from the near zero governance of the past six years of the Jonathan administration to good and purposeful governance, instead of engaging in perpetual and tiring mudslinging. “We believe that elections should be about issues that will be […]

Secretary Kerry: Well, good afternoon, everybody. I am really delighted be here in Nigeria. And I was just admiring the extraordinary view and this wonderful location. I’m particularly pleased to be here at this particular moment, just a few weeks before one of the most important elections that this country has held. And this will […]