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In spite of a purported court ruling, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has declared that the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani is not the party’s gubernatorial candidate in the state. It insisted that Usani could not be the party’s candidate, having lost in the primary elections and […]

In barely 72 hours, the D-Day will beckon and the anxiety will shift to the H-hour. I don’t believe that February 26 will be a doomsday for the country because hanging on a cliff is apparently the country’s comfort zone. This will suggest that despite the current tension and possibility of localized violence during and […]

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has collaborated with Google and ISP partner to launch Google Station in 11 key UBA branches in Lagos State as part of plans to roll out 200 stations in the country. Google Station, a platform for providing free, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in public places, began in […]

A dress rehearsal of what is likely to happen during the general elections in Ogun played out on Monday, forcing the presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abeokuta to end abruptly. During the rally at the MKO Abiola Stadium, some aggrieved APC supporters who had decamped to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), […]

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), including Bola Tinubu, yesterday engaged in a shouting match, trading corruption allegations and other accusations over the forthcoming elections. During the APC presidential campaign rally held at the Ilorin Metropolitan Square in Kwara State, APC leaders […]

Barely four days to the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), disclosed that 4,695 Smart Card Readers were destroyed by fire that engulfed its Anambra State headquarters office on Tuesday, but insisted that election would hold as scheduled as it would mop up some of the spare Card Readers from other states to Anambra. […]

Former United States President Bill Clinton has turned down an invitation by the National Peace Committee to visit Nigeria to deliver a goodwill message at the signing ceremony of the “National Peace Accord in Abuja, hinging his decision on the fact that a visit to Nigeria at this time has the potential to be politicized. […]

The Police Service Commission (PSC) announced yesterday that it would be sending 400 Monitors to the 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to monitor the conduct of police officers on electoral duties during the general elections, which begin with the Presidential and National Assembly polls on Saturday, February 16. According […]

The United States of America has denied allegations that it is providing support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the February 16 presidential election. The US embassy, in apparent response to allegations by the Buhari Campaign Organization (BCO), said the US remains neutral and would continue to […]

The federal government has again accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting to create panic among the populace in furtherance of an alleged desperate plan to discredit Saturday’s presidential election, culminating in a constitutional crisis. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made the allegation in a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja, […]

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condemned “the continuous manifestation of deep-rooted double standards” in the anti-graft crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. In a statement by the national coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, yesterday in Abuja, the pro-democracy non-governmental organization called for an all-inclusive fight against corruption. “The basic tenet of justice is that […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it called “the ongoing clampdown, unlawful arrest and detention of our officials and members in various parts of the country by the Buhari presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the general elections,” warning: “this is highly provocative and a direct invitation to anarchy and […]