The Decentralisation of PVC Distribution
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s decision last week to decentralise the distribution of the permanent voter cards to the ward level is a step in the right direction. It will...
From S’West Jonathan’s Reelection Bid Takes-off
President Goodluck Jonathan commenced his presidential campaign on last week with a scathing evaluation of his main opponent’s professed strong point. Ojo Maduekwe and Anayo Okolie report (more…)
Ndukwe: A Technocrat’s Quest to Represent His People
Next month, the people of Anambra South Senatorial district will be going to the poll to elect the person who will represent the zone in the upper chamber of the...
As Election Campaign Begins, Economic Issues Take Centre-stage
Barely one month to the February general elections, the two major political parties, All Progressive Congress and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, have hit the ground running with Presidential campaigns...
Political Violence: PDP will be disgraced in next month’s Polls, declares Rivers APC
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has been told that the resort to violence will not save it from being disgraced during next month’s general elections. (more…)
Photos: Lagos Traditional Ruler Assaults Wife Over Phone Call
A Lagos traditional ruler, Baale Abeeb Lawal, who heads Ikolalumo in Meiran/Ajasa command area Lagos state, has brutally assaulted his wife over a phone conversation on New Year day. (more…)
Escape from Boko Haram: ‘I kept stepping on dead bodies’
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Yanaye Grema hid for three days between a wall and his neighbours' house, as Boko Haram fighters ransacked his hometown of Baga on the shore of...
Muhammad Buhari’s Supporters Take To Violence In The Northern Part Of Nigeria
Supporters of a Nigerian presidential candiate under the platform of a political party, All Progressive Congress (APC), on Saturday attacked and set fire on a campaign bus branded with President...
INEC Decentralises PVC Distribution, to Publish Voters Register Jan 13
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ordered the decentralisation of on-going distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to Ward levels, in order to enhance access by persons yet to...
Northern Politicians Close to Jonathan Not Doing Enough to Sell his Candidacy, Says Dingyadi
Zonal Coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party Youth Frontier (PDPYF) North-west, Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, Friday accused some Northern politicians close to President Goodluck Jonathan, as lacking the political strategy, media...