View video here: http://wh.gov/iWP3O BEGIN TEXT Hello. Today, I want to speak directly to you—the people of Nigeria. Nigeria is a great nation and you can be proud of the progress you’ve made. Together, you won your independence, emerged from military rule, and strengthened democratic institutions. You’ve strived to overcome division and to turn Nigeria’s diversity into a source of ... Read More »
Category Archives: Politics
LAGOS POLICE COMMAND ASSURES OF CREDIBLE AND PEACEFUL ELECTIONS.
The Police in Lagos on Friday, assured residents that all the security agencies in the State were ready to ensure that there would be comprehensive security cover in the State before, during and after the general elections. Fielding questions from newsmen after the State Security Council meeting presided over by Governor Babatunde Fashola SAN, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, ... Read More »
ADEOLA DECRIES IGP ORDER AS PLOT TO RIG
—-it is a ploy to rig The chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts and the APC Senatorial Candidate for Lagos West Hon. Solomon Adeola has seriously frowned at the order of Inspector General of Police for voters to leave voting centers after voting saying it is a plot to rig the election and undermine people’s determination ... Read More »
Uduaghan denies N50b bond allegation
Adewole Martins The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, on Sunday denied borrowing another N50 billion from the capital market. The governor, who described the allegation as bizarre, wondered what he would do with such money barely two months to the terminal date of his administration. In a statement routed through his Commissioner for Information, Chike Ogeah, in Asaba on ... Read More »
Fayose to APC: Take your impending defeat in good faith
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has advised the All Progressives Congress ( APC) and its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to take their impending defeat in the Saturday’s election in good faith, saying the party and its candidate will be defeated heavily in the election. According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will through ... Read More »
Hausa Community lauds Ajimobi, declare support for his second term
Members of the youth wing of the Hausa Community in Oyo State on Tuesday lauded Governor Abiola Ajimobi, saying that the policy thrust of his administration has been of immense benefit to non-indigenes. The youths, including Bureau de Change operators, Okada riders and others, who thronged the Governor’s Office in their thousands, said they came to solidarize with the governor ... Read More »
Funsho Williams’ Murder: Court Orders Ex-detainee to Serve Tinubu, Others
Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted an order of substituted means in a suit seeking to re-open investigations into the murder of a former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Funsho Williams. One of the detainees in the murder trial, Bashir Junaid, had filed the suit seeking an ... Read More »
Goodluck Jonathan Tells BBC I Will the Election
President Goodluck Jonathan says he will “surely” win the 2015 presidential election which will hold on March 28. Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Jonathan said categorically: “I’ll surely win.” The election is generally expected to be very tough, with many analysts concluding that Muhammadu Buhari, a retired general and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), would ... Read More »
For The Records Latest PVC Table and Jega Address at the Briefing of Accredited Observers for the 2015 General Elections
PROTOCOL I would like to commence by thanking all of you for accepting to participate in this briefing of accredited election observers for the 2015 general elections. My gratitude is particularly founded considering that the elections had to be rescheduled when many of you, particularly the international observers, had started deployment in February. As a Commission, we deeply regret the ... Read More »
Akpabio,APC ISSUES Statements over killing of Akwa ibom house of Assembly Apc candidate
> > > GOVERNMENT OF AKWA IBOM STATE OF NIGERIA > > PRESS STATEMENT ON THE VIOLENCE RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF RT. (HON.) OKON UWAH, FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER OF AKWA IBOM STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IN UKANAFUN LGA OF AKWA IBOM STATE ON WEDNESDAY, 18TH MARCH, 2015 > > Gentlemen of the Press > > The Executive Governor of ... Read More »