Year: 2015

Former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has said the last presidential election in Nigeria held on Saturday is an indication that the country is not united. The poll was won by candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari and after the election, Buhari’s contender, President Goodluck Jonathan, after conceding defeat, called the president-elect to…

INEC Declares Buhari President-Elect

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, as the winner of the presidential election of Saturday, March 28, 2015. Chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, declared Buhari Nigeria’s president-elect at about 3:48am on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Abuja at the International Conference Centre, venue of…

Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has apologised to Nigerians, especially the youths, for his actions at the INEC collation centre in Abuja on Tuesday morning. Orubebe had disrupted proceedings at the International Conference Centre on Tuesday when he accused INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega of being partisan and favouring the All…

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him on emerging winner of the just-concluded presidential election in Nigeria. Jonathan reportedly called Buhari at about 5:15pm, according to the Buhari Campaign Organisation, to hail him on the outcome of the election. It was said that the President and his opponent at the poll…

Orubebe Disrupts Jega’s Poll Results Announcement

A former Minister in Nigeria, Godsdey Orubebe, on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, caused a mild drama at the venue of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, elections collation centre in Abuja. Just when the Commission’s Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega had resumed the announcement of the results at the International Conference Centre, the ex-Minister of Niger…