The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has directed his men to enforce a total restriction of movement during the 2015 elections. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, the police IG said this move was to “ensure adequate security in the forthcoming general elections across…
Category: National/Politics
Buhari's Eligibility Suit Adjourned To Wednesday
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned to Wednesday, April 1, 2015 for the ruling on a suit filed against presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28, 2015 presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari. The judgement was earlier fixed for Tuesday, but the court said this will now take place…
Boko Haram Abducts 500 In Borno, Slaughter 50
Members of the Islamic group in Nigeria called Boko Haram have kidnapped over 500 women and children in Borno State. This is coming nearly a year more than 300 students of Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok in Borno State were abducted. Residents of Damasak, a town in Borno told Reuters on Tuesday that the…
PDP Plans To Steal Card Readers From INEC Warehouse—APC Alleges
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has alleged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state of strategizing on how to break into the warehouse of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Rivers State to steal the card reading machines set aside for use for the March 28 and April 11 general…
Jonathan’s Largesse Divides OPC; Fasheun, Gani Adams May Be Expelled
Prior to the June 12, 1993 election presumably won by Chief MKO Abiola, nobody knew who the National Co-ordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams was. Infact, OPC was formed as a consequence of the perceived injustice meted to the Yorubas after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 election by former…
Ikuru Was A PDP Spy In APC–Rivers APC
By Nwaorgu Faustinus The defection of erstwhile Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Engr. Tele Ikuru, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been described as good riddance to bad rubbish by the Rivers APC. In a statement he issued on Sunday in Port Harcourt shortly after Ikuru announced his…
You Cannot Deploy Soldiers To Polling Stations—Court Tells FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Federal Government to jettison its plans to post military officers to polling stations across the country for the March 28 and April 11, 2015 general elections. Justice Ibrahim Buba ruled that the use of military for the polls is “unconstitutional and undemocratic.” Some Nigerians, especially…
Shagari's Family Debunks Death Rumour
The family of former Nigeria’s civilian President, Shehu Shagari, has reacted to a death rumour trailing the 90-year-old man, who recently celebrated his birthday. On Sunday, there were rumours that the ex-president was dead. But in a statement issued on Sunday afternoon by the Shehu Shagari Foundation, it was pointed out that Shehu Shagari is…
Rivers Dep Gov Quits APC, Joins PDP
Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. His action is coming nearly a week to the presidential election in Nigeria. Ikuru left the ruling party in Rivers State along with his supporters.…
Horrific Last Moments Of Gruesomely Murdered STV Big Gal
The horrifying murder of a promising young lady, Aisha Noble-Mustapha, who was until her death, a staff of the famous Silverbird Television, Lagos, is what many observers cannot still comprehend. Aisha was full of life before her alleged married lover, who is now in police custody, cut short her life. However, more shocking and terrible…