Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Bode George may be going on exile following the victory of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Maj-Gen Muhammudu Buhari (retd). Speaking in an interview, George had said that he would proceed on exile if the APC wins the presidential election. Also commenting on PDP’s defeat at the polls, George said “What will I be doing here? I can decide to go and live anywhere. Look at everyone surrounding him (Buhari). “So, I am not joking about it, what will I be doing here? At 70,…
Author: Wale Adebayo
President Goodluck Jonathan has told his supporters and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rather celebrate and not mourn because he has kept his word of ensuring a free and fair election. Jonathan who is the first incumbent to lose election in Nigeria, conceded defeat in a message to the nation. He expressed gratitude to members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for their support and also Nigerians, for the opportunity given unto him to lead them. Read statement below: Fellow Nigerians, I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections. I promised the country…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo who has publicly shown his support for Major-General Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the elections, has congratulated him over his victory. In a letter to the President-elect, Obasanjo said his success and victory after three unsuccessful attempts must be great object lessons for the former head of state and for all politicians in the country and beyond. “For me, the totality of 2015 elections hold many lessons for our democracy and democratisation process which are both maturing,” Obasanjo said. “On this occasion, the system has been unnecessarily overheated before and particularly during the campaigns when emphasis was…
President Goodluck Jonathan has lost the 2015 presidential elections to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate General Muhammadu Buhari following results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This makes him Nigeria’s first sitting president to be voted out of office. The elections, which took place over the weekend, was Nigeria’s most keenly contested since the country’s return to democracy in 1999. He is also the first elected president to serve a single term. Jonathan has been president for six years; he acted for two years in place of President Umaru Musa Yar’auda who was deposed by death. His…
The candidate of the APC in the just-concluded elections, Muhammadu Buhari, has issued an interim message of thanks and gratitude to Nigerians for choosing him and his party over and above the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, the incumbent President, President Jonathan Goodluck. The party declared victory after Mr. Jonathan called Mr. Buhari at 5:15pm to make a concession and congratulate the winner. A statement issued Tuesday evening by the Director Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Garba Shehu, said the mood of the country as well as its current state did not warrant the type…
President Goodluck Jonathan has called his arch-rival, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to admit defeat and congratulate him on his soon-to-be announced victory at the just concluded presidential elections. Buhari, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, contested the elections against incumbent President Jonathan, who was seeking re-election on the platform of Peoples Democratic. So far, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced results of the elections in 35 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with Borno State, the only one yet to be announced. Meanwhile, celebrations are ongoing at the APC national secretariat in Abuja…
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has urged Nigerians to accept the outcome of Saturday’s presidential election in good faith, saying; “the election result is the will of God and Nigerians, and all lovers of peace, progress and development of Nigeria must accept it”. Mr. Fayose, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, hailed the resilience and commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari. The governor said the election results should not been seen as victory or loss for any political party, adding that, “To me, Nigerians and democracy won”. He…
The Buhari Support Organisations has called for the arrest of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, for announcing unofficial results for the recently concluded presidential election. The Director, Media and Information of the BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, made the call on Monday in Abuja at a press conference. According to Maduekwe, the time for security agencies to show their neutrality is now by arresting Fani-Kayode because the only authority to announce election results is the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The organisation claimed that Fani-Kayode had breached relevant sections of the Electoral Act by…
The Federal Government on Tuesday declared Friday, April 3, and Monday, April 6, as public holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations respectively. The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, made the declaration in a statement issued on his behalf in Abuja by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Abubakar Magaji. In the statement, Mr. Moro enjoined all Christians and Nigerians in general to manifest the spiritual benefits of the Easter celebrations in their daily living. He said such benefits include love, peace, justice and kindness While wishing Nigerians happy celebrations, the minister urged them to use the…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Tuesday, denied reports in the media that two Corps members, who served as ad-hoc staff in Gombe State at the just concluded March 28 Presidential and the National Assembly elections, were killed by insurgents in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Bose Aderibigbe, and made available to journalists in Abuja. Mrs Aderibigbe was reacting to a broadcast by Channels TV that two corps members were killed in Gombe. The statement reads; “The attention of NYSC management has been drawn to a misleading news…
A commercial motorcyclist, Raphael Abiodun, on Monday, beat his wife, Bose, to a pulp over disagreement on the outcome of Saturday Presidential and National Assembly (NASS) elections, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. According to NAN, which cited a source, the couple, living in Igangu area of Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State are in support of different political parties. Their relationship thus became strained when the result of the elections favoured one of the parties. Reports say that trouble started when the wife, Bose, in the course of celebrating her party’s victory in the House…
The Nigerian Army said on Monday that it foiled an attack by some members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Gombe State, killing at least three members of the sect. The spokesman of the 301 Artillery regiment, who was speaking with reporters in Gombe, the state capital, added that one of the insurgents was captured alive after a gun battle in Dukku Local Government Area of the state. Items recovered from the Boko Haram insurgents, according to him include a Hilux van, a smart card reader machine belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and three boxes of…
The former minister of Niger Delta, Godday Orubebe today made the grievances of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) known as the collation of votes for the presidential election resumed today in Abuja. He accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commisssion (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega of partiality. According to Orubebe, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in possession of an election result he believed had been given to the opposition party by the INEC chairman. He noted that while Jega set up a committe to investigate the protest letter of APC on Rivers election, he rejected the letter…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has accused a Senator-elect, Prince Buruji Kashamu, of inducing voters during Saturday’s national assembly elections in Ogun East Senatorial District where he emerged winner. In a a press briefing in Abeokuta on Monday, deputy director of Senator Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation, Bisi Adegbuyi, said that the election was “marred by gross irregularities, inducement and intimidation of voters, manipulation and falsification of the results.” He said that the party would contest the result at the tribunal. At the election, the APC’s candidate for the Ogun East Senatorial District, Dapo Abiodun, the party’s candidates…
The All Progressives Congress has won the Senate and all the six House of Representatives seats in Northern Kaduna Senatorial District. Incumbent Senator for the area, Ahmed Makarfi, of the Peoples Democratic Party, was defeated by Suleiman Hunkuyi of the All Progressives Congress. The Returning Officer for the senatorial district, Haruna Kaita, announced that Mr. Hunkuyi secured 447, 919 votes to defeat Mr. Makarfi, who had 136,197 votes. “Hunkuyi won with the highest number of votes and satisfied all requirements of the law and is hereby returned as duly elected senator for Northern Kaduna Senatorial District”, he said. Mr. Hunkuyi…
From the results released so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for Saturday’s presidential election, it looks like the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, is about to cause a major upset as he is leading in 10 states and has scored the highest number of votes, based on the official announcement of figures yesterday in Abuja. In all results of the presidential election in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, released so far by INEC, in terms of numerical strength, Buhari is leading by 8, 520, 436 votes against the 6, 488,…
Nigerian troops in cordon and search operations have rescues scores of elderly persons and women locked up following the recapture of Gwoza, Borno State from Boko Haram terrorists. According to a statement by the defence headquarters, the freed hostages, some of whom are so weak are being given medical attention while others are also receiving necessary care pending the arrival and activities of aid agencies. “Some of them are also providing useful information for the intelligence in aid of troops operations in the area.” A bomb making factory has also been discovered by the troops. “The facility which is being…
A number of women, the elderly and children who were locked up by fleeing terrorists in Gwoza have been freed by troops as cordon and search along with mopping up operations continue in the town, the Nigerian military has said. A statement by the spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, said the freed hostages, some of whom are weak, are being given medical attention while others are also receiving necessary care pending the arrival and activities of aid agencies. Some of them are also providing useful information for the intelligence in aid of troops operations in the area, the statement said. In another…
Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Port Harcourt, the state capital, hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced results of the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. In a terse statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, George Feyi, Gov. Amaechi said the curfew will hold from 7p.m. to 6a.m. “The curfew will continue till further notice”, a part of the statement said. The declaration of the curfew comes amidst heightened tension as a result of the conduct of last Saturday’s election in the state. The governor…