The leadership of ‘Believe Nigeria Trust Goodluck’ has debunked reports inthe social media that it has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan for his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, describing the report as shocking and untrue. A statement issued by the secretary to the group, Morgan Omodu, on Friday, said “Our attention has been drawn to an online publication, ‘Believe Nigeria Trust Goodluck Dumps Jonathan For Buhari’. We want to say that the report is not only shocking to us, but damaging to the group and its relentless efforts in ensuring Mr President’s…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Ahead of the general elections next month, the Jonah Jang-led Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has urged state governors to protect and defend the nation’s democracy. According to the NGF, governors as chief security officers in their respective states, have a responsibility to ensure that the democracy they have helped to build is not sabotaged by elements determined to truncate the nation’s democracy. NGF in a statement by its factional Secretary and Administrator, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, said: “As the chief security officers of the states, the governors have a responsibility to ensure that the democracy they have helped to build is…
Some thieves, who stole 3,661 Permanent Voters Cards in Orhiomwon local government area of Edo State have returned 983 of the stolen cards. It was learnt that a total of 4,658 PVCs were stolen at distribution points in nine local government areas of the state. However, the alleged thieves reportedly dumped the cards at two polling units and called the Independent National Electoral Commission officials to go and retrieve them. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Barr. Mike Igini, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ forum held at the National Orientation Agency office in Benin, the state capital, on Friday.…
The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has disowned a medical report, which was purported to be the result of tests for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. The report was said have emanated from the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, and purportedly undersigned by three staff. AMLSN said its investigations at ABUTH indicates that the “report forms on which the results were written [were] fake and at variance with that of the teaching hospital”. In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of AMLSN, Adeyeye Tam, said the three “medical doctors”, who signed the report forms…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara on Friday said it would provide emergency telephone lines at all the 2,516 polling units in the state during the general elections. Alhaji Abubakar Wara, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, made this known at a meeting with civil society organisations and persons with disability in Gusau. He said that the telephones would be used by the electorate in channelling their complaints to the commission during elections. Wara said that no election could be conducted in the country without incidents of misbehaviours by miscreants, who would try to defend their…
A new spokesman has been appointed for the Nigerian Army. He is Col. S.K Usman. Usman is expected to take over from the outgoing Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Olajide Laleye, who is on transfer to the 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin, as the Commander. Until his appointment, Col. Usman was the spokesman of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka, on Thursday said if elected next month in the general elections, his administration would make Ogun an oil-producing state. Speaking during a parley with workers’ union under the aegis of the Trade Union Congress in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Isiaka accused the incumbent Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun of making life hard for workers in the state by denying them their entitlements. The PDP candidate, who expressed concern over the fall in federal allocation and economic downturn, said…
Popular Lagos stylist and businesswoman, Toyin Lawani stepped out in a self designed sheer black dress which made her look outstanding as she stepped out for the movie premiere of First Cut movie. She looks breathtakingly beautiful.. what do you think?
Controversial singer, Kelly Hansome spoke, once again, about his rift with M.I and Kenny Ogungbe in a new interview with Punch. “A lot of people take things too personal at times, especially MI and Baba Keke. They took my music too personal. If I did not beef MI, he would not be where he is today. I am not the one that made him, he has Chocolate City and Audu Maikori to thank for that and they are my friends but at the end of the day, it was a marketing strategy for them. I put him at a point…
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, who recently came under fire for paying for adverts published in some national dailies, which warned Nigerians not to vote for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), whom he said was closer to his grave, has launched another attack on the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate over the recent stoning of President Goodluck Jonathan’s convoy in Katsina State. Fayose warned that the ruling party would “no longer tolerate any orchestrated attack on President Jonathan and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) anywhere in the country”. Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New…
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) yesterday accused the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) of plans to scuttle the February general elections in connivance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Expressing outrage over the statement credited to Dasuki at the London think-tank, Chatham House, calling for the postponement of the elections scheduled for next month, the CNPP asked the NSA to tender an unreserved apology to Nigerians. The umbrella body for all political parties in the country described Dasuki’s reason as “childish, bare face lie and a dummy meant to deceive the international community, portray Nigeria in…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February general elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Mrs Aisha Buhari, will head the party’s 56-member Women Presidential Campaign Council to be inaugurated today in Abuja. The alternate chairperson of the campaign council is Mrs Oludolapo Osinbajo, wife of Buhari’s running mate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). A statement by the secretary of council, Dr. Nasir Ajoge Sanni, also listed the wife of the governor of Nasarawa State, Mrs Mairo Al-Makura, and Mrs Adejoke Adefulire, the deputy governor of Lagos State, as Vice Chair (North) and (South) respectively. The zonal leaders…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna state, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday, said God and the people of the state are his “godfather”. The former FCT Minister spoke while addressing a crowd of supporters in Saminaka, headquarters of Lere local government, during his ongoing state-wide campaign. “I don’t have a godfather”, he said. “The almighty God is my godfather and the good people of our dear state. I will not be answerable to a godfather but to God and the good people of our state. I am here to seek your support and I thank…
The Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) has adopted Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the February 14 election as its own presidential candidate. The party made the announcement on Friday in Abuja. It said the decision was reached at its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting held on Thursday. According to the party, the endorsement of Mr. Buhari was based on its consideration of the five critical issues which its NEC believes constitute the nation’s top and urgent priority: national unity, public security, job creation, fight against corruption, and the economy. It noted that Mr. Buhari…
Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima has pleaded with his supporters and all residents of the state to accord President Goodluck Jonathan and his entourage the maximum respect when he visits the state as part of his nationwide campaign tour ahead of the February 14 presidential election. A statement issued by his media aide, Isa Gusau, said the governor’s sue for peace was sequel to recent ugly incidents in Bauchi and Katsina states where irate youths reportedly went beserk and attacked the president’s convoy as well as pelted some members of his entourage with stones and sachet water. Shettima,…
Former military President General Ibrahim Babangida on Friday stood up in defence of the embattled All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, on the authenticity of his secondary school certificate. The former military president called for caution on the unnecessary debate surrounding Buhari’s academic qualification, warning that any attempt to politicise the military would not be in the nation’s interest. Gen. Babangida made this view known in an interview with The Nation at his Minna Uphill residence, Niger State. “It is a very dangerous thing to do”, he said, adding that there was no way the APC flag bearer would have…
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N26 billion for the 2015 dry season farming in the country. He announced this in Abuja, on Friday, at the AGRIFEST 2015, organised to mark the four years of agricultural reforms and implementation of the agriculture transformation agenda. “To further boost your efforts to produce more food for our nation, I am pleased to announce to you here today the release of another N26 billion towards the 2015 dry season farming programme,” he said. “I am here today as your president. With your support, I hope to be here next year as…
Director Defence Information, Maj. General Chris Olukolade says the information website of the Defence Headquarters, defenceinfo.mil.ng, which was hacked into at the early hours of Friday, January 23, 2015 has been restored. According to a statement by Olukolade, posted on PRNigeria.com, the site was defaced at the front end. He said the hackers could, however, not infiltrate the database of the site. Preliminary investigation shows that the attack was from the end of the site’s host. “One ImaSadiq who posed as the hacker has been knocked off and normal activities on the channel has resumed,” he stated. the Defence Information…
The military has finalised plans to conduct “once and for all comprehensive operations” towards the elimination of the Boko Haram terrorists in the North East. PRNigeria, an online news platform with consultancy links with the security forces, reports that areas presently under Boko Haram occupation could already be as large as Belgium, judging from reports from international media and satellite images. According to the news medium, “political authorities which now feel so disturbed by the activities of the terrorists, especially after viewing the latest video release from the terror group which claimed that it already had enough weapons to take…
The presidency has reacted to the attacks on the convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Katsina and Bauchi states, by supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It cautioned the opposition party to rein in its supporters. In a statement titled “This nonsense must stop”, Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Prof Rufai Ahmed Alkali, said that the action of APC supporters is a negation of the non-violence peace pact signed recently in Abuja by all the presidential candidates. “When the peace pact by the Major Political Parties participating in…