Buhari Gets Handover Notes May 28

GENERAL Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect, will get the handover notes from President Goodluck Jonathan on May 28, 2015. He will also be conducted round the Presidential Villa, Abuja, alongside Yemi Osibajo, vice-president-elect by President Jonathan on the same day. …

Will the Chibok Girls Ever Come Home?

On Tuesday, April 14, the whole world remembers the plight of Chibok schoolgirls who have been in captivity of Boko Haram for one year with a message for the General Muhammadu Buhari incoming administration that the girls must not only be rescued but that security should also be improved all over …

PDP, APC in Battle of Wits

Members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and those of the opposition All Progressives Congress are doing everything possible to discredit each other in their desperate political manoeuvring to win the general elections …

Jonathan Boosts Morale of Troops

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday, February 26, made a surprise visit to some territories recently recovered from members of notorious Boko Haram sect by the Nigerian troops in Adamawa and Borno states. …

Many Troubles of Jega

Attahiru Jega, professor of Political Science and chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, was given a big thump up when he conducted the 2011 general elections which were globally regarded as free and fair; but for the INEC boss to perform a similar feat appears to running into problems as …

Mixed Reactions Greet Shift in Elections Dates

Since Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission announced new dates for the general elections, there have been arguments for or against the move; but the Southern Peoples Assembly is insisting that INEC boss should resign …

Conspiracy against 2015 Elections

There is some sort of conspiracy in high places to scuttle the general elections scheduled for February 14 and 28, as tempers are rising over the inability of millions of potential voters to get their permanent voter cards. Will the conspirators succeed? …

Battle for the Soul of Nigeria

The presidential Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), respectively and their supporters as well as some foreign interests are waging a war for the control of the soul of the nation …

Should 2015 General Elections Be Postponed?

On Tuesday, January 27, Col. Sambo Dasuki, national security adviser, NSA, at the Chatam House in London, advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to postpone the general elections scheduled for February 14 and 28. He gave his advice based on the security situation in the country …

February Date for General Elections Sacrosanct

The presidential campaign teams of both the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress are engaged in sabre-rattling over plans to truncate the February elections even as President Goodluck Jonathan and the Independent National Electoral Commission assure Nigerian that the date for the …

Civil Society Groups Insist on February Elections, Condemn Fayose

Civil society groups in Nigeria are against postponing the general elections billed to hold in February. They have also condemned the advertisement place in some national dailies by Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State warning Nigerians not to vote for General Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of …

Jonathan’s Visit to Boko Haram’s Hotbed

President Goodluck Jonathan unscheduled visit to Maiduguri, Borno State, the hotbed of Boko Haram insurgency as part of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebrations is mired in controversy over what his real motive is …