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In the end, the ugly rumours proved spot on.  For one reason or the other, Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are too jittery to go to the polls right now.  It appears that they were rattled, feared a likely loss to the All Progressive Alliance (APC) in the presidential election so […]

The 2015 general elections seem to be getting dirtier as heavily armed soldiers believed to have been deployed by the presidency have now taken over the home of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, in Ikoyi. Lagos. The soldiers numbering at least 30 have since Sunday laid siege on the […]

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has decried what it calls embedded vested interest and sinister motives behind the polls postponement and asked President Goodluck Jonathan and his party (PDP) to come clean on the wave of negative speculations in the public domain, to avert unrest and possible civil disobedience that could scuttle […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that some people suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have resorted to underhand tactics, including the purchase of PVCs and the intimidation of some voters to seize their PVCs, in the wake of the recent postponement of the general elections. In a […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Tuesday redeployed 33 Commissioners of Police to different formations ahead of the 2015 general elections. A statement by the Police Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu stated that the action was taken by Abba in line with the determination and drive to enhance the administrative and operational effectiveness […]

Nigeria’s knife-edge general elections were thrown into increasing doubt after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cowered to pressure from the military and postponed the elections for six weeks, ostensibly because no soldiers will be available to provide security if the vote held on February 14 as initially scheduled. After contentious and rancorous meetings with […]

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has fingered fear as the reason President Goodluck Jonathan decided to postpone the February 14 presidential elections by six weeks. In a statement released by the campaign’s Directorate of Media and Publicity on Monday, APCPCO said that while the election postponement was covered in the guise of creating time […]

  Apart from the challenge of a shift in the general elections, the two major contenders in the presidential election in Nigeria now have a major battle they are fighting to remain in the race. Supporters of the duo are in court seeking disqualification against one another. In the case of General Muhammadu Buhari of […]

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday declared that the general elections that were postponed actually has underlying reasons. Tinubu, who released a statement to the effect, maintained that the elections were actually shifted because President Goodluck Jonathan saw the imminent defeat that awaited him in the presidential election […]

Following the rescheduling of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has once again extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) by registered voters. The collection of the cards will continue for four more weeks until March 8th, 2015.   INEC had on Saturday, February 07th 2015, rescheduled the […]

Nigeria’s Insecurity: Insurgency, Corruption, Elections and the Management of Multiple Threats
By Mohammed Sambo Dasuki, National Security Adviser
at the Chatham House – United Kingdom
January 22, 2015 Protocol
Events in our recent history have thrust us into the glare ofworld attention in ways that have not always reflected us in our best light. The paradox of modern Nigeria […]

Following the adjustment of the dates for the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from 14th February to 28th March and 11th April President Goodluck Jonathan has reassured the nation of his commitment to the sanctity of 29th May 2015 as the terminal date of his first term in office. He […]