Reports

It was a bloody Saturday for residents and the government of Borno State as three suicide attacks in different parts of the State capital, Maiduguri, killed 58 residents and injured146 others. The Commissioner of Police Borno in the State, Clement Adoda, gave the figure, but witnesses said the figure could be more than what was […]

Following the contradictory reports that trailed the use of card readers for a mock election in Nigeria ahead of the 2015 general elections, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has described the card reader machines as a fraud capable of scuttling the elections. The mock election was conducted in parts of the country by the […]

The rank of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State swelled on Thursday as Prince Fred Eke Idika, the running mate of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming election in the state defected to the PDP. Idika said about 20,000 members of APC who are his staunch supporters […]

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State on Thursday described the energy. being allegedly dissipated by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in advocating for the use of card readers in the coming general elections as another sinister motive of the party to cause confusion during and after the election. Fayose, who said this in a statement […]

 As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), continues its series of consultations and dialogue with critical stakeholders in the electoral process ahead of the March 28 and April 11 general elections, the Commission has expressed its commitment towards ensuring that marginalized groups such as People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs), Youths and Women fully participate in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State on Monday expressed satisfaction over the ruling of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, in favour of the party’s recognised governorship candidate in the forthcoming general elections, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as the governorship candidate of the PDP. Ugwuanyi defeated Senator Ayogu Eze, a current […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, wants to sue the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, for saying that his party doubted the mental health of Fani-Kayode. The threat to sue came from Fani-Kayode on Tuesday, a day after […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said contrary to the information being peddled by the Spokesman of the Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, the party does not wish him any ill health, even though it is seriously concerned about his mental state. We are seriously concerned that Mr. Fani-Kayode may have unhinged, perhaps as […]

In a well written and aggressive article Dr. Ogbonnia, the Executive Director, Patriots United for Transparency and Accountability in Nigeria (PUTAN) accused Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of treachery and betrayal of Nigeria. He accused Ms. Okonjo-Iweala of falsely believing that strong institutions would cure corruption in Nigeria. Mr. Ogbonnia strongly objected to the strong institution theory […]

The Asagba of Asaba, Chike Edozien, on Friday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to find out the challenges facing Delta State and the need to boost the development of the state capital, Asaba. The monarch made the request when the president  paid him while in the state. The monarch pleaded with Jonathan to dualise the road from […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent separate open letters to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Aminu Wali, and the Chairperson, Diaspora Committee, Nigeria House of Representatives Ms Abike Dabiri over the situation of Nigerians living in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the open letters dated 20 February 2015 and signed by SERAP’s Executive Director, […]

Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has described the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Governor Ayodele Fayose was sponsoring violence in the State as a blatant lie. Olayinka, who described the APC petition to the National Human Rights Commission