NAIJ.COMNgige Explains Why INEC Shifted General ElectionsNAIJ.COMMore than 48 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the postponement of the 2015 General elections by six weeks, former Anambra State governor, Senator...

The Guardian NigeriaLawyers Ask Court to Remove Tambuwal As SpeakerThe GuardianTWO lawyers, Anthony Nwajiugo and Okechukwu Ebirim, Monday appeared before a Federal High Court, Lagos, asking it to restrain the House of Representatives Speaker, Aminu Tam...

Information NigeriaConsider Nigeria's Election a Contest Between Siblings From 1 Womb ...Nigerian BulletinMy dear friends on Facebook, I want to remind us all that we have no other country other than Nigeria and as we approach the election, it is w...

Nigerian ObserverWomen, Youths, Disabled In FCT Support APCNigerian ObserverAbuja- A coalition of women, youths and persons with disability in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has announced support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the fort...

Information NigeriaNigerian Navy Promises to Provide Security For Election Materials in Riverine ...Nigerian BulletinThe Nigerian Navy said on Monday it was ready to provide security for the election materials meant for use in the riverine areas. Rear ...

Osun DefenderSecurity Officials Intercept Trailer Load of Arms in JosPremium TimesSecurity officials on Monday intercepted a trailer suspected to be loaded with arms in Jos, Plateau state. The spokesperson of the Special Taskforce on Jos crisis, STF, I...

SaharaReporters.comPro-Jonathan Group Defends Booing of Gov. DicksonPremium TimesA pro-Jonathan group, the Niger Delta United for Jonathan, has issued an apology to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party over the booing of the Bay...

Daily SunAPC accuses FG, military of holding meeting to plot election riggingDailyPost NigeriaThis was disclosed by the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie Oyegun at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, adding that the meeting is curren...

Osun DefenderCome And See Jonathan, Agbaje Runing From Pilar To Post visit Lord's Chosen ...Osun DefenderPresident Goodluck Jonathan has applauded members of the Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement for their intercessory prayers for unit...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONINEC extends PVC collection date by four weeksDaily Times NigeriaFollowing the rescheduling of the 2015 general election, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Vo...

Daily SunPolls shift: Saraki blames Jonathan for security failureDaily SunChairman of Senate Committee on Ecology and Environment, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has attributed the postponement of the general elections to the inability of President Goodluck Jonath...

Daily SunThe Economist's endorsement of BuhariDaily SunIT HAPPENS every Presidential election.Political endorsements are nothing new.It is a time honoured tradition that began over a century ago.The media cherish and revel in it.But,whether an endo...

Nigerian TribuneJonathan's eligibility suit goes to Appeal CourtNigerian TribuneA Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, granted an order of referral of the suit challenging the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to re-contest in the March...

Daily SunSO SAD: Read What Happened To 12 People Around 4.00pm In IlesaNAIJ.COMNo fewer than 17 persons have reportedly lost their lives in an auto crash that occurred along the Ilesa-Ife expressway, about 18km from RCC. According to the Facebook accou...

Al-ArabiyaBoko Haram kidnaps 20 people in Cameroon, executes 12Al-ArabiyaIn this screen grab image taken on Feb. 9, 2015 from a video made available by Islamist group Boko Haram, leader Abubakar Shekau makes a statement at an undisclosed location. (AFP...

DailyPost NigeriaAt NBCC's forum, Fashola seeks private sector partnership in governanceThe Guardian NigeriaLAGOS State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has called for more private sector involvement in governance, for Lagos to emerge a true mega city ...

DailyPost NigeriaDisqualification suit: APC, Buhari oppose substituted serviceDailyPost Nigeriaimage The All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, opposed the directives of an Abuja Federal High...

Nigerian TribuneWe Will Take Back Ekiti - APCNAIJ.COMThe All Progressives Congress in Ekiti yesterday said it would fight to retaked its allegedly stolen mandate Governor Ayo Fayose's PDP. The party's Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun said:...

NAIJ.COMNigeria Is Already Something Of A Powder KegNAIJ.COMAs Nigeria faced the elections date adjustment on February 7th, the Economist made an observation on how the country will cope with this. The presidential poll, shifted for six weeks, will now...

Information NigeriaMilitary Foils Terrorist Attack On Damboa in BornoThe GuardianAccording a Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) member, Habu Musa, the insurgents were intercepted at Kalla village, about two kilometres away from Damboa, when the troops of...

The NewsAmbode, Agbaje sign peace pledgeThe NewsThe two leading governorship candidates in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, and Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday signed a Peace Pledge c...

Osun DefenderPolls - My Dilemma On Jonathan, Buhari - OkogieAllAfrica.comANTHONY Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie was born on June 16, 1936 to the royal family of Uromi in Edo State. His father was Esan and his mother Yoruba. Okogie was ordained as a Catholic ...

Information Nigeria2015 - Group Decries Hate Adverts On BuhariDaily TrustMembers of the GMB Volunteers, a frontline voluntary organization made up of professionals, ethnic and religious groups in the country at the weekend criticized the hate adverts s...

GboozaJega Has Already Drafted His Resignation LetterGboozaInformation available to 247ureports.com obtained from sources within the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] indicates that the days of the INEC chairman may be num...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONYou Won't Believe Why Emir Sanusi Was Once Slapped At SchoolNAIJ.COMThe Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that he was once slapped for exposing stealing when he was studying at school. The Emir of Kano disclosed this sto...

Osun DefenderREAL TROUBLE: Yawa Don Gas!!! Doyin Okupe Just Called Someone A Child ...Osun DefenderSomebody must have gotten Doyin Okupe very angry… to have called them 'children of Satan'. The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Pr...

GboozaPoll Shift: Ban Ki-moon asks INEC to start rapid PVC distributionGboozaUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has asked INEC to take advantage of the shift in polls to embark on rapid distribution of the remaining Permanent Voter Cards (PV...

Osun DefenderElection Violence: APC, PDP clash in Lagos leaves one deadPulse NigeriaOne person was killed as thugs from APC and PDP clashed over the weekend at the Jakande area of Lagos. Published: 5 minutes ago; Steve Dede. Print; eMail · play ...

Nigerian TribuneWe Have No Advantage From The Shift Of Elections – PDPNAIJ.COMWhile many Nigerians accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of activating security chiefs to ask for the postponement the party has said that the shift of the general e...

Information NigeriaYoruba Elders Have Seen Something Good in Jonathan - - BabatopeVanguardChief Ebenezer Babatope, 72 came to national limelight as the fiery director of organisation of the Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN in the Second Republic. Babatope w...

Daily SunAmbode/Agbaje - Battle Royale in LagosVanguardEight years ago, Jimi Agbaje ran a very impressive campaign when he first came into public consciousness and was contesting for the gubernatorial job in Lagos State. His jingles were catchy and his...

DailyPost NigeriaNorthern leaders expresses disappointment over elections postponementDailyPost NigeriaThe Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed disappointment over the postponement of the general elections. ACF lamented that the security chiefs...

spyghana.comAlleged N60 Billion Bribe - PFN Urges Amaechi to Name NamesVanguardUMBRELLA body of Pentecostalism in Nigeria, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, yesterday officially reacted to an allegation that some pastors had collected the sum...

Leadership NewspapersIhedioha, Yero: Postponement is in Nigeria's InterestTHISDAY LiveGovernor Muktar Yero of Kaduna State yesterday said the postponement of the February polls was in the best interest of Nigerians and the country. Yero made the re...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONAPC, PDP, AD present manifestoes to NLCNigerian TribuneTHREE major political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Alliance for Dmocracy (AD) have presented their manifestoes to the ...

Daily Times NigeriaGeneral Election ShiftDaily Times NigeriaReactions continue to trail the postponement of the general election as the former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Bamidele Faparu...

Leadership Newspapers'Sylva Not Qualified To Represent Bayelsa In NASS'Leadership NewspapersThe deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, King Serena Dokubo-Spiff weekend described the former governor of the state ...

Daily Times NigeriaWhy My Regime Executed Drug Peddlers, Jailed Journalists – BuhariDaily Times NigeriaFORMER military ruler, Major General Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday defended some of the most controversial actions of his regime and accepted responsi...

Manawatu StandardLucky Jonathan lives it upManawatu StandardThree minutes after he left an election rally in the northern city of Gombe on Monday, a suicide bomber blew herself up in the nearby parking lot. "The president had just passed the parki...

Taking stock of governance in OgunNigerian TribuneThe true test of good governance is the overall effect of government's policy on the populace. Governance should be centered on the needs of people and should seek ways to improve the quality of lif...

Osun DefenderOndo PDP members caution Jega over candidates' listNigerian TribuneAbout 38 aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, have stated that rather than being an unbiased umpire, the Independent National Electora...

DailyPost NigeriaMark consoles media adviser over mum's deathNigerian TribuneSenate President David Mark on Sunday, condoled with his Media Adviser Mr Kola Ologbondiyan over the death of his mother, Mrs. Grace Bosede Alala Ologbondiyan. Madam Ologb...

spyghana.comGov Wada Campaigns For Jonathanspyghana.comGov. Idris Wada of Kogi said the people of the State would vote en masse for President Goodluck Jonathan in the forth- coming general elections. Wada made the promise at the PDP West Senatorial Dis...

CHANNELS TELEVISIONAccord Is Not In Support Of Election Postponement – LadojaCHANNELS TELEVISIONpostponement The Governorship Candidate of ACCORD in Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, has revealed that the party is not in support of the postponement of the g...

Business RecorderNigeria electoral agency's independence 'compromised': BuhariBusiness Recorderimage ABUJA: The independence of Nigeria's electoral agency has been "gravely compromised" by the postponement of February election...

Codewit World NewsPresidential election: Jonathan goes spiritualCodewit World NewsThe PDP presidential candidate in the forthcoming polls, President Goodluck Jonathan, Friday night, decided to go spiritual as he made an appearance at the February Holy ...

Premium TimesOsun Election: Omisore heads to Appeal Court to retrieve 'stolen mandate'Premium TimesThe candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in last year's governorship election in Osun State, Iyiola Omisore, has vowed to retrieve...

TVC NewsBoko Haram: African nations pledge 8700 troopsTVC NewsTVC NEWS [ADDIS ABABA] - African nations pulling together a regional force to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram militants on Saturday pledged 8,700 soldiers, policemen and civilians, an increas...

Leadership NewspapersKogi Will Not Disappoint Jonathan – Gov WadaLeadership NewspapersGov. Idris Wada of Kogi said the people of the State would not disappoint President Goodluck Jonathan in the forth- coming general elections. Wada made the promise ...

Starr 103.5 FMNigeria polls: Buhari better of two evils, says SoyinkaStarr 103.5 FMNobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has said former Nigerian Leader Mahammadu Buhari is the better of two evils as far as Nigeria's forthcoming national polls are concerned....

Daily SunGroup Vows to Ensure Jonathan's VictoryAllAfrica.comJoin Jonathan Journey (JJJ), a non-governmental organisation founded by the Anambra State government to support President Goodluck Jonathan's re-election bid, has said that only All P...

Information NigeriaNyanya Blasts - FG Files Fresh Charges Against Ogwuche, OthersAllAfrica.comAbuja — The Federal Government on Friday filed new charges against seven people, including 29-year-old Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche suspected to be the mastermind of...

Daily Times NigeriaPDP Not Prepared For February Elections- MohammedDaily Times NigeriaThe National Publicity Secretary of the leading opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Lai Mohammed, has accused “the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party ...

Daily TrustWhy I accepted to be Buhari's running mate - Prof. OsinbajoDaily TrustFrom the handwriting on the political wall, the choice of General Muhammadu Buhari and Professor Yemi Osinbajo as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential and ...

Daily SunPolls: Give us adequate security, Igbos in the North, FCT tell JonathanDaily SunIgbos residing in northern part of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said that President Goodluck Jonathan is rather toying with the proverb...

Daily SunBetween Jonathan and Buhari, choice is a burden –Wole SoyinkaDaily SunNobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has cried out loud over difficulties in making a choice between President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Gen...

Osun DefenderYAWA DON BURST OO!!It Is Not Over Yet Says To INEC Final Candidates List ...Osun DefenderThe Association of Town Union Presidents General in Anambra Central Senatorial Zone has threatened to shift their support to opposition party if the P...

ReutersNigeria postpones Feb. 14 presidential election to March 28: INECReutersABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's electoral commission says it is postponing the Feb. 14 presidential election until March 28 due to security concerns, caving in to pressure f...

"You Risk Disgrace At The Polls" - Prince Eke In An Open Letter To BuhariNigerian BulletinNollywood actor Prince Eke has reportedly written an open letter to APC presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. The actor questioned the intention...

"You Risk Disgrace At The Polls" - Prince Eke In An Open Letter To BuhariNigerian BulletinNollywood actor Prince Eke has reportedly written an open letter to APC presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. The actor questioned the intention...

SaharaReporters.comJitters Over Bayelsa Crowd's Booing Of Governor Dickson, Jonathan At RallySaharaReporters.comMr. Jonathan was booed by a section of the crowd when he asked the voters of his home state to lend their support to Governor Dickson&#3...

The Guardian NigeriaAbia governor denies tampering with INEC staff listPremium TimesThe governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, has denied tampering with the list of ad hoc of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the February ...

NigerianReviewsGen Magoro: Buhari can rule Nigeria even at 90NigerianReviewsimage Chairman, Contact and Mobilisation Sub-Committee, Buhari Campaign Organisation, North West, General Mohammed Magoro (retd) has called on Nigerians who are saying that the...

NigerianReviewsPastor Oritsejafor – Enough of Terror Attacks in NigeriaNigerianReviewsimage President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has expressed strong worry over the spate of Boko Haram attacks in the countr...

The PunchPDP Has Failed Nigerians Says Peter Claver OparahOsun DefenderGoing into the February elections, Nigerians are deeply divided along tribal, ethnic and religious lines. More than any other ruler in the chequered history of Nigeria, President Go...

The Guardian NigeriaSokoto: Why Abdalla Wali Might Carry The DayThe Guardian NigeriaANY casual observer of Sokoto State politics in the coming dispensation would be tempted to say that the gubernatorial contest that would soon take place between Senato...

Nigerian TribuneCameroon pushes Boko Haram fighters back to NigeriaNigerian TribuneCameroonian officials have said Boko Haram fighters who attacked a town in the far north killing nearly 100 people have retreated to Nigeria. Government spokesman, Issa ...

SaharaReporters.comSoyinka Offers Buhari Cautious Endorsement, Dismisses Jonathan's Re-Election ...SaharaReporters.comProf. Wole Soyinka addressing the press about the reign of impunity yesterday Sahara Reporters Media Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyin...

Information NigeriaEx-Commissioner Defected To PDP To Avoid Prosecution For 'Industrial Scale ...Information NigeriaThe Edo State Government has accused the former Commissioner for Investment, Public and Private Partnership, Mr. Denis Idahosa, of f...

Why I Raped My 11-Year-Old Daughter – FatherNAIJ.COMThe Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old father for allegedly raping his 11-year-old daughter. The suspect, Abubakar Magaji, is a resident of Liman Kagum in Bauchi Local Government...

Daily SunPolls: FG Bans Foreign Trips By OfficialsThe TidePosted by admin on Feb 6th, 2015 and filed under Front Pix. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed. The Federal Government h...

Daily SunKalu Plunged Abia Into Debt – NBC bossThe TidePosted by admin on Feb 6th, 2015 and filed under South East. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Chairman of the Na tiona...

Naija247news Elections: INEC recruits 18, 538 ad-hoc staff in ZamfaraThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara has recruited 18, 538 ad-hoc staff for this month's general elections. The State Resident Elect...

Osun DefenderGunmen storm kill govt official in Bauchi mosque attackNews24 NigeriaBauchi - Suspected kidnappers shot dead a top government official with the Bauchi State Ministry of Local Government Affairs, Babangida Garba, Punch reports. A police ser...

The Guardian NigeriaFG Says Plans to Attack Polling Centres UncoveredDaily TrustThe federal government yesterday said some unscrupulous elements had perfected plans to attack polling booths in the forthcoming general elections. Coordinator of the Natio...

The Eagle OnlineFG Denies Stopping Foreign Journalists From Election CoverageDaily TrustPermanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Information Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan has said there was no truth in media reports suggesting that the federal governmen...

Daily Times NigeriaBring Cameras to Polling Venues, INEC Asks NigeriansNigerian BulletinThe Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has promised Nigerians a credible election, and has asked them to bring cameras to the voting centres to capture...

8 People Including A Pregnant Woman Die In Onitsha Car CrashNAIJ.COMAt least eight people, including a pregnant woman, are reported to have died yesterday in an accident involving a tanker and other vehicles in Onitsha, Anambra state. Another 150 peopl...

News24 NigeriaOne feared dead after APC campaign in LagosNews24 NigeriaSupporters rides in a campaign bus of Nigeria's leading opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and his unning mate Yemi Osinbajo in La...

Osun DefenderJonathan, Buhari, Babangida Others Attend Council of State MeetingThe GuardianPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja presided over the Council of State meeting, where national issues bordering on the nation's security and the...

Osun DefenderStop Accusing Me Or Else-Omirin, Ekiti factional speaker, Warns FayoseOsun DefenderStop Accusing Me Or Else-Omirin, Ekiti factional speaker, Warns Fayose Miffed by the persistent closure of his petrol station by the Ekiti State Government,...

Nigerian TribuneWhy Jonathan will win, by TANThe Guardian NigeriaTHE Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) has stated that President Goodluck Jonathan would win the presidential election. TAN, which noted that statics and the record of achievemen...

Bella NaijaAmerican Man Sends over $100000 to Wife in Nigeria He's Never MetTHISDAY LiveA 53-year-old man who has sent over $100,000 to a woman he has never met in Nigeria insists he is only providing financial assistance until she inherits $25.6 m...

Daily Times NigeriaOkorocha Appeals Verdict On Ndi Eze ChairDaily Times NigeriaImo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has filed a fresh appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal to reinstate the sacked Chairman of Imo State Council of Tra...

Osun Defender2015 Election Poll: “Before It Is Too Late”— OBJ Speaks Again, Attacks JonathanOsun DefenderWhile inaugurating a flyover bridge in Kano city constructed and named after him by the Kano State Government, on Wednesday, Olusegun Obasanj...

The PunchRead Why OAU Students Are Angry At OsinbajoNAIJ.COMObafemi Awolowo University students on Thursday, February 5th, were upset over the absence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Professor...

BBC NewsNigeria elections: No delay to poll, says council of stateBBC NewsNigeria's influential council of state has decided to press ahead with presidential elections on 14 February, rejecting calls for a postponement. Election officials had assur...

spyghana.com2014 National Examination Council result not worth celebrating.spyghana.comAn Educationist, Goddy Njoku, said on Thursday that the 30 per cent credit pass recorded in the 2014 National Examination Council (NECO) result was not worth celebra...

DailyPost NigeriaHappening Now: Buhari, Amaechi, others at the Council of State meetingDailyPost Nigeriaimage Report reaching DAILY POST has it that the much talked about Council of State meeting is currently ongoing with some past presidents and curre...

Daily Times Nigeria2015: We Do Not Want Governors that Will Fight Us, Says JonathanDaily Times NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan took his campaign to Benin, Edo State and Asaba, Delta state on Wednesday with a promise to support only governorship cand...

Leadership NewspapersYouth Council Preaches Violence-Free PollsDaily TrustThe Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) has called on Nigerian youth to eschew violence in the coming general elections. Addressing youth groups from different parts of the country ...

Daily SunMilitary Condemns Media Advert On CDSDaily TrustThe Defence headquarters (DHQ) has described a political campaign advert targeting the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh as unfair to the military. A statement yesterday b...

The Guardian NigeriaAs National Council of State Meets Today - Buhari, APC Govs to Oppose Polls ShiftVanguardABUJA--Ahead of today's National Council of State meeting, All Progressives Congress, APC, governors were, yesterday, mobilizing to fend of...

Nigerian TribuneEFCC Declares Governor Nyako, Son WantedAllAfrica.comAbuja — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared the former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, wanted. Also on the EFCC wanted list is Nyako's son...

Akwa Ibom - Fresh Hopes From INECVanguardThe Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Akwa Ibom State has undertaken a number of confidence building measures to enable all stakeholders buy into the process. The commission's efforts are y...

DailyPost NigeriaDon't allow politicians use you for violence - ACF warns Northern youthsDailyPost Nigeriaimage The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Wednesday urged youths of northern extraction not to allow themselves to be used as political thug...

Nigerian ObserverArmy Not Aware Of Plan For Interim Govt – Col UsmanNigerian ObserverABUJA – The Nigerian Army has said that it was not aware of any plan for an interim government in the country. This information is contained in a statement issued ...

Osun DefenderAhmed, Sakari convoy attacked by suspected PDP thugsNews24 NigeriaAbuja - A convoy carrying Kwara State Governor Adulfatah Ahmed and Senator Bukola Sakari were yesterday attacked by political thugs suspected to belong to the People's D...

Osun DefenderNigerians Know How Much I Spend And Can Ask Questions – JonathanOsun DefenderPresident-Goodluck-Jonathan-360x225 Ahead of the much-awaited February general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan, through the Freedom of Information (FOI) ...

Information NigeriaS'Court has 5000 10-year-old pending cases –CJNThe PunchThe Chief Justice on Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on Wednesday lamented that the Supreme Court was overburdened with high volume of appeals. He said the apex court wa...