GEJ Bestowed with Traditional Title, Iberedem of Akwa-Ibom

I’m fit, PDP Is Desperate – Buhari

Why I Am Supporting Buhari – Human Right Lawyer Festus Keyamo

Buhari will remove NNPC ‘secrecy’ — APC Campaign group

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has said Muhammadu Buhari will lift the veil of secrecy and shadiness that has characterised the transactions of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) if he is elected into office in the February 14 presidential election.

Jonathan to Launch Re-election Bid in Lagos

President Goodluck Jonathan

How Obasanjo’s Report Indicted Buhari in 1999

General Muhammadu Buhari

Ojo M. Maduekwe   

Why Jonathan Must Listen To Father Mbaka

Popular Enugu-based Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Camillus Ejike Mbaka, is reputed for his forthrightness and dedication to the service of God. He is a priest that South-Easterners, especially Nigerian Catholic Community/Christians have come to trust and respect, owing to the credibility and integrity of his priestly life and prophecies. He is also known for his philanthropy and care for the downtrodden in society. Many indigent members of his parish currently enjoy full scholarships courtesy of the social crusader priest. He said during his New Year message at the Adoration Prayer Ground in Enugu that President Goodluck Jonathan has no business seeking reelection in 2015. Most readers of this column and my press statements will recall that I have continued to emphasise the fact that this country needs change if it must survive as a nation. I had presented facts and figures to underscore my assertion that President Jonathan’s administration has been overtaken by corruption and therefore we need someone with the political will and necessary discipline to clean the Augean stables and place her on the path of development again. Moreover, I had called on the suffering masses of this country to see the 2015 election as their finest hour to vote out a thieving and corrupt government and vote in a true reformer that would place this country on the much progressive trajectory once more.

No law restricts parties on fund raising – Fasehun

National Chairman of the resuscitated Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, has stated that there is no provision in the electoral law that restricts political parties on fund raising. Fasehun who spoke with Daily Independent, was responding to criticisms that greeted the over N21 billion raised by PDP for its presidential campaign recently.

INTERVIEW: Buhari is not a perfect presidential candidate

Kayode Ogundamisi needs no introduction. He is a pro-democracy leader and a civil rights activist. On Twitter, over 75,000 followers follow his views. His TV show ‘Politricks with KO’ is one of the few programs on television that deal with issues that concern Nigerians in Nigeria and the diaspora. He took some time to talk to our Tundun Adeyemo.

Nigeria’s future gloomy under Jonathan -Balarabe

A former Governor of Kaduna State and leader of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, said on Saturday that the future of Nigeria  under the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government is gloomy.

The former governor noted that the way the country was being governed showed that Jonathan was incapable of running the affairs of Nigeria, arguing that even the president’s sympathisers had come to terms with the reality.

Muazu: Nigeria will Return to Combative Presidency with Buhari

 National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu

10 things you should know about Buhari’s running mate

Osinbajo was reportedly chosen from a line-up of candidates including the Governors of Rivers and Edo States, Rotimi Amaechi and Adams Oshiomhole respectively and party leader, Bola Tinubu.

Why I refused to be Buhari’s running mate, APC leader explains

Earlier reports had it that the APC leader was gunning for the position of running mate to Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari but Tinubu has said that he stepped aside because of his love for Nigeria.

Buhari, Atiku woo delegates from non-APC states

former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Head of State, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

Uduaghan, Chime drop senatorial ambition

APC aspirants accuse Aregbesola of rejecting primary result

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola
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Tension is brewing in some towns in Osun State as some aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the state accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of rejecting some of the results of the party’s primary. A source close to the party told our correspondent on Thursday that the governor had allegedly rejected the results of some areas where his favourites did not win.

INEC must make PVC collection continuous exercise

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Segun Adewale, has commended the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on the ongoing registration and distribution of the permanent voter cards (PVCs) across the nation, adding that it would have been more dignified and less cumbersome if the exercise could be a continuous exercise like the unhindered collection of international passports and driving licence.

Court upholds Oyo PDP ward congress

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ruled that the list of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates validated by three of the five members of the Aliyu Idi Hong ad hoc ward congress panel should be used for primary elections in Oyo State

President Jonathan urged to right political injustice against Ogoni

Ogoni have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to right what they termed grave political injustice against them in Rivers state.

President of Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, Mr Legborsi Pyagbara who made the appeal in an open letter to the President said they had been politically marginalised in the state since its creation

Nigeria Police To Restore Speaker Tambuwal's Security

There were indications on Friday that the Force Headquarters would restore the police details of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that the decision followed the emergence of Tambuwal as the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Sokoto State for the 2015 poll.