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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has welcomed the stated commitment of President Goodluck Jonathan, in his New Year message, to the conduct of free, fair and violence-free elections this year, but urged the President to match the commitment with action. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed satisfaction …

As we welcome the year 2015, I have shared a message to Nigerians in general, but I find it crucial to send another message directly to Nigeria’s youth, who are the major stakeholders of this enterprise. The year 2014 was a challenging one for most citizens of our dear country. We remember our compatriots who were brutishly killed or maimed …

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has praised the courage, resilience, sacrifice and patriotism of Nigerian workers in the face of daunting challenges in the preceding year. NLC in a statement signed by its president, Abdulwahed Omar noted with burdened hearts, the spate of strikes across the sectors, especially in health and education because of the refusal or inability of government …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has expressed the optimism that 2015 will be an important year for Nigerians to vote for Change and get the country back to the path of greatness. The State Chief Executive Officer who made the declaration in Benin today said that the year would witness the country move away from the present …

Former President of West Africa Bar Association, WABA, Mr. Femi Falana, on Monday raised the alarm over passage of the National Health Bill by the National Assembly, which was recently signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan. According to Falana, the Act would aid medical personnel with ulterior motives to kill innocent Nigerians. The legal practitioner disclosed this at a …

By Oladipo Airenakho Pioneer Cadet of the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA), Retired Colonel Paul Ogbebor has placed the blame of Nigeria Army’s inability to defeat Boko Haram insurgency on President Goodluck Jonathan. As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he said President Goodluck Jonathan should by now have realized that the insecurity currently pervading parts of the country was no longer …

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, did not present his academic qualifications to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, even as he prepares for the 2015 presidential contest. Unlike his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan, whose academic certificates were conspicously displayed by the commission upon presentation, Buhari’s credentials were visibly without trace …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the names of the presidential candidates and their running mates who will contest next year’s elections. Of the 26 registered political parties in Nigeria, only 11 submitted names of candidates to run for the presidency. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, submitted the names of President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Namadi …

The immediate past Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has dumped the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Maku has subsequently emerged the governorship candidate for APGA for the February 2015 governorship election in Nasarawa State. It would be recalled that Maku had been aggrieved over the outcome of the PDP’s guber primaries in the state …

Cameroon says its military has carried out the first round of air strikes against Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, after the group overran a military base, and attacked five villages. Army spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Didier Badjeck, confirmed that about 1,000 militants attacked the villages, including Amchide, and seized the nearby Achigachia military base, where they raised their black flag. He …