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On the Occasion of His Declaration of Intent to Run for the 2015 Presidential Elections under the Platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Eagle Square, Abuja Tuesday 11th November, 2014 Dear Compatriots: 1. Four years ago, precisely September 18, 2010; I stood in this Eagle Square, to offer myself for election as the President of our beloved country on …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says registered voters have up till end of January 2015 to pick up their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before the general elections. Mr Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the desperation and agitation being expressed by some people over the distribution of PVCs …

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned Monday’s “dastardly murder’’ of students of Government Senior Science Secondary School, Potiskum, Yobe, by suspected suicide bomber. Reports say dozens of students were killed and several others were injured when a suicide bomber, disguised as a student, detonated an explosive at the school’s assembly ground at 7.45 a.m. In a statement issued by Dr Reuben …

Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States of America, Prof. Ade Adefuye has chided the United States of America for refusing to sell weapons to Nigeria to effectively contain the Islamic insurgency in Northern Nigeria. He said the war against the insurgency would have been won long ago, had the US agreed to sell weapons to Nigerian government. Adefuye who stated …

LAGOS—Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and many Lagos residents, yesterday, protested shoddy distribution of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In their thousands, the protesters stormed the Birrel Avenue, Yaba, office of the commission and later the Alausa, Ikeja, office of Governor Babatunde Fashola, to register their complaints. They got to INEC’s …

At least 46 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said. A suicide bomber dressed as a student is believed to have caused the blast at the boys’ school in Yobe state . Police suggested the militant group Boko Haram carried out the attack. Yobe state’s …

(CNN) – A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board, authorities said. The flight originated from Nassau, the capital, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, which said it will investigate. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Inspector Terecita Pinder, of the Royal …

The independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega has said the Commission has put measures in place that will make it difficult for politicians in the country to rig the 2015 elections. He also added that the insecurity in the country notwithstanding, no part of the country will be disenfranchised during the elections. Jega stated this in an exclusive …

The embattled Speaker of the House of Represen-tatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yester-day, stormed the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court with 68 senior lawyers, saying his life was in great danger. The Speaker who was equally accompanied to the court by members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House of Representatives, urged the court to direct …

Lagos, Nigeria – By Augustine O. Okunmwendia. It was an atmosphere of influence and impartation at the just concluded Excellence in Leadership Conference organized by the Daystar Christian Center. The three-day conference which started on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 ended today, Friday November 7, 2014 at Plot A3C Ikosi Road, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The conference theme, “The Exemplary Leader”, …