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Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that only card readers would be used for accreditation of voters for the general elections. Jega made this known while briefing the Senate on Wednesday in Abuja on INEC’s preparation for the elections. He said that the use of the cards was constitutional, insisting that the commission would not …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, released details of the Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs collection rate, showing that 75.94% of registered voters across the country have taken delivery of the crucial voting material. 52,275,367 voters of the registered 68,833,476 voters, according to INEC’s computation, had collected the PVCs as at yesterday. The details, however, showed a continuing disparity in …

By Cheryl Pellerin DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON – With his wife, Stephanie, holding the Bible upon which he swore to support and defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, Ash Carter took the oath of office as the 25th secretary of defense in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday. Vice President Joe Biden …

The Defence Headquarters has faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assertion that President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to use the military to subvert the people’s will during the elections on March 28 and April 11. Reacting to Obasanjo’s statements yesterday, the military however assured Nigerians that it remains and will continue on its path of professionalism in the discharge of its duties …

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Tuesday that corruption persisted in the country because Nigeria lacked the institutions, systems and processes to prevent it. Okonjo-Iweala made this known when she spoke on the Topic: `Preventing Leakages in the Nigerian Economy` at the Catholic Caritas Foundation Forum in Abuja. According to her, the absence of the relevant systems …

A mixture of relief and raging indignation swept through the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, after former President Olusegun Obasanjo publicly tore his membership card of the ruling party. Obasanjo’s theatrical renunciation of the party on whose platform he was twice elected president, was laced with another drama hours later when the state chapter of the party …

National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria, yesterday blamed the disrespect to the rules guiding election as set out in the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Constitution as a major cause for the failure of NLC to elect officers to run its affairs in the next for year. The union a statement, however said it was regrettable that the …

Reports reaching us suggests that the House of Representatives may be preparing for a showdown with President Goodluck Jonathan if any request for further extension of the 2015 elections by six months is made. According to a Daily Trust report, some members of the House yesterday alleged that although Jonathan had said that the May 29 hand-over date is “sacrosanct”, …

The chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anennih monday dismissed the decision of former president Olusegun Obasanjo to dump the PDP, saying that “leaders will not miss” his departure. In a brief interview with state House Correspondents after meeting with President Jonathan, Chief Anennih said it is within Obasanjo’s right to dump the …

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of siphoning N800 million for a water project that was never executed in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state. Speaking on Monday at the flag-off of the 24-km Ogiriga-Afokpella-Okugbe-Imiekuri-Ohu road project with a spur to Awuyemi in Okpella, the second road project to …