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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians to come out en masse to reject President Goodluck Jonathan and his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the general elections for consistently lying to the nation’s citizens about issues affecting their lives. The Governor, who disclosed this during an All Progressives Congress, APC rally in Alimosho area of the state on …

Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Syrian drug smuggler on Tuesday, bringing to 27 the number of executions in the kingdom this year. Authorities carried out the sentence against Abdullah Mohammed al-Ahmad al-Anzi for trafficking amphetamine pills, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. He was executed in northwestern Jawf region. The government says …

A onetime President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said a new federal government must emerge in Nigeria on May 29, this year which will be in line with the country’s constitution. Obasanjo said this yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya while fielding questions from the BBC on the announcement made by INEC on Saturday as regards the postponement of the 2015 …

President Goodluck Jonathan has counselled Nigerians to speak good about the country, stressing that the general election is a contest among brothers and sisters. On his official Facebook page, which boast of almost two million followers, President Jonathan said: “I want to remind us all that we have no other country other than Nigeria and as we approach the elections, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) until March 8, 2015. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu in Abuja on Monday. The statement quoted Ogakwu as saying the four weeks extension of the deadline followed the rescheduling of the …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole received over three thousand Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defectors , led by President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Security Chief in Edo State, Mr. Fred Ikhuebor into the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benin City on Sunday. Other former PDP stalwarts who decamped with their teeming supporters to APC at a rally held in …

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the May 29 handover date remains sacrosanct as it is the terminal date of his first term in office. In a statement yesterday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, quoted the president as saying that the adjustment by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should be accepted …

Nigeria’s former colonial masters, Britain has added its voice to the controversy surrounding the recent postponement of the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, describing it as a situation that calls for concern”. In a statement by Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Phillip Hammond, Britain called for calm during what it said was a period of frustration, saying the decision …

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday, made a statement on the postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, appealing to all stakeholders to accept the shift in the dates as announced by INEC on Saturday in good faith. The president assured of his commitment to the sanctity of May 29th, 2015 as the terminal date …

The Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, on Tuesday said the Federal Government is to ground private jets registered in foreign numbers, but engage in commercial operations in the country. Also to be affected by this new policy are Nigerian registered private jets that engage in “hire and reward”. This new policy will come into effect as from Thursday, February …