Participants at a multi-stakeholders’ conference on the 2015 elections have expressed concern about the implications of the insecurity in the country ahead of the exercise, as the United Nations has pledged to collaborate with the Federal Government to make the polls violence and fraud-free. The conference gave the participants the opportunity to appraise the Independent National Electoral (INEC) on the man ...

An Abuja High Court will on June 10th hear the case filed by three members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to nullify the election of the party's Deputy National Chairman, Sam Sam Jaja, and 10 others. Justice Suleman Belgore, who fixed the case for hearing ordered parties in the case to file all their papers before the adjourned date. He warned that he would not tolerate any distraction from p ...

Ahead of the forthcoming Anambra governorship election in November and the 2015 general elections, the leader of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh has set up a rebuilding and crisis review committee. Relying on his recent victory at the appellate court, Chief Umeh named a 20 man committee to rebuild the party. APGA has been enmeshed in a leadership crisis following the ruling of an E ...

Following an open letter written by the Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker; Otelemaba Amachree to President Goodluck Jonathan to wade into the political crisis rocking Rivers State, the Police in Rivers State have invited the speaker and Tony Okocha; the Chief of Staff to Governor; Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, for further questioning following one of their claims about a grand plot to assassinate Amaechi an ...

Chairmen of opposition political parties in Rivers State under the umbrella of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), have vowed to support the state governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Amaechi, in the challenges facing his administration. The leader of the opposition parties, Minaebi Dagogo Jack, made the pledge during a solidarity visit to Mr. Amaechi at the Govern ...

The Supreme Court today waived the Court of Appeal’s decision that ordered the removal of the Chairman Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Nkechi Nwogu, as the duly elected Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District. Presiding Justice Francis Adebiyi while setting aside the lower court’s decision of December 13th, 2011, said the sole ground for removing Senator Nwogu from office was not on election ...

The New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) has set up a Caretaker Committee to run its affairs in the state, for effective grass-root mobilisation of the electorate towards repositioning the party for the 2013 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Fred Akokhia said. The statement said “The new Caretaker Committee is to be headed by Lady Chukwuogo Ego Virg ...

The Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has denied the rumour making the rounds that the sum of N320 million was stolen from the State Universal Education Board (SUBEB). The governor, who made the statement at the swearing of Barr. Washington Osifo as the new Commissioner for Higher Education at the government house in Benin City also reassigned the Commissioner for Special Duties to the Ministry of Women ...

Lawyer and public affairs analyst, Fred Agbaje has said that the imposition of state of emergency on some troubled northern states is comparable to a military coups d'état. Mr Agbaje, who was a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise daily, said President Goodluck Jonathan did the right thing by not suspending constitutionally elected officials while declaring the emergency rule. He howe ...

The Nigerian government on Wednesday pledged a donation of US$ 2 million (about N320m) in support of agricultural development and conduct of free and fair elections in Mali. Vice-President Namadi Sambo made the pledge in Brussels at the International Donors Conference on the Development of Mali, organised by the European Union, a statement by Umar Sani, the Vice-President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media ...