How Jonathan’s campaign Team votes millions to hire anti-Buhari protesters in London

President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign has earmarked $20,000 to hire protesters in London Thursday as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, speaks at Chatham House. According to an internal memo seen by PREMIUM TIMES, the money would be spent on mobilising the crowd, refreshing them and defraying other logistics. The memo, which originated from the campaign’s Assistant Director, Civil Society and...

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Austin Okocha Emerges Chairman Delta State Football Association

Former Super Eagles captain, Austin J.J.Okocha, has been elected the chairman Delta State Football Association. Okocha received 26 votes while his co-contestant, Evans Agbo, only mustered a vote for himself at the election held on Friday. Okocha thus joins the likes of Christopher Green, Abubakar Ladan and Ganiyu Majekodunmi, amongst others, who all emerged as winners in their respective State FA elections. Okocha enjoyed an illustrious career...

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I can’t guarantee holding polls on March 28 - Jega

  Prof. Jega The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, on Wednesday, reiterated his preparedness to conduct the   general elections as scheduled but maintained that only the military could guarantee the sanctity of the March 28 and April 11 dates.                       Jega, who appeared...

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Nigerian Lawmakers Divided Over Election Shift

Members of the House of Representatives were sharply divided on Sunday over the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to shift the general elections by six weeks, beginning from March 28. Anger was the word in the camp of the caucus of the All Progressives Congress as they did not only oppose the shift of the elections but also accused INEC of being a puppet in the hands of the Presidency. The APC caucus also claimed...

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Ex-African leaders, others to monitor election in Nigeria

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Rich, Spoilt Kid Buys 51-Year-Old Nigerian As A Toy

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Abuja Residents Kick Against Postponement of General Election

Some residents of Abuja today protested against alleged plans by the Nigerian government to manipulate the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] to postpone the forthcoming 2015 general elections. The protest, organized by the civic group, National Consensus Movement, commenced from the Unity Fountain, Maitama, with protesters marching in the directions of Eagle Square, a premium event centre in the nation’s capital. But as...

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Jonathan's administration does not spare good people-Nyako

   The former governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako said declaring him wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not come to him as a surprise, adding that the present administration does not spare good people. Reacting to the development, Nyako said he was not in the least surprised by the latest turn of events because the present administration had shown a disdain for honest people. The former governor...

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Audit report indicts NNPC, to refund $1.48billion

The forensic audit conducted by the audit firm of PriceWaterHouseCoopers on behalf of the Federal Government on the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] has indicted the management of the national oil company for various questionable transactions. Part of the recommendations include that the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, the upstream subsidy of the NNPC should refund about $1.48billion to the...

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Okonjo-Iweala Has An Impeccable Record- Nuhu Ribadu

The former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman and PDP Governorship candidate for Adamawa state, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has refuted the allegation by former CBN Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo that N30 trillion got missing under the watch of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Nuhu Ribadu said it was not possible to have such a huge amount of money go missing under her watch. He...

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