11 embassies, 96 others to monitor polls – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it had accredited 107 domestic and international observers to monitor the   general elections slated for March 28 and April 11, 2015. Among the accredited observers are embassies of 11 foreign nations of the United States of America, Switzerland, Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Ireland, Australia, Ghana and […]

Jonathan vs Buhari: How they stand in 36 States, FCT

State-by-state projection of their chances With the presidential election just around the corner, our correspondents write that the battle, which is a straight one between President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, may spring some surprises As Nigerians, nay the world, wait for the March 28 presidential election and the 10 competing political parties putting […]

Jonathan must respect the wishes of Nigerians – Buhari

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj, General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has said the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan must respect the wishes of Nigerians for credible polls. Buhari said this while addressing Eze Ndigbo of the 19 northern states and Abuja at his campaign office, in Abuja, on Friday. The APC candidate said […]

T.B. Joshua predicts plane crash, speaks on elections

  Written by Ihechukwu Njoku – freelance Nigerian journalist  On Sunday 15th March 2015, Nigerian cleric T.B. Joshua gave a warning to Nigerians over the upcoming elections, further adding that he foresaw an imminent plane crash within Nigeria. “Pray for Nigeria because I am seeing a plane crash,” Joshua stated in a service televised live […]

Polls: Northern Emirs back Jega

The Northern Traditional Rulers Council has expressed confidence in the ability of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to lead the electoral body in conducting free, fair and transparent elections ahead of the March 28 and April 11 polls. The northern rulers also said it would neither endorse the Peoples […]

Jonathan rains dollars on South-West Obas

President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy The March 28 presidential election has made some traditional rulers in the South-West geopolitical zone millions of naira richer, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Findings show that this change of fortunes was brought about by President Goodluck Jonathan’s quest for the support of the traditional rulers and their subjects […]

CJN warns judges against scuttling 2015 polls

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Muhammed The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, is making frantic efforts to ensure the current democratic dispensation is not truncated by a number of election-related suits in various courts, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that apart from publicly warning judges against any ruling capable of […]

Poem: Beyond 2015 General Elections in Nigeria – By Muhammad Ajah

By Muhammad Ajah | NNP | March 10, 2015 – Beyond 2015 general elections in Nigeria By Muhammad Ajah I have the feeling That March 28, the apportioned date Moved from February 14 Will come to reality When Nigerians will troop out en masse To display maturity And choose a President of the people That […]

INEC poorly prepared for elections –PDP govs

L-R: Governors Sule Lamido, Jigawa State; Babangida Aliyu, Niger; Godswill Akpabio, Akwa Ibom/Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum; Jonah Jang, Plateau; and Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, during the PDP Governors’ Forum interactive session with the media and Civil Society Organisations, in Lagos…on Tuesday. | credits: Saheed Olugbon The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has kicked against the use […]

PDP lays fresh ambush against election

  National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu There are indications that the national leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party might have perfected a fresh strategy aimed at stalling the March 28 presidential election. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday and Friday showed that the ruling party was actually the […]

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