A strong indication has emerged that the recent post-presidential election violence which erupted in the North was carefully organised to cause unrest across the country with a view to forcing the armed forces to take over government in the country. However, a source who preferred anonymity told the Nigerian Tribune that those who allegedly sponsored […]
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance candidate in the inconclusive National Assembly election for Anambra central senatorial district, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has hinted that she might sue the returning officer, Dr. Alex Anene for allegedly defaming her character. Akunyili disclosed this on Friday in Awka while reacting to the INEC’s decision to conduct […]
The vice-presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, had said that there is the need for the ballot papers used in the April 16 presidential poll to be subjected to forensic investigation. Bakare also accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of not creating a level-playing field among candidates. […]
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has formally rejected the result of the recent presidential election, accusing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, of not telling Nigerians the whole truth about the poll. It urged the people to remain calm, but vowed to pursue all legal and constitutional means […]
The Federal Government is reviewing internal security ahead of Tuesday’s governorship and state assembly elections following intelligence report about plans by some people to derail the elections. The announcement of the result of the April 16th presidential election triggered massive violence in some Northern states that claimed many lives and left others injured. Eleven states, […]
In this information age, every editor’s worst nightmare is how to discern the wheat from the chaff that they are fed with from different sources on a big news day. Starting from the social networks, electronic mail, BlackBerry instant messenger, regular SMS and phone calls, to good old television, coupled with all the wireless gadgets […]
Kaduna 400, Niger 136, Kano 120, Bauchi 200, Adamawa 128 Elections postponed in Kaduna, Bauchi to April 28 A total of 984 persons have been arrested across five states for the violent protests that led to breakdown of law and order in those places. The protest were in reaction to the release of the result […]
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would close all the waterways in the country during next week’s governorship election until the end of the poll on Tuesday. The government noted that its resolve to disallow movement within Nigeria’s borders during the period was to prevent foreigners from coming into the country and to ward […]
Some members of the National Youth Service Corps, who escaped from different parts of Kano State during the Monday riot and now taking refuge in Bukavu Barracks have described their experiences as horrifying. Speaking with our correspondent in Kano on Thursday, Maiva Johnson, a 25-year-old Zoology graduate of the University of Maiduguri, said though […]
Six days to the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, National Youth Service Corps members are fleeing crisis-prone local government areas in some states in the north. Investigations by our correspondents on Thursday also showed that many of the corps members, especially in Katsina and Bauchi states, are taking refuge in army barracks […]
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