Two suspects have been remanded in prison custody for allegedly diverting the Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machine belonging to the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi. Arraigning Abubakar Yunusa and Hussaini Ahmed before the Chief Magistrate Court (CMC) Eight yesterday in Bauchi, Police Prosecutor, Corporal M.Garba explained that the accused were charged with criminal conspiracy […]
Contrary to speculations that South-East chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are already scouting for a replacement for the dislodged national chairman of the party, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, who tendered his resignation letter on Tuesday, Daily Sun can authoritatively reveal that PDP governors from the zone are indifferent to early replacement for the position […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega yesterday accused politicians of encouraging multiple and underage registration in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise, even as he admitted that the take-off of the exercise did not meet the expectations of the commission. In the same vein, the INEC chairman warned those who have […]
Fresh trouble appears looming for former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo following a threat by unknown persons to burn down his home in Enugu State. Also believed to be a target was the home of the ex-PDP chairman’s younger brother and former Information Minister, Chief Nnia Nwodo. Dr Nwodo was […]
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to sack some ministers over irreconcilable political differences with them (governors). The governors made the demand during their meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday night. Before the governors went to the Villa, they […]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Mr. Gboyega Isiaka, has described the Direct Data Capture machine being employed by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the on-going voter registration exercise as capable of preventing electoral fraud in the forthcoming general elections. Isiaka, who emerged as the governorship candidate in […]
Former Military President Ibrahim, Babangida; ex-Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, and former National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau (retd.), have decided not to challenge the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Peoples Democratic Party presidential primaries in court. Investigations by our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday showed that the three politicians took the decision at a […]
The office of Independent National Electoral Commission at Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State has entered into partnership with the Nigeria Immigration Service to ensure that only Nigerians register in the ongoing voter registration exercise. The electoral officer in charge of the local government, Alhaji Inusa Yusuf, disclosed this in an interview with the […]
THE Northern Political Leaders Forum, NPLF, and its consensus candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have gone back to the drawing board to map out fresh strategies on the way forward, Vanguard can reveal. Vanguard can also reveal that the possible outcome of consultations being made by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar do not point in the […]
NORTHERN leaders, under the aegis of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF), have mandated former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to commence legal action against President Goodluck Jonathan, who won the January 13 presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Sources told the Nigerian Tribune that the leaders, at a meeting in Abuja, on January 15, ratified […]
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