February 15, 2019

Jubril, Buhari’s Impostor must go to save Nigeria- IYM

February 15, 2019 11:41 pm

The Igbo Youths Movement  has urged voters yesterday in the shoddy polls to come out en mass to vote in the presidential and National Assembly elections, saying that it had become very essential to kick out  Jubril Al-Sudani, Buhari’s Impostor in order “to save Nigeria.”

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Postponed Polls: Ploy by APC to retain Jubril in power- PDP

February 15, 2019 10:43 pm

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has said that the unfortunate arrangement for the election by INEC was a deliberate pre- planned agenda of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and  Jubril Al-Sudani, being paraded in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari to hold on to power even when it’s clear to them that Nigerians wanted Jubril out.

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INEC gives reason for postponing elections

February 15, 2019 10:13 pm

ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has explained why it postponed the general elections earlier scheduled for Saturday, 16th February, 2019.

The commission shifted the election by one week, explaining how difficult it was for it to shift the general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who briefed journalists at about 2:43am on Saturday, in Abuja, said the commission had met on Friday, 15th February 2019 and reviewed its preparations for the 2019 General Elections earlier scheduled for Saturday, and therefore, shifted the Presidential and National Assembly elections to Saturday, 23rd February 2019.

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INEC: We only experimented with Server in 2018

Organisation to observe Saturday’s elections secretly

February 15, 2019 9:50 pm

THIRD Eye, an organization that monitors the environment secretly during elections is to operate in  Anambra State in today’s (Saturday)election.

It is a pilot programme initiated by Mr. Uche Ubajaka, who is the project coordinator, in collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and one of the registered election observers for the 2019 polls.

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INEC clarifies on Elections’ postponement

February 15, 2019 9:09 pm

Following rumours that it has postponed the General election scheduled for Saturday, February 16th, 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken on the issues.

As journalists keep vigil at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Rotimi Oyekanmi, the chief press secretary to INEC’s chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has informed the newsmen that the commission has taken a decision after a crucial meeting attended by the chairman and 12 national commissioners.

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Amazon drops plans to build a new headquarters in New York

February 15, 2019 8:39 am

Amazon’s not taking a bite out of the Big Apple after all. The tech behemoth ditched plans to build a new headquarters in New York after facing intense backlash from some community members.

Activists, politicians and others balked at the $1.525 billion in incentives New York offered Amazon to put the headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.

They also feared residents would be priced out of their homes. Amazon had selected New York and Northern Virginia as the dual homes of its second headquarters, each expected to come with 25,000 workers.

So, is New York’s loss another city’s gain? Not …

Atiku awards full scholarship to Onukaba Ojo’s son

What PDP released which got APC panicking

February 15, 2019 7:47 am

By Charles Novia

‘The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will on February 16 launch a mystery technology that hinders rigging during the election.

This was disclosed by one of the spokesmen for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Osita Chidoka while speaking with newsmen at the PDP legacy house, Abuja.

The mystery technology which is called Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) is a scientific tool that prevents rigging and assures the partisans of the credibility of the election result.

The PDP has said that the PVT has been set in its situation room to hold election authorities …

CJN Onnoghen pleads not guilty to charges, gets bail

February 15, 2019 7:04 am

ABUJA—The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday,  pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge the Federal Government levelled against him.

Onnoghen, who mounted the dock at exactly 10:15am, equally persuaded the Mr.  Danladi Umar led tribunal, to vacate the arrest warrant that was issued against him on Wednesday.

FG had in the charge marked CCT/01/2019, alleged that Onnoghen who was suspended from office on January 25 by President Muhammadu Buhari, failed to declare his assets as prescribed by the law.

He was accused of operating foreign bank accounts since 2011, contrary to section 15(2) of …

Trump’s move to build wall without Congress

February 15, 2019 6:44 am
  • President Trump is expected to sign that compromise border security bill this morning in the Rose Garden. Then, he’ll declare a national emergency on the border with Mexico and use executive action to cobble together $8 billion to build a border wall, White House officials say.
  • So, as one crisis is averted (no partial government shutdown), another one begins. Democrats and some Republicans say this would be an unprecedented use of presidential power, and this constitutional dispute will likely get tied up in the courts. (Fun fact: Way back in 2014, Donald Trump said President Obama’s executive action on immigration 
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Nnamdi Kanu’s preexisting conditions to FGN

February 15, 2019 5:21 am

The Supreme Leader of  Indigenous People of Biafra called-off the election boycott after confirming via his verified Facebook Page@MaziNnamdiKanuTheLeaderIPOB that the preexisting conditions he gave to the Federal Government of Nigeria had been, “met, signed, sealed and delivered.”

Earlier, Kanu made his stance clear as regards what would stop his agitation for a sovereign state of Biafra, as well as not to boycott elections in Nigeria with his organisation.

READ ALSO :IPOB calls off Election Boycott

His Words on this issue:

“When I was released from prison, on two occasions, I was approached and told that the president wants …

NYSC warns corps members again on gratification

February 15, 2019 3:49 am

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has again warned corps members against collecting gratification while on election duty, saying that anyone caught would be prosecuted

Director-General of the corps, Maj. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, gave the warning yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the final phase of his nationwide sensitisation programme for corps members participating in The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has again warned corps members against collecting gratification while on election duty, saying that anyone caught would be prosecuted

Director-General of the corps, Maj. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, gave the warning yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the final phase

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Bayelsans celebrate as Bayelsa International Airport begins

February 15, 2019 2:24 am

I’ve delivered on another ambitious project, says Dicksom
Thousands of enthusiastic Bayelsans, yesterday, celebrated the landing of Governor Seriake Dickson and other guests, in the first airplane at the Bayelsa International Airport in Ammasoma, Southern Ijaw Council.

Youths, children and men thronged out in their numbers to celebrate the project undertaken by the Dickson administration.A Boeing 737 operated by Air Peace Airline also touched down on the 3.5-kilometre runway (the longest in Nigeria) about 1pm, minutes after the governor arrived the airport in a private aircraft to a rousing welcome from elated Bayelsans.

The jubilant crowd received the governor and …

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