#Nigeria2015: Jega says No to terminal leave, insists on card readers for polls

Jega says No to terminal leave....

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, has dismissed speculations he was under pressure to proceed on terminal leave ahead of the forthcoming general elections, stressing he has a duty until April 11.

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Jega Must Go protest by Presidency Anti-Jega Protests As Plot To Remove INEC Chairin Lagos today

Jega Must Go protest by Presidency Anti-Jega Protests As Plot To Remove INEC Chairin Lagos today

An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan and his associates are masterminding a spike in protests against Attahiru Jega, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Numerous sources within the president’s circle disclosed that Mr. Jonathan has accepted the advice of hawkish members of his kitchen group to ask Mr. Jega to proceed on terminal leave next week.

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2015 Election: PDP Thugs Go On Rampage In Lagos

As the presidential election draws nearer with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) having intensified campaign rallies in parts of the country, some suspected political thugs of the PDP were pictured causing damage in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state on Monday.

Suspected PDP thugs destroying Akinwumi Ambode billboard, the APC governorship candidate in Lagos state.

Meanwhile, this act by suspected PDP field soldiers is considered as a breach of the peace accord that was signed by aspirants ahead of the elections.

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Finally! Jega Addresses Plan To Resign

With the 2015 elections just around the corner, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has denied allegations that he is under pressure to resign.

The INEC chairman made this known at a town hall meeting organized by REINVENT Media and some stakeholders in Abuja today, March 16, 2015.

Speaking with newsmen, Jega said the protests and calls for his resignation by some groups would not discourage the commission from delivering a free and fair election to Nigerians.

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Gunmen Kidnap Cross River Ex- Deputy Speaker

Report just reaching us from Calabar, Cross River State reveals that Gunmen have kidnapped the former deputy Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly.

Hon. Dominic Edem, who is also the Labour Party House of Representatives candidate in the State was said to have been abducted at his residence in Calabar at about 8pm on Sunday night.

The victim’s aide who spoke on condition of anonymity said the gunmen fired several gun shots to scare people before taking him away.

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#AskJega: Top Things About Forthcoming Election You Need To Know

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, held on Monday, March 16, a INEC Town Hall meeting at the Ya’adur Centre, Central Abuja.

During the meeting, all political parties and citizens of Nigeria were able to ask questions on INEC’s preparedness for the 2015 general election.




Below are the main points covered by the INEC at the meeting:

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APC blasts PDP over abandoned Enugu Int’l Trade Fair

The All Progressives Congress, APC, weekend, took a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,over Federal Government’s failure to construct the permanent site of Enugu International Trade Fair complex six years on. 

The federal government had designated Lagos, Kaduna and Enugu,International Trade Fair complexes but had completely constructed that of Lagos and Kaduna, leaving Enugu untouched.

Spokesperson of APC in the South-East geopolitical zone,Mr. Osita Okechukwu, wondered why President Goodluck Jonathan should treat Ndigbo with levity.

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APC exposes plan by Jonathan govt to sabotage card readers on election day

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has exposed the plan by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP to render card readers ineffective on election day, with a view to justifying their fears about the use of the card readers and ultimately to scuttle the polls.

”We can authoritatively inform Nigerians that the morbid fear of card readers by the Jonathan Administration and the PDP has now been translated into concrete action: They have hired an Israeli, Gyora Berger, to do the dirty job of jamming the card readers,” the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

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UTME: Two Arrested for malpractices

Two candidates that sat, weekend, for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination UTME computer base test have been arrested by the security agents for alleged malpractices during the test.

The candidates were arrested at Esa-Oke, in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State. The candidates were alleged to have conspired with one Mr. Adebayo a.k.a Awolowo, the owner of Awolism Educational Consultant to perpetrate the unlawful act.

It was learnt that the candidates committed the offense during the computer based test at Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke.

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Schoolgirls Abducted By Boko Haram Could Have Been Rescued, Says Former President

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s corrupt and incompetent government failed to act quickly enough to save more 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram last year, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said.

He said the government did not recognize the threat Boko Haram posed until it was too late, calling the reaction "lukewarm at best.” Jonathan took 18 days to contact the governor of the province from which the girls had been taken, he added.

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Senate summons CBN, AMCON over Cecilia Ibru’s assets

The Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics, Financial Crimes and Anti-corruption has summoned the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria to appear before it over seized assets worth N150bn.

The two federal government agencies had seized the assets in property and cash from the erstwhile Managing Director of the defunct Oceanic Bank International Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, upon her conviction for fraud by a court of law.

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Don’t attempt to kill Buhari, APC tells PDP

The All Progressives Congress has called on the Peoples Democratic Party and the Federal Government to shun any plan to assassinate Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The APC also raised the alarm over an alleged plot by ruling party to discredit Buhari.

But the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Abdullahi Jalo, has urged the APC to provide evidence of any of such plan by the ruling party to assassinate Buhari.

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Dollars For Monarchs: Mixed reactions as Southwest leaders flay allegations, say APC also giving bribes

Mixed reactions yesterday trailed the allegations that some traditional rulers from the South-West were financially induced with foreign currencies by President Goodluck Jonathan during recent visits to the zone.

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NLC crisis: How election was manipulated, by 23 aggrieved unions

The 23 aggrieved unions which Saturday rejected the outcome of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC election, have given more reasons why they are rejecting the results of the election, insisting they are planning for a special delegates conference this Saturday to reflect the true wishes of the Nigerian workers.

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We never endorsed Jonathan says Yoruba Elders Council

The Yoruba Council of Elders has said that the appearance of its National President, Brig- Gen.  Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd), at a post-national conference summit in Ibadan, Oyo State, should not be mistaken for an endorsement of the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 election.

YCE, also known as Igbimo Agba Yoruba, said this at the end of its National Executive Council meeting in Ibadan.

The summit, which was convened by the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, was attended by some Yoruba leaders where they endorsed the candidacy of President Jonathan.

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Fire guts INEC office

With less than two weeks to the March 28 presidential and national assembly elections, an overnight fire on Saturday gutted the warehouse of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located at its Electoral Institute on Abuja Airport road.

Meanwhile, INEC has reassured that the fire incident will not affect the forthcoming 2015 general elections, even as it insisted that only the electoral materials used in the 2011 elections were destroyed by the inferno.

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90 killed, many injured as suspected Fulani herdsmen sack Benue village

It was a bloody Sunday in Benue State after suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly slaughtered over 90 persons, including women and children, at Egba village in Agatu Local Government Area of the state.

Chat212 gathered from a resident of the community that the number might well exceed the current figure since many were still missing and unaccounted for.

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Lekki bank robbery: We know the robbers — Police

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, weekend, said that the command had clue of who the robbers that stormed a second generation bank last Thursday, killing three policemen and a teenager, were, assuring that it would soon round them up.

This is just as the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abbah, has given matching orders to the Police in Lagos to re-strategise, in order to ensure that armed robbers do not unleash terror again in the state.

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Interim Govt: We’ve evidence against Jonathan says Fayemi

Former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday, stoked the controversy over the alleged interim government arrangement when he declared that he had evidence that national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC,

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Witnesses said Sunday - Boko Haram burns Borno town as troops advance

Witnesses said Sunday - Boko Haram burns Borno town as troops advance

Boko Haram Islamists have set fire to homes in Nigeria’s northeast town of Bama that are under their control, forcing residents to flee as troops advance to recapture it, witnesses said Sunday.

The Islamists on Saturday told residents of Bama, 70 kilometres (37.5 miles) southeast of Maiduguri, to evacuate before setting fire to many homes as Nigerian troops inched closer in a bid to retake the town, residents told AFP.

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