INEC: Ballot papers ready, 48 million PVCs distributed

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday said that the ballot papers for this month’s general elections were ready.
The spokesman for the INEC’s National Chairman, Kayode Idowu, made this known to The Chat212 just as feelers indicated that in Abuja that Thursday’s(today) Council of State meeting might be stormy.

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EFCC declares Nyako, son wanted for fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, and his son, Abdulaziz Murtala, wanted.

The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said this in an electronic mail sent to our correspondent, in Abuja, on Wednesday.

In it, he said Nyako and his son were declared wanted for offences bordering on economic crimes.

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Mrs. Buhari Will Vote for Jonathan

As a father of five daughters, whenever I think of Muhammadu Buhari, what comes to my mind is a regime that was completely insensitive to the feminine gender.

First of all, Muhammadu Buhari had an all male cabinet at the very time when the world had very good examples of the sterling nature of females in power including the Iron Lady herself, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher of The United Kingdom and the phenomenal Indira Gandhi of India.

Does it mean that neither of these women could inspire Buhari to have included even one woman in his cabinet?

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APC insincere about positive change for Nigeria says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, boycotted the National Conference due to their alleged un-seriousness to bring positive change to Nigerians. He consequently urged Nigerians not to be deceived by APC’s call for change which he described as a deceit.

President Goodluck Jonathan casting his vote during the Special Convention at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

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OIL: FG slashes 2015 budget

The Federal Government has more than halved capital expenditure to less than 10 per cent of the 2015 budget spending, axing badly needed infrastructure investment due to the collapse in the price of oil, the country’s main source of revenue, according to the full budget submitted to the national Assembly.

Even though government’s capital spending seldom materialises as planned, shelving projects such as port upgrades and roads will only perpetuate the inefficiencies that have plagued Africa’s most populous nation and biggest economy for decades.

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