Nigeria's leader lashes out at ex-president's vote rigging claim

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday dismissed allegations by ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo that he was plotting to rig rescheduled presidential elections next month.

 A presidency statement said Obasanjo had accused Jonathan in the southwestern city of Abeokuta of plotting to win the March 28 vote by "hook and crook" and planning to plunge the nation into crisis if he lost.

"For the record, President Jonathan has no such intention and will continue to give the greatest possible support to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)... to ensure that the rescheduled elections are successfully conducted," it said.

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Obasanjo tears PDP card, says he is no more a politician

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday tore his Peoples Democratic Party , saying he is no more a politician.

Obasanjo who finally dumped the ruling party in the presence of PDP members from ward 11 in Abeokuta North local government, said he would prefer to be an elderstateman.

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Buhari: We’ll run market based economy, zero tolerance for corruption

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has assured that if voted into power next month, his government would run a market based economy.

He also stated that the system would be operated with clear, unambiguous regulatory framework, effective enforcement mechanism and zero tolerance for corruption.

Buhari further promised that APC-led government “will insist on and cut out wastages and run a lean and efficient administration in order to have funds available for capital and development projects that will assure prosperity for all Nigerians.”

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Falling crude price: Nigeria risks losing Asian market to Arab producers

Nigeria’s share of the Asian market is now seriously being threatened by the ongoing price war among the big Arab oil producers. Asia became Nigeria’s safe haven after the loss of the American market, but this may not be sustained for much longer, a development that has made oil industry experts to urge the Federal Government to form alliances with the Asian customers to cushion the effects.

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Obasanjo wants to run my govt says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s attacks on him as the consequence of his failure to surrender his administration to the former leader.

Responding to the tirades of the former president last week, President Jonathan said Obasanjo was so bent on controlling his protégées that he would not mind installing the devil in power so long as he can control him.

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Jonathan Audio Tape scanda for Rigging Ekiti Poll

Jonathan Audio Tape scanda for Rigging Ekiti Poll

Jonathan Claims Rigging Audio Tape Secretly Recorded By Army Captain During Ekiti Poll Was "Fabricated"

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out investigating the scandalous audio tape of the collusion between military officers and top guns in the Peoples Democratic Party to rig last year’s June 21 election in Ekiti State.

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