Tension mounts on Presidency over Jega

Pressure mounted, weekend, on the presidency not to compel Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega to proceed on pre-retirement leave as reportedly being canvassed by some concerned stakeholders in the polity.

Anti-Jega forces had been pushing the presidency to remove the chairman from office.

The anti-Jega forces had been pushing the presidency to remove the chairman from office, a move that was last night described as dangerous by notable lawyers. The pressure came in the face of heightened tension in the commission over the alleged moves.

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Prison congestion: CJN asks magistrates to liberalise bail conditions

Worried by the rising figures of awaiting trial inmates in various prison facilities across the federation, Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has asked magistrates to stop imposing stringent bail conditions on accused persons involved in minor offences.

The CJN, who gave the directive when the national executives of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria,

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Tinubu, his cabal pushing Buhari too hard – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has  called on Nigerians to  appeal to the former governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Bola  Tinubu and his cabal to allow the All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential candidate, Maj.Gen. Mohammadu Buhari to  attend properly to his health.

The governor, who said he was worried that Tinubu and his cabal were pushing Buhari too hard because of their selfish motive and parochial interests.

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Police kill notorious hoodlum in 9-hr gun battle in Ilorin

A notorious hoodlum, who has been terrorising Ilorin and environ was killed yesterday at Pakata area of the city, while an army officer sustained severe injury in a fierce battle that lasted nine hours. 

Eye witness account told Vanguard that Anifowoshe community in Pakata, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, was a theatre of war in the battle between the hoodlum and a combined team of Army, Airforce and Police.

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PDP wants Buhari sanctioned for 2011 election bloodletting

People Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO alleged yesterday that the All Progressives Congress, APC spent N5 billion for the appearance of its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd at the Chatham House in London last Thursday, just as it described it as a jamboree and monumental failure.

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