Read What US VP Told Jonathan About Use Of Card Reader

Following the controversy the introduction of card readers have caused in the polity in recent time, as some party speak against its use while some express their full support, the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden has intervened in the matter.

The Vice President of the United States, Biden, on Wednesday made a crucial phone call to President Goodluck Jonathan over the use of card readers for the March 28 and April 11 general elections.

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Gunmen Kidnap Diezani Alison-Madueke’s Brother

News reaching us indicates that unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Joseph Agama, the younger brother to Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke.

Police Spokesman for Bayelsa Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the development on Thursday. He said that the command got a report shortly after the incident happened in the early hours of today.

According to Butswat, the police received a distress call on Thursday from the victim’s father, Maxwell Agama.

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Amaechi Takes A Swipe At Patience Jonathan

The Director General of All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organization, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has taken a swipe at the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan for not acting like a role model to the women folks.

Dame Jonathan has been making hate speeches at Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential campaigns across the country as well as attacking the personality of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gen Muhammadu Buhari.

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NTT Group Poll Reveals Winner Of Presidential Election

The National Think Tank Group has released results of a survey it carried out to determine the winner of the 2015 presidential election coming up on March 28.

The two-page analysis of the survey, tagged: “Straw Predic­tion of 2015 Presidential Election”, made available to Daily Sun by Dr. Peter Orji, gave Buhari/APC an estimated votes of 15.4 million and President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), 11 million which indicates that Gen. Buhari won.

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No Poor Can Live In Lagos: Riverine settlers Mock APC Call For Change

“We’ve been here before, it is unfortunate that we have seen Lagos state government treat us as commoners” James Zaphaniah says.

He continued, “but we know better now, they come in every four years to plead for votes but ignore our existence when they win”.

For residents of Sagbokoji Island, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, of Lagos state, nothing is particularly special about the 2015 general elections.

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Missing $20bn issue not adequately addressed says Sanusi

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and   the current Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, says the issues surrounding the missing $20bn oil money have not been adequately addressed by the Federal Government.

Sanusi, who is now known as Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, had last year raised the alarm about missing $20bn but was removed shortly after by President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Federal Government later hired an international audit firm, Pricewaterhousecoopers, to audit the account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. The PWC   report stated that NNPC must remit $1.48bn to the Federation Account.

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