Ojukwu would’ve saved Nigeria one year of bloodshed if he had behaved like Jonathan – Danjuma

Former Chief of Army Staff and ex-Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (retd) declared, yesterday, that President Goodluck Jonathan averted civil war in the country by conceding defeat to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,

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Thousands protest in Rivers over alleged plot to manipulate April 11 polls

Thousands of Rivers State residents from the 23 local government areas of the state, yesterday, took to the streets to protest alleged plots by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to use the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to manipulate the forthcoming governorship and state House of Assembly elections in the state.

The protesters who marched through several streets in Port Harcourt City terminated their march on Aba Road office of INEC.

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Osunbor ex-governor of Edo State Joins APC - READ MORE

Osunbor ex-governor of Edo State Joins APC - READ MORE

Osunbor, who is also a professor of law, was governor of the state on the platform of the ruling party between 2007 and 2008 when he was withdrawn by the court Explains Why He Joins APC

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High Court stopping DStv: You Can’t Increase Subscription Fees

High Court stopping DStv: You Can’t Increase Subscription Fees

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Lagos Federal High Court sitting has restrained MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, operators of the Digital Satellite Television (DSTV), from implementing its new rates and increase in tariffs payable by its subscribers across board.

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No One Will Steal Under My Watch – Buhari

No One Will Steal Under My Watch – Buhari

Nigeria's President-Elect Muhammodu Buhari addresses a news conference yesterday vowed to make judicious use of the nation’s resources, declaring that he will neither embezzle nor allow anyone to embezzle the country’s resources.

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How Jonathan's Defeat was Plotted by Top Leaders

How Jonathan's Defeat was Plotted by Top Leaders

THE OUTGOING President Goodluck Jonathan lost his re-election bid several weeks before the March 28 poll to a web of plots hatched at home and honed abroad, Saturday Tribune has reliably learnt.

 Information also in possession of Saturday Tribune revealed a last-minute contest between forces that wanted him to bow out and those that wanted him to hold out for as long as necessary even when it was evident that the news from the field pointed at a possible defeat.
It was learnt that as of 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday, hawks around the president were still at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, piling pressure on him not to concede defeat. 

 

Those working on him to concede and bow out, reportedly led by a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, were also said to have stayed put in the same Presidential Villa, persuading him that it was the most honourable way to go since it was clear that figures from the field were not in his favour.

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