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Jonathan Not Involved in OPC Protest – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) for trying to link President Goodluck Jonathan to Monday’s protest by members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Lagos. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Wednesday described the allegation as cheap blackmail and part of the mind […]
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20 Killed in Rivers Pre-polls Crisis-Commissioner

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, has raised the alarm that the pre-election violence that engulfed the state, is becoming an epidemic for the health sector to manage. Dr. Parker, who addressed journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, lamented that the number of casualties, attended to by the various health care facilities across […]
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PDP Has Messed up the Country

He is referred to as the most experienced and the legislative encyclopedia of Lagos State House of Assembly. Hon Kolawole Taiwo known as HKT is the Deputy Speaker of the House and the longest serving state lawmaker in the country, having been elected into the house since 1999 and still gunning for another term. In […]
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Polls: Zamfara PDP Mobilises Women

The Zamfara State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has embarked on a massive mobilisation of women to vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April gubernatorial election. The wife of the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Hajiya Saratu Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, who was on a campaign tour to women strongholds, across the […]
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Anambra Youths March for Jonathan

Youths numbering about three thousand, on Tuesday, marched through major streets, in the Onitsha metropolis, urging their counterparts to obtain their permanent voter cards and vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, in the March 28 election. At about 11 o’clock, in the morning, the youths, who had converged at the Chuba Ikpeazu Stadium, Awka Road, marched […]
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Why We Adopted Jonathan –LP National Secretary

National Secretary, Labour Party, Barrister Kayode Ajulo, in this interview speaks on what informed the decision of his party to adopt the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential polls. REMI OLADOYE was there. Excerpts: How did your party arrive at the decision to endorse the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in next […]
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Polls: Fulani People Won’T Be Biased

The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, said, on Tuesday, that his kinsmen would not express tribal sentiment against President Goodluck Jonathan, in the March 28 election. Jonathan is faced with stiff opposition from the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s Presidential candidate, Gen.
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I Will Respect the Constitution – Buhari

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assured Nigerians that he was ready to subject himself to democratic norms and principles if elected later this month. The former Head of State said this during a parley with media executives in Abuja. Gen. Buhari, who pleaded for understanding for the roles […]
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120 pro-Atiku Groups Defect to PDP

About 120 Atiku Abubakar Support Groups formally defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday in Abuja. This came barely 24 hours after former members of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) joined the PDP. The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Affairs, Professor Rurfai Alkali, while speaking at a cer-emony where […]
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Osun APC Decries Attacks on Supporters

The All Progressive Congress (APC), Ijesa North Federal Constituency, has expressed displeasure over the alleged attacks on its members. The Chairman, Campaign committee of Ijesa North Federal Constituency, Wale Bolorunduro, spoke at a press conference on Tuesday, in Osogbo.‎ Displaying photographs of brutalized victims, Bolorunduro said the APC has asked its loyalists not
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Buhari rules out debate with Jonathan

Despite the rumours in some media (not Daily Times) of division in the opposition party top hierarchy, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress( APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, ex-Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and top leaders of the party met with media executives in Abuja. Buhari ruled out any presidential debate with President Goodluck Jonathan stating
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APC Berates FG over Lingering Fuel Scarcity

The All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has on Monday described as disheartening the level of continued suffering by Nigerians due to the worsening fuel supply situation in Nigeria and failure of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration under President Goodluck Jonathan to address the ugly situation in the country. Deputy