The APC candidates, according to a statement from the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, are set to launch a personal, interactive message to young voters using the latest in digital technology, Augmented Reality, which will allow the candidates to speak directly to young voters on their smartphones
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At the service, which usually holds at the Redemption Camp on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Jonathan met with the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
In a statement released in Abuja, the PDPPCO said: “For the APCPCO to resort to attacking a verifiable achievement that is on the ground and being enjoyed by millions of Nigerians is not only laughable, but also a clear indication that President Jonathan has completely overwhelmed the APC with the sheer quantum and quality of his achievements in rail and other sectors of the economy
Jega told representatives of the Civil Societies at a meeting in Abuja that he had received a letter from those at the helms of the country’s security agencies that their concerns now is to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency and not to provide security for elections
As at 7:12pm when this report was filed on Saturday, the seat of Jega, a stickler for time, was still vacant at the venue of the scheduled press conference
Abba said these on Saturday when security agencies hosted gubernatorial candidates and their party chairmen during a peace accord signing at the NIGER State Police Command headquarters, Minna before, during and after the general elections that the security will not fold its hands
Some of the inscriptions read: No to election postponement, INEC Commissioners: Nigerians are watching, We have confidence on Jega to give us elections onFebruary 14
Jega made the remark on Saturday in Abuja when he and other officials of the commission met with representatives of the REGISTERED political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja
The news was first reported by some foreign media outlets
The Director-General of the group, Blessing Agbomhere, while reviewing the book, said the book analyses the errors and crimes committed by the Jonathan-led administration from when he was deputy governor of Bayelsa State till date as president
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, stated this on Friday at a news briefing
This, the PDP argues, is cowardly because it proves the outgoing governor as lacking the spirit of sportsmanship, which is the hallmark of a good leader and politician
The First Lady, who was represented by Olajumoke Akinjide, the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, said women were contributing to national development in various sectors of the economy
Adeyemi Adebayo, a private school teacher, told NAN at the Lagos Mainland Local Government Ward 9, located at St. Agnes Primary School, Yaba that he had initially given up on the card
Speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, Governor Ahmed said on the contrary, he was unable to participate in the debate due to his attendance at the National Council of State meeting, which held in Abuja on Thursday
The adoption is coming few days after the Oyo State chapter of the Unity Party of NIGERIA also adopted Alao-Akala as its candidate
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said, however, that the desperadoes will always fail in their evil machinations because no power is strong enough to defeat a determined people
In the ruling, which lasted for over seven hours, the tribunal dismissed the prayers of Omisore alleging over voting, non-accreditation of voters and other irregularities
The PDP alleged that the text message being circulated by a nebulous group under the name: Save Democracy Youth Movement, calling on the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Deziani Alison-Madueke, and the Minister of FINANCE, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to tender their resignations before February 11 was being sponsored by APC to heat up the polity
We are sure that many Nigerians and other readers of the usually urbane, thoughtful and well-reasoned editorial opinions of the Economist will be shocked that the magazine has taken the very ill-considered decision to throw its weight behind a candidate who, as a former military dictator, curtailed freedom of speech, ordered the kidnapping of opponents and jailing of journalists, and is accused of incitement to violence and grave human rights violations in Nigeria’s current democratic dispensation