Reno Omokri: Why use the broom when you can go with the vacuum cleaner instead?

by Reno Omokri These examples show that with a broom, you will work harder, but with a vacuum cleaner which President Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP represent, you will work smarter! On Tuesday the 27th of January, in Lafia, Nasarawa state, President Jonathan said “we are building a country for a digital generation”.... Read More

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January 28, 2015

Cambridge Assessment confirms Buhari’s WASC result

by Kolapo Olapoju Muhammadu Buhari’s secondary school result has been validated by Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment, formerly known as University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, (UCLES), despite not releasing the result of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has instead put up a post on its website confirming the one obtainable. The... Read More

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January 28, 2015

Buhari will be inheriting a broken economy – El-Rufai paints a gloomy picture

by Panshak Ibrahim The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, says Muhammadu Buhari, the party’s presidential candidate, stands to inherit a damaged economy, provided he is elected as president during next month’s elections. El-Rufai also said he would meet a bankrupt state, if he wins the gubernatorial... Read More

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January 27, 2015

The PDP are terrified and desperate’ – Lai Mohammed

by Kolapo Olapoju Opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), says it has unearthed a new conspiracy by “anti-democratic forces” to use the courts to either postpone next month’s general elections. The party implored the judiciary to protect the nation’s democracy, while also urging Nigerians to “repudiate the desperadoes” and their allies who are behind the... Read More

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January 27, 2015

‘Buhari lacks the mental capability to rule Nigeria’ – FERMA boss

by Kolapo Olapoju According to Jide Adeniji, the Chairman of Federal Road Maintenance Agency, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, is not mentally fit to lead the country. Adeniji, who is also the Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Team in the South West, made the statement at a press conference in Osogbo... Read More

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January 27, 2015

Apparently, APC doesn’t believe GEJ’s handover date promise (READ)

by Damilola Jagun Opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) says President Goodluck Jonathan’s promise that “the May 29, 2015 handover date is sacrosanct”, remains doubtful. The party warned against postponing the general elections on the basis of insurgency in the North-West geo-political zone to avoid giving victory to insurgents, while also expressing its readiness for... Read More

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January 27, 2015

APC leaders don’t appear to be suffering from election fever (PHOTOS)

by Kolapo Olapoju During the meeting of the APC presidential campaign council at the party’s campaign headquarters in Abuja, on Monday, January 26, it was all smiles and back-slapping among the leaders of the opposition party. Present at the meeting, was the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, former Vice president, Atiku... Read More

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January 27, 2015

Why Buhari, Jonathan campaign billboards were pulled down in Ghana

by Damilola Jagun Ghana’s national security agency, has issued an order, which led to the pulling down of the campaign billboards Nigeria’s leading presidential candidates, located in Accra. Ahead of Nigeria’s general election, supporters of the two major parties, Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, had erected billboards in Ghana’s capital. However, over... Read More

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January 27, 2015

INEC rejects 7 gov’norship candidates

by Kolapo Olapoju The governorship candidates of seven parties, have been rejected by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The commission communicated the development via its bulletin, where the parties of the affected candidates were listed, but their names were missing. According to the commission, the parties and the states affected are; the Peoples Party of Nigeria... Read More

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January 27, 2015

FCT minister says Gov. Yuguda is an APC spy

by James Sambo The back and forth between the Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, and the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, seems to be getting very interesting as the latter has issued a rebuttal. Yuguda initially alleged the thugs which attacked the convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan, were sponsored and commissioned by the... Read More

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January 26, 2015

‘We will tear down APC’s posters’ – Pro-Jonathan group warns LASAA

by Damilola Jagun The Director General of the Lagos Goodluck-Sambo Independent Campaign Group (LGSICG), Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse has warned the Lagos State Signage & Advertisement Agency (LASAA) to desist from allowing itself to be used by the Lagos State Government as a tool to muzzle the opposition in the state. In a statement on Thursday,... Read More

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January 26, 2015

‘Jonathan has done nothing meaningful’ – Oshiomhole is clearly not impressed

by Iyobosa Omoregie Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, says his state won’t vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, in next month’s presidential election, because of a lack of meaningful impact in the state by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Oshiomhole, the president failed to fulfil his promise to contribute to... Read More

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January 26, 2015

Don’t be deceived, Jonathan will defeat Buhari – Anenih declares

by Kolapo Olapoju Tony Anenih, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, has implored Nigerians to abandon the notion that President Jonathan may lose next month’s presidential elections. The PDP chieftain said based on what he saw during his visit to Sokoto and Kwara, it was apparent that the president would win his... Read More

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January 26, 2015

APC to sue NCC over closure of fundraising platform

by Kolapo Olapoju Following the decision of the National Communications Commission (NCC) to shutdown the fund-raising platforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party given its lawyers the marching orders to file a lawsuit against the commission. Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure on Sunday, January 25, at a meeting of... Read More

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January 26, 2015

‘Yes, we sat for Hausa Language in WASC’: Another Buhari classmate wants you to know this

by James Sambo Another classmate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has come out to defend him over his recently released statement of result and credentials. After the result was released, the Peoples Democratic Party cried foul, saying it was inauthentic, as ‘Hausa Language’ was not offered as a subject... Read More

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January 26, 2015

They say Aisha Buhari is not a Nigerian – how true is this?

by James Sambo In certain quarters, speculation is rife that the wife of Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hajia Aisha Buhari, is not a Nigerian. Mrs Buhari has therefore addressed the rumours saying that she is a Nigerian, and even if she wasn’t, it was unimportant in the scheme of things.... Read More

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January 25, 2015

“They were not APC members”: Gov. Yuguda says PDP members attacked GEJ

by Panshak Ibrahim Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda, says contrary to the belief that members of the opposition, All Progressives Congress, were responsible for the attack on the campaign team of President Goodluck Jonathan, – it was actually carried out by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Yuguda made the disclosure, while speaking on a BBC Hausa... Read More

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January 25, 2015

“Tables turned for Emir of Kano, Naira goes digging for gold” – See our Winners and Losers of the week

by Kolapo Olapoju Winners & Losers is a roundup of the week’s major happenings, where we spotlight the ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ of the news cycle. As always, you can agree or disagree.. THE WINNERS All Progressives Congress The major opposition party seems to be working overtime to lose the label of ‘opposition’. In recent months,... Read More

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January 24, 2015

Buhari’s campaign pulls large crowd… in Gov. Fayose’s state (PHOTOS)

by Kolapo Olapoju As he campaigns across the country, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, continues to attract mammoth crowds in every state he goes to. On Saturday, January 24, thousands came pouring out to the campaign rally of Buhari, in the state of Governor Ayo Fayose, Ekiti. See photos below:

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January 24, 2015

Guess who just decamped from GEJ’s campaign team to APC

by Kolapo Olapoju A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa Presidential Campaign Committee, Senator Felix Oboro, has unexpectedly defected from the party to the opposition, All Progressives Congress. Oboro, a former Ambassador of Nigeria to Venezuela, was formally welcomed into the APC on Friday, January 23, at an event which had in attendance, former... Read More

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January 24, 2015

Buhari should be sued for perjury – PDP tells Justice Ministry

by James Sambo After the release of the credentials of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has implored the Ministry of Justice to take action, saying that the certificates are inauthentic. A source from the PDP says the party has concluded to investigate Buhari’s statement of result and the confidential... Read More

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January 23, 2015

‘Nobody has monopoly of violence’ || Fayose defends GEJ in 5 fiery quotes

by Kolapo Olapoju Following the back-to-back attacks on President Jonathan’s campaigns, Ekiti state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, against future recurrence. Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he issued a riot act, in 5 must-read quotes. 1. “We will no longer... Read More

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January 23, 2015

Jonathan also heads to Ghana – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. Ijebu state as campaign promise. Osinubi Adewale is using the creation of “Ijebu state” as a campaign line, to woo people to vote for him. The smart politician, who seeks to represent the Ijebu Central Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, says the creation of the Ijebu state is priority number... Read More

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January 23, 2015

We tell you a secret – Gov. Fashola doesn’t have a PVC yet

by Kolapo Olapoju Like millions of Nigerians, Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola, says he hasn’t gotten his Permanent Voter Card (PVC). Fashola made the disclosure on Thursday, January 22, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship rally in Ajeromi Local Government Area of Lagos state. The governor stated that it was unfortunate that many eligible voters were... Read More

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January 23, 2015

Buhari’s certificate is forged – PDP || Okay, come and see the original copy – School Principal

by James Sambo The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has alleged that the school certificate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is not authentic. Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of Media and Publicity of the organisation, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja, on... Read More

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January 23, 2015

PDP’s gathering thugs to stone Buhari in Ondo – APC cries out

by Kolapo Olapoju The Buhari Campaign Co-ordinator (BCO) in Ondo state, Ife Oyedele, alleges that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has planned to organise youths to attack the convoy of Muhammadu Buhari, during his campaign in Akure on Saturday, January 24. During a conference organised by the Muhammadu Buhari Legacy Foundation, in Akure on Thursday,... Read More

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January 22, 2015

Fashola reacts to closure of Buhari’s fundraising platform

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has shut down the platform for raising campaign funds for General Muhammed Buhari’s presidential campaign. The platform was launched, alongside five others in Lagos on Tuesday, January 20, to encourage supporters of the opposition party to donate money for its electioneering. Nigerians willing to contribute to Buhari’s campaign... Read More

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January 22, 2015

Army redeploys spokesman || No, it’s not about Buhari’s certificate

by Kolapo Olapoju The Nigerian Army has redeployed its Director of Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Olajide Laleye. The redeployed General, had on Monday, January 19, stated that the Army did not have in its possession, the certificate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari. His statement had said: “The Nigerian Army... Read More

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January 22, 2015

Everybody plots against APC – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. The power of the powers-that-be. Anyone planning to go on Silverbird Television to criticise President Jonathan should have a rethink. Recently, Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo was on the TV station, and in the course of spewing unflattering words about the president, the programme was yanked off. Silverbird has, however, blamed “technical hitches”... Read More

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January 22, 2015

APC secretariat in Ekiti attacked by gunmen

by Damilola Jagun The Ekiti state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Ado-Ekiti was attacked by unknown gunmen on the night of Wednesday, January 21. The gunmen who arrived in four Hilux vehicles and a car, destroyed the flags and posters of the opposition party candidates. The incident was communicated via a statement issued by the state Publicity... Read More

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Reno Omokri: Why use the broom when you can go with the vacuum cleaner instead?

Cambridge Assessment confirms Buhari’s WASC result

Buhari will be inheriting a broken economy – El-Rufai paints a gloomy picture

The PDP are terrified and desperate’ – Lai Mohammed

‘Buhari lacks the mental capability to rule Nigeria’ – FERMA boss

Apparently, APC doesn’t believe GEJ’s handover date promise (READ)

APC leaders don’t appear to be suffering from election fever (PHOTOS)

Why Buhari, Jonathan campaign billboards were pulled down in Ghana

INEC rejects 7 gov’norship candidates

FCT minister says Gov. Yuguda is an APC spy

‘We will tear down APC’s posters’ – Pro-Jonathan group warns LASAA

‘Jonathan has done nothing meaningful’ – Oshiomhole is clearly not impressed

Don’t be deceived, Jonathan will defeat Buhari – Anenih declares

APC to sue NCC over closure of fundraising platform

‘Yes, we sat for Hausa Language in WASC’: Another Buhari classmate wants you to know this

They say Aisha Buhari is not a Nigerian – how true is this?

“They were not APC members”: Gov. Yuguda says PDP members attacked GEJ

“Tables turned for Emir of Kano, Naira goes digging for gold” – See our Winners and Losers of the week

Buhari’s campaign pulls large crowd… in Gov. Fayose’s state (PHOTOS)

Guess who just decamped from GEJ’s campaign team to APC

Buhari should be sued for perjury – PDP tells Justice Ministry

‘Nobody has monopoly of violence’ || Fayose defends GEJ in 5 fiery quotes

Jonathan also heads to Ghana – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

We tell you a secret – Gov. Fashola doesn’t have a PVC yet

Buhari’s certificate is forged – PDP || Okay, come and see the original copy – School Principal

PDP’s gathering thugs to stone Buhari in Ondo – APC cries out

Fashola reacts to closure of Buhari’s fundraising platform

Army redeploys spokesman || No, it’s not about Buhari’s certificate

Everybody plots against APC – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

APC secretariat in Ekiti attacked by gunmen

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