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Opinion: Does the Ndigbo agenda match the realities of elections 2015?

by Ugo Okeke It is heartbreaking that we the Igbos have become politically irrelevant and directionless. No one is interested in articulating an agenda that will move the zone forward. I visited my ancestral home, Ufuma in Anambra state this past weekend, and once again realised that a lot of Igbos haven’t moved past the... Read More

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Femi Aribisala: Why Nigerians must reject the second coming of Buhari

by Femi Aribisala When Buhari seized power in 1983, Nigeria’s GDP was $444.45. When he was overthrown in 1985, Nigeria’s GDP had dropped dramatically to $344.14. That is not the kind of change we want. When Muhammadu Buhari overthrew a democratically-elected government in a coup d”etat in 1983, Sani Abacha declared in his infamous... Read More

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Tinubu belongs in a sanatorium… – 7 fiery quotes from Femi Fani-Kayode

by Kolapo Olapoju The verbal altercation between the pair of APC National leader, Bola Tinubu and spokesperson of the PDP Presidential campaign organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, seems to intensify by the day. In the last 48 hours, the duo have released series of statements, attacking and counter-attacking one another, and it shows no sign of abating... Read More

Who is unbalanced, the misfit or he who hires him? || Tinubu comes for GEJ, Fani-Kayode

by Kolapo Olapoju APC National leader, Bola Tinubu, has described spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has the worst and the most outspoken of the PDP lot. He said this in a statement by his media aide, Sunday Dare, pointing out that Fani-Kayode returned to the Peoples Democratic Party, in order to... Read More

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PDP must produce evidence of oath-taking or meet us in court – APC spits fire

by Damilola Jagun The All Progressive Congress (APC) has asked the Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential Campaign’s Director of Media and Publicity, Femi Fani-Kayode, to make public any evidence to back their claims of oath-taking between Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and National leader of APC, Bola Tinubu. The ruling party had alleged that Osinbajo had... Read More

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Jonathan cannot win even if he empties the treasury – APC senator

by Kolapo Olapoju Senator Babajide Omoworare, representing Osun East Senatorial District on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that President Goodluck Jonathan will not win the forthcoming presidential election in spite bribing influential Nigerians to support his re-election. Omoworare made the allegations on Monday, March 2, at a press conference... Read More

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We believe Tinubu is working with OBJ to deny North of Presidency – Arewa Youth group

The Arewa Youth Integrity Forum (AYIF) has backed the claims made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign organisation that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, is critically ill and not healthy enough to be President. The group also verified the allegations accusing the APC leader,... Read More

APC spent N5 billion for their ‘arrangee’ Chatham House event – PDP explains in 10 points

by Kolapo Olapoju The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) spent N5 billion for the appearance of its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) at the Chatham House in London last Thursday. While describing the event as a ‘jamboree and monumental failure’, the PDP said it... Read More

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Opinion: Buhari is a better Christian than Jonathan

by Ikechukwu Orji Jonathan has refused to go after those who are squandering our patrimony. Corruption is rampant and he is pretending that all is well. You cannot be a follower of Christ and allow evil to run rampant around you. It was Mahatma Gandhi who said he admired Christ not Christians. I guess he... Read More

Buhari will face ICC over 2011 post-election violence – PDPPCO

by James Sambo Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, (PDPPCO), yesterday disclosed that the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to drag the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, before the International Criminal Court, ICC over the 2011 Electoral violence in the country. While addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, March 1, Director, Media... Read More

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Jonathan is ready to challenge Buhari – PDP campaign organisation declares

by James Sambo The Peoples Democratic Party has declared the readiness of its candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, to lock horns with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on March 28 for the presidential election. The APC had cited unpreparedness of Jonathan and the PDP as the moitivating factor behind... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: Dear Jonathan & Buhari, what plans do you have to tackle corruption?

by Simon Kolawole In my opinion, neither Jonathan nor Buhari has told us in concrete, practical terms how these strands of corruption will be decisively tackled at all tiers of government. Jonathan is even in a more difficult position having been president since 2010. Whatever he promises about fighting corruption will bounce back immediately, like... Read More

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Sonala Olumhense: My response to the professor deceiving people

by Sonala Olumhense Anyone wishing to question my position on Jonathan is welcome, but focusing on Jonathan with no reference to a 40-year worldview, or even on his accomplishments, is ridiculous. Two weeks ago, I received from a Nigerian who identified himself as Professor EJC Nwana, a letter in which he told me he was... Read More

March 1, 2015

Free Buhari from Tinubu and APC cabal – 5 things we learnt from Fayose’s latest tirade

by Kolapo Olapoju Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has beckoned on Nigerians and Northern leaders to save the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Gen. Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), from the hold of the party’s National leader, Bola Tinubu, and his cabal in the APC. The governor, who has been a vocal critic of Buhari, says... Read More

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March 1, 2015

‘We stand by our claims’ – PDP insists Tinubu wants to benefit from Buhari’s death

by Kolapo Olapoju The Peoples Democratic Party has issued a statement after the All Progressives Congress refuted its claim that the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, has an arrangement in place for Vice Presidential candidate of the party, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to step down for him, if elected. The APC had responded saying... Read More

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Jude Egbas: And then they wished Buhari dead

by Jude Egbas It was sad to read young Nigerians prattle on social media about Buhari’s health at a time of grave insecurity and a sinking economy. No, we have to raise the bar. In the last couple of weeks, our moral compass and value system has sunk to the lowest depths imaginable on the... Read More

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“Sickening and outlandish” – How APC described PDP’s claim of Tinubu’s plot to be President

by Damilola Jagun The All Progressives Congress has accused the Peoples Democratic Party of trying to take attention from the success of the party’s presidential candidate during his appearance at Chatham House, by insinuating that the National leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, is scheming to become President through the backdoor. The APC described the... Read More

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Your blackmail won’t stop Buhari || APC is undaunted by Fayose’s accusations

by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, says the series of blackmail by Governor Ayodele Fayose against its presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, will not hinder the “course of change sweeping across the country”. According to the opposition party, the antics of Fayose will not deter Buhari from emerging victorious at the presidential... Read More

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