Should we be worried? Asari-Dokubo is talking about a return to the militant days

by Iyobosa Omoregie Mujahid Asari-Dokubo says himself and other Niger-Delta militants may be compelled to return to the creeks, owing to the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as President. According to the former militant leader, the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan, proved that the South-West and the North were against the South-South and South-East geo-political zones.... Read More

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April 2, 2015

”Well done, Mr. President” – Obama, other world leaders call Jonathan

by Damilola Jagun United States President, Barack Obama, put a call through to outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday, April 1. According to Presidential Spokesman/Media Adviser, Reuben Abati, the American President commended Jonathan for his statesmanship and for ensuring peaceful elections in the country. Abati also revealed that the Presidents of South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire,... Read More

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April 1, 2015

In 10 tweets, Elumelu congratulates Nigerians, Buhari and Pres. Jonathan

by Kolapo Olapoju Tony Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings, has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan, President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians on the successfully conducted presidential elections. In 10 tweets, he sent congratulatory messages to all the parties involved, as well as a call to action: As a firm believer in the democratic process & its benefits... Read More

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March 31, 2015

Japheth Omojuwa: Let’s talk about Pres. Jonathan’s 25,000km long invisible roads

by Japheth Omojuwa As consistent as this administration has been with misrepresenting the truth, its claims on 25,000km of roads has been the most daring lie ever told by a Nigerian government in recent times. When the Jonathan administration posted pictures of a private Lagos residential estate as one of its thousands of estate projects... Read More

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March 30, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari sweeps clean Katsina elections

by James Sambo The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has won the election in Katsina state. He polled 1,345,441 votes to defeat President Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, who had 98,937 votes. AA:183 AD:283 ACPN:402 ADC:498 APA:1671 APC:1,345,441 CPP:976 HOPE:47 KOWA:215 NCP:330 PDP:98,937 PPN:254 UDP:117 UPP:72

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March 30, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari defeats President Jonathan in Jigawa

by Panshak Ibrahim The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has won the election in Jigawa state. He polled 885,988 votes to defeat President Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, who had 142,904 votes. AA:394 AD:587 ACPN:540 ADC:375 APA:2527 APC:885,988 CPP:1,553 HOPE:337 KOWA:423 NCP:548 PDP:142,904 PPN:853 UDP:338 UPP:197

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March 30, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari wins Kano by a landslide

by Chinwe Okafor The presidential candidate of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari, has won the presidential election of Kano state by a landslide. He polled 1,903,999 to defeat President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP who had 215,779 votes #Kano AA:426 AD:708 ACPN:778 ADC:657 APA:2770 APC:1,903,999 CPP:1,552 HOPE:292 KOWA:288 NCP:697 PDP:215,779 PPN:485 UDP:234 UPP:156

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March 30, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Sen. Obanikoro congratulates Jonathan on his “expectant victory”

by Kolapo Olapoju Musiliu Obanikoro has congratulated President Goodluck on the positive indications emanating from the released results of the elections conducted by INEC on Saturday. The newly ratified Minister (1) of foreign affairs, congratulated President Jonathan earlier today on his Twitter handle saying: “With real, NOT virtual feelers I have received nationwide, allow me be... Read More

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March 30, 2015

Tolu Ogunlesi: #NigeriaDecides – Election lessons from Nigeria

by Tolu Ogunlesi …democracy is a “skill” that can only be mastered through constant practice. There’s still plenty for us to learn… Sometime today, barring any cataclysm, the Independent National Electoral Commission will announce the results of last Saturday’s elections, and declare winners. I shall resist the temptation to comment on the possible outcome.... Read More

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March 30, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari wins in Kogi, on course to clinch Niger

by Pandhak Ibrahim Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has been announced the winner of the March 28 Presidential elections in Kogi State. The State Collation Officer, Prof. Adikwu Michael, who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, made the announcement at the State headquarters of the Independent National... Read More

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March 30, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari defeats GEJ in Obanikoro, Agbaje and Bode George’s wards [DETAILS]

by Kolapo Olapoju The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammmadu Buhari, has defeated President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party in the wards of Musiliu Obanikoro, Jimi Agbaje and Bode George. In Obanikoro’s ward, polling unit 013, Gerald, Ikoyi, Buhari scored 62 to defeat Jonathan, who polled 38. In the ward of... Read More

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March 29, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Gen. Buhari beats Jonathan in Ogun

by Kolapo Olapoju The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has won majority of the votes in Ogun state. So far, Buhari has won 12 local government areas of the state to edge out the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, President Goodluck Jonathan. The PDP on the other... Read More

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March 29, 2015

#NigeriaDecides: Pres. Jonathan wins convincingly in Ekiti

by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan has won all the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State in the presidential election of Saturday, March 28. Similarly, other candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party won all the three senatorial seats and 6 House of Representatives seats in the state. The result was announced by the Chief Returning Officer for the Presidential... Read More

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March 29, 2015

This is how Jonathan will win the election || GEJ supporter explains in 55 tweets

by Azubuike Azikiwe A Pro-Jonathan and PDP supporter on Twitter, who’s known as ‘7th Dimension’ has shared series of tweets to illustrate how the President would safely secure re-election after the polls. Tweeting from the handle, @7DLife_NG, the President’s apologist made his point in 55 tweets: 1. Attention: Most have been grossly hypnotized by phantom... Read More

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March 29, 2015

We remember the Thisday Style covers of GMB & GEJ (LOOK)

by Chinwe Okafor In this nailbiting, tension-soaked and nerve wracking phase of election-weekend, it’s only apt to ease several frayed nerves with something… soft. With a collage of their cover-pictures on the cover of Thisday Style, we momentarily take you away from the intense competition between the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari and... Read More

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March 29, 2015

Opinion: What do you do when your candidate does not win?

by Temi Odejide This is not a very popular question. It’s not really a question anyone of us wants to consider at this point. But it is a real question nonetheless and has to be addressed. In the Election we are about to engage in, there will be a winner and a loser. So one... Read More

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March 28, 2015

Opinion: Please remain peaceful, this election is not worth your blood

by Fejiro Oliver “Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!” – Albert Einstein Anyone who tells you that the June 12 1993 election was as tough and heated as the 2015 election is only deceiving him or herself and... Read More

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March 28, 2015

Opinion: The momentum has clearly shifted to Pres. Jonathan

by Emeka Okoroji Unfortunately for Buhari and the APC, while they were snoozing, President Goodluck Jonathan was actively building bridges from Yola to Lagos to Kano to Ogun. Two days to the general elections in Nigeria, the big question is: which of the two main presidential candidates has the momentum and support at the... Read More

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March 27, 2015

We hear GEJ’s people are ‘working hard’ to disqualify Prof. Osinbajo

by Kolapo Olapoju It is believed that the camp of President Jonathan is frantically making efforts to secure a court injunction to disqualify the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, from contesting Saturday’s election. According to reports from people in the know, disqualifying the running mate of Muhammadu Buhari, is... Read More

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March 27, 2015

Has Gwoza really been liberated from Boko Haram?

by Godwin Akanfe Sources within the Defence Headquarters have told YNaija off the record that contrary to the claims by their commanding officer, that Gwoza, the headquarters of Boko Haram’s shrinking caliphate, is not yet under Nigerian Army control. The Defence Headquarters had earlier tweeted that the town had been liberated this morning from the... Read More

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March 27, 2015

‘There’s no vacancy for Buhari at Aso Rock’ – Guru Maharaji Ji has seen a vision

by Kolapo Olapoju Sat Guru Maharaji Ji has seen a vision of the winner of the presidential election… and it’s not going to please to All Progressives Congress. The Spiritual Leader of One Love Family, has told the presidential candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), that he cannot emerge victorious at the polls.... Read More

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March 27, 2015

Wait, did GEJ really write this letter? (LOOK)

by Damilola Jagun It’s crunch time in the 2015 elections, any tactics whatsoever will be employed to sway voters. On Thursday, March 26, a letter said to have been written by President Goodluck Jonathan to Nigerian citizens of northern origin surfaced in media circles. The letter was written in two languages; Hausa and English. In... Read More

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March 27, 2015

Opinion: Is President Jonathan ready for defeat?

by Emmanuel Ugwu News of a defeat will shake the foundation of Jonathan’s sense of personal identity. It will devastate him mentally and emotionally. And the wounded loser and his reflexes, at that level, will generate chaos. Few months ago, President Goodluck Jonathan had a fairly good reason to believe he will have a blowout.... Read More

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March 26, 2015

Buhari should be in jail, not contesting elections – Dokubo-Asari blows hot (again)

by Iyobosa Omoregie In a classic case of a ‘pot calling kettle black’, a former Niger Delta militant leader says that a former dictator is ‘immoral’ and ‘ought to be in jail’. Leader of the Niger Delta People Salvation Front, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has stated that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, should not... Read More

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March 26, 2015

Opinion: The Confab report may be the change Nigeria currently needs

by Adekoya Boladale Over the years, sociopolitical scholars and writers of thought, in an attempt to finding the sole reason for the dilapidation and setback of Nigeria, have come to agree that the major reason the African most populous country has continued to fail isn’t just because it has bad leadership but because it was... Read More

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March 26, 2015

Opinion: Did Obama really need to teach us that lesson?

by Niran Adedokun When labour unions that should fight the cause of the people have suddenly become part of the problem, things, worse than intrusions from foreigners are bound to overtake it. So, President Barack Obama of the United States of America took time off his busy schedule to preach to Nigerians, leaders and the... Read More

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March 26, 2015

Niyi Akinnaso: Have you been transformed by 6 years of Pres. Jonathan’s administration?

by Niyi Akinnaso Why wouldn’t they bring good luck to Jonathan now, when he has been bringing good luck to them for the past six years? Why wouldn’t they re-elect him for another four years of transformation? Don’t they know that transformation is more complete than change? The Peoples Democratic Party should have had nothing... Read More

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March 26, 2015

Opinion: How Jonathan and PDP failed me

by Adedapo Adebajo True democracy negates the monopoly of power by one party. Sixteen years ago I was a teenager on the cusp of puberty when democracy was re-installed after a long spate of military rule, coups and counter coups. I can still remember the elation on people’s faces and how my dad couldn’t stop... Read More

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March 25, 2015

Femi Fani-Kayode’s latest outburst is directed straight at Gov. Amaechi (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju The Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDPPCO) has blasted governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, over his allegation of an attempt on his life. A statement released by the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Femi Fani-Kayode, said that Amaechi is a pathological liar for claiming that President... Read More

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March 25, 2015

President Jonathan is winning the Power war

The President’s power reforms mean the #power will be back in your hands. Let’s keep moving forwards. #VoteGoodluck No administration has made as much inroads into the power sector as the Goodluck Jonathan administration. When the administration came into power in 2011, it set out various actions for itself. These include: Power stability, reliability and... Read More

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Chinedu Nebo, Power, President Goodluck Jonathan

Should we be worried? Asari-Dokubo is talking about a return to the militant days

”Well done, Mr. President” – Obama, other world leaders call Jonathan

In 10 tweets, Elumelu congratulates Nigerians, Buhari and Pres. Jonathan

Japheth Omojuwa: Let’s talk about Pres. Jonathan’s 25,000km long invisible roads

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari sweeps clean Katsina elections

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari defeats President Jonathan in Jigawa

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari wins Kano by a landslide

#NigeriaDecides: Sen. Obanikoro congratulates Jonathan on his “expectant victory”

Tolu Ogunlesi: #NigeriaDecides – Election lessons from Nigeria

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari wins in Kogi, on course to clinch Niger

#NigeriaDecides: Buhari defeats GEJ in Obanikoro, Agbaje and Bode George’s wards [DETAILS]

#NigeriaDecides: Gen. Buhari beats Jonathan in Ogun

#NigeriaDecides: Pres. Jonathan wins convincingly in Ekiti

This is how Jonathan will win the election || GEJ supporter explains in 55 tweets

We remember the Thisday Style covers of GMB & GEJ (LOOK)

Opinion: What do you do when your candidate does not win?

Opinion: Please remain peaceful, this election is not worth your blood

Opinion: The momentum has clearly shifted to Pres. Jonathan

We hear GEJ’s people are ‘working hard’ to disqualify Prof. Osinbajo

Has Gwoza really been liberated from Boko Haram?

‘There’s no vacancy for Buhari at Aso Rock’ – Guru Maharaji Ji has seen a vision

Wait, did GEJ really write this letter? (LOOK)

Opinion: Is President Jonathan ready for defeat?

Buhari should be in jail, not contesting elections – Dokubo-Asari blows hot (again)

Opinion: The Confab report may be the change Nigeria currently needs

Opinion: Did Obama really need to teach us that lesson?

Niyi Akinnaso: Have you been transformed by 6 years of Pres. Jonathan’s administration?

Opinion: How Jonathan and PDP failed me

Femi Fani-Kayode’s latest outburst is directed straight at Gov. Amaechi (READ)

President Jonathan is winning the Power war

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