PDP Set To Go Their Separate Ways Today In a P/H Showdown

How the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP came to its present distress would surely confound the likes of Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, a former national chairman of the party. In 2008, Ogbulafor had bragged that the party would rule the country for 60 straight years. Besides being shoved from the pedestal of power, the party is today at the point of disintegration.

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el-Rufai, Gov. Yero sign peace pack in Kaduna

As the March 28 and April 11 general elections approaches, a peace meeting at the instance of the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of zone 7 was held in Kaduna yesterday, where candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC) and other political parties signed a peace pact, agreeing to provide an enabling environment for peaceful polls.

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With election looming, politics of religion shifting

Less than two weeks from national polls, Nigeria’s ruling party is facing unprecedented shifts in the politics of religion that could spell trouble for the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan.

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My role will be traditional, says wife of Muhammadu Buhari

The wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mrs Aisha Buhari, says her role under her husband’s possible presidency will be limited to traditional functions, such as visiting orphanages and receiving guests.

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Lungu declared Zambia’s president-elect, after tight poll

Defence Minister Edgar Lungu of Zambia’s ruling Patriotic Front has won the country’s presidential election in a tightly fought race marred by delays, the electoral commission announced Saturday.

Lungu won with a slim 48.33 percent majority, closely followed by his rival Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) with 46.67 percent of the vote.

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Buhari’s Cambridge result released by alma mater

The result of the Cambridge West African School certificate examination taken in 1961 by Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari has been released by his old school.

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Army speaks on Buhari’s certificates

ABUJA—As controversy continues to trail the academic qualifications of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, the Army, yesterday, said it was not in possession of Buhari’s credentials.

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Only Buhari can request for result verification – WAEC -

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has said that General Muhammadu Buhari  can apply to the examination body for the verification of his results. It said such verification can only be forwarded to the institution specified by the candidate.

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Fashola, El-Rufai campaigning for Jonathan – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insinuated that Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kaduna state governorship candidate, Malam Nasir El-Rufai are campaigning for President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the presidential election slated for 14 February.

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Jonathan has lost moral right to rule Nigeria - Adamu Ciroma

Mallam Adamu Ciroma: the candidate I will support
A former Nigerian minister of finance and agriculture, Alhaji Adamu Ciroma said President Goodluck Jonathan ought to have resigned as the leader of Nigeria in the aftermath of the arrest by South Africa of a plane carrying loads of dollars to buy arms.

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Dame, not welcome in Bayelsa, youths warn

A group of concerned youths in Bayelsa State under the auspices of Bayelsa Youth Vanguard has threatened to disrupt the re-election rally of President Goodluck Jonathan slated for 5 February in Yenagoa, the state capital, if the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan attended.
The organisation therefore warned her not to accompany her husband for the presidential campaign. Bayelsa is the home state of President Jonathan.

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Buhari is Nigeria’s best luck”: Aregbesola

The Buhari campaign for Nigeria’s presidency moved to Osogbo, capital of the state of Osun today, with the party treated to a rousing welcome by an extremely large crowd.
Present at the rally were national leader of the party, John Oyegun; the director general for Buhari’s campaign organisation,

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Obasanja sneaked out before Jonathan arrived, how?

The hostility between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo worsened Monday as the former President sneaked out from his palatial building in Abeokuta, immediately Jonathan arrived the state capital.

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