Saturday 21 February 2015
Sunday 15 February 2015
Sunday 8 February 2015
Postponement Of Elections In Nigeria, American Government Release Statement Says They Are Deeply Disappointed
Postponement Of Elections In Nigeria, American
Government Release Statement Says They Are Deeply Disappointed
Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
February 7, 2015
The United States is deeply disappointed by the
decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, which had been scheduled
for February 14.
Political interference with the Independent National Electoral Commission is unacceptable, and it is critical that the government not use security concerns as a pretext for impeding the democratic process.
PHOTOS: See this pretty photos of "Eve Esin" turns Cheeata"
This is the two south African Twin Sister who got Married to One Man
26 year
old twin sisters, Owami and Olwethu Mzazi from Vosloorus, South Africa recently
got married to the same man, 51 year old Mzukiseni Mzazi.
When interviewed by a South African magazine, the sisters said they'd always known they'd marry same man as they have shared everything else together since they were born.
CSOs Call For Resignation Of Security Chiefs Over Election Postponement
The Nigeria Civil
Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has called on the security chiefs in
the country to resign their appointments immediately over their inability to
provide security for millions of Nigerians.
According to a statement from Agianpe Ashang of the
Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), said that the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, at a
meeting with 12 national commissioners and other stakeholders conveyed that he
had received a letter from the security services advising that he postponed the
general elections on the grounds that the security agencies were engaged in a
renewed battle against insurgency in the North-East that would require their
full concentration.
According to Jega in the letter, the military was
demanding a rescheduling of elections by at least six weeks.
Full INEC Press Statement on Election
Last night being the 7th of February 2015, INEC
chairman Attahiru Jega announced the postponement of the 2015 general
elections. Below is the full statement he gave to the press...
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We invited you here today to make known the position of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the timetable for the 2015 general
elections. Let me state from the outset that the Commission’s position was
reached after carefully weighing the suggestions from briefings held with
different stakeholders in the electoral process.
The conduct of elections in a country like Nigeria is invariably a
collective venture that involves not just the Election Management Body (EMB),
but also a diverse range of stakeholders, notably security agencies, political
parties and their candidates, voters, as well as interest groups, such as the
civil society organizations and the media.To guarantee successful conduct of
elections, there are things that are wholly the responsibility of the EMB. But
there are other things critical for the success of elections, which fall
outside the control of the EMB. Continue reading after the cut....
Election Postponement: APC releases a Press Statement Says Its a Major Setback for Democracy
Reacting to the postponement of the election by INEC, APC released a press
statement stating that it is provocative but will study it.
The All Progressives
Congress, APC, has just heard over the news media that The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone the elections by six weeks
on the strength of a letter by the security chiefs that they cannot provide security
for the elections nationwide because of the commitment of its resources to
fight insurgency in the north eastern part of the country. Continue reading after the cut...
This Man was Pictured destroying "PDP poster in Kaduna" State
This man was pictured destroying the PDP poster at constitutional road in Kaduna
INEC Postponed February 2015 General Election. {Official}
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced a shift in the 2015 general election earlier scheduled for February 14 and 28. See the Official statement below after the cut....
Saturday 7 February 2015
17 parties demand poll shift at meeting with INEC
Seventeen out of the 28 registered political parties have asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to shift the conduct of the general elections scheduled for February 14 and 28.
The parties canvassed the position at a consultative meeting with INEC, which ended a few hours ago at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
INEC had on Friday announced that it would hold consultative meetings with all relevant bodies, including the political parties, civil society organisations and the resident electoral commissioners.
A source at the meeting told PREMIUM TIMES that leaders of 12 others, including the leading opposition party, All Progressives Congress, stoutly opposed their colleagues who were demanding the shift of the election.
We Will Take To The Streets If INEC Shifts Election, Says Amaechi
THE director general of Buhari campaign organization and Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has threatened mass action if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decides today to shift this month’s election.
Amaechi, who said monumental change is about to happen in Nigeria because the vast majority of Nigerians yearn for it, insisted that the presidential election must hold on February 14 because Nigerians are charged and poised to vote on that day for an inevitable change.
He stated this during the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign rally at Isiokpo, the headquarters of his Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Thursday 5 February 2015
Monday 2 February 2015
"The Transformation has Headed South not West "The difference between APC nand PDP" Gov. Fashola
Lagos
state governor, Babatunde fashola while Speaking during an APC meeting with
organized private sector at Marina, Lagos, today February 2nd, told his
audience the difference between APC & PDP, is that “the transformation
agenda has headed south not west”
Continue reading....
Gen. Buhari has little mental capacity, extremely superficial - Doyin Okupe
Doyin Okupe hits at Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, says he unarguably has little mental capacity, extremely superficial if not pedestrian. see more after the cut.....
Lights Out in Nigeria - by Chimamanda Adichie
Article
written by award-winning writer Chimamanda Adichie, originally published on New York Times. Interesting read. Find below...
We call it light;
“electricity” is too sterile a word, and “power” too stiff, for this Nigerian phenomenon
that can buoy spirits and smother dreams. Whenever I have been away from home
for a while, my first question upon returning is always: “How has light been?”
The response, from my gateman, comes in mournful degrees of a head shake.
Bad. Very bad.
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