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In what has become needlessly controversial, the introduction of the Card Reader technology by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been insinuated into the usual Nigerian malaise of doubt and distrust. Making the wrong arguments – and worse still, suggesting that they do not want the device to be used for the forthcoming general elections – members and leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are expressing fears about the use to which the devices would be put VANGUARD reports Conversely, the opposition All Progressive Congress, APC, appears confident in the belief that only the Card Reader can deliver free, fair and credible elections. Yet, Professor Attahiru Jega, the INEC Chairman, must accept responsibility and blame for the shambling and shambolic air that is presently generating the hoopla. This report will show that Jega’s position that INEC was ready to go ahead and conduct elections on February 14, 2015, when virtually a...

25,000 pastors and evangelists in the South-West are to hold a special prayer session for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, and his running mate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos. According to the coordinator of the programme, Bishop Kayode Williams, the ministers of God will come together to seek divine support for Buhari and Osinbajo. Williams, who revealed that the spiritual exercise, tagged “Divine Restoration of Nigeria Glory”, is being organized to disabuse the minds of Nigerians about the wrong impression being created about Buhari. “We are four spearheading this prayer session: My humble self, Rev. Moses Iloh, Archbishop Magnus Atilade and Deacon Ayo Opadokun. We are against wrong information being fed members of the public about Buhari. For those of us that followed the track record of Buhari while he was in public service, we know that this man is not ...

The PDP has mocked APC over its one -million man March held yesterday in Lagos..They say it was a flop and only 10,000 people showed up.Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode said that  “the fact that what the APC boasted would be a one- Million march could only attract about 10,000 persons is a reflection of the pitiful state of delusion that they are suffering from.” They (APC and Tinubu) have lost touch with reality and with the people of the state over whom they have maintained a wicked and ungodly economic and political stranglehold for all of 16 years. “But the people of Lagos have now seen through their deception and have decided to reject them at the polls this time.”“The Lagos people have amply demonstrated their anger against the APC and its leader. Having watched the TV documentary, titled “Unmasking the Real Tinubu,” which exposes the plundering and privatisation of Lagos State by the sinking godfather and overw...

54 people have been confirmed dead after 3 suicide bombers attacked the Baga fish market in Borno state today. About 143 were injured. below is a graphic photo from the scene of the incident

It's a very similar cut. Genevieve wore hers to the AMVCAs last night and Rihanna hers, a Zac Posen dress, to her Diamond Ball event in December 2014. Who rocked it?

Yesterday’s test run of the Card Reader Machines proposed for the forthcoming general elections, carried out in 12 states, exposed the flaws in the new voting technology introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the machines failed to recognise Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in some states , according to reports from The Vanguard. The reports stated that in many other states, the machines’ batteries went down after barely three hours of operation. The batteries running down within the space of time may be an issue in an election in which voting may span at least six hours. The failure of the biometric confirmation of potential voters was higher in the North. Lagos State was, however, an exception as the exercise passed off smoothly with little hitches in the swiping of the PVCs and the biometric confirmation of the potential voters. The exercise was carried out in Lagos, Ekiti, Anambra, Ebonyi, Taraba, Bauchi and Kano. The ...

Article written by president Jonathan's spokesman, Reuben Abati. Read below... The last time Nigerians enjoyed something really close to an exciting Presidential debate was during the 1993 Presidential elections. I recall the colourful and memorable encounter between the late Chief MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party and Alhaji Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention.  At the end of that debate, it was clear who among the duo was better experienced, much more intellectually capable and more endearing to the electorate in terms of readiness for the job being applied for. That is what a debate, under these circumstances, is: it is a job interview. The entire country is the panel and whereas actual measurement of impact may be tentative, especially in a developing country where there are challenges of illiteracy and access to mass media, the performance of the candidates ordinarily reshapes the conversation and can significantly influence voters’ choic...