PUO REPORTS

Meetings are held daily with many anti-election supporters of Jonathan at Mr. Clark’s residence, Mr. Clark is said to preside over them. As the Nigerian army continues to battle insurgents with poorly supplied soldiers in the north, President Goodluck Jonathan has deployed more than 20 armed security agents to his godfather, Mr. Edwin Clark. The security personnel include soldiers, mobile policemen,...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has told Nigerian federal lawmakers he could not guarantee the 2015 general elections will hold on rescheduled dates in March and April. At a meeting with Senators Wednesday, Mr. Jega said he could not commit himself to the “sanctity” of March 28 and April 11 – dates for the...

A kinsman of President Goodluck Jonathan from Bayelsa State, Hon. Donald Daunemigha, has joined the festival of litigation to try to disqualify Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from contesting next month’s presidential election.   Daunemigha, in suit FHC/ABJ/CS/116/15 at the Federal High Court in Abuja, also takes to task the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

The Nigerian military on Wednesday said it has killed over 300 Boko Haram insurgents and captured many others in its ongoing six-week counter-insurgency operation in North Eastern Nigeria. The Defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, a Major General, in a statement said the massive casualty on the insurgents is a result of the ongoing air and land operation in the area in...

As criticisms and commendations continue to trail his dramatic exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained how he arrived at the decision to dump the party to which he belonged for 16 years. The former president had Monday announced his resignation as a member of the party on whose platform he ruled the country between...

The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered an investigation into Tuesday’s shooting that led to the death of one police officer at an All Progressive Congress rally in Okirika, Rivers State, the home town Nigeria’s first lady, Patience Jonathan. Mr. Abba directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 6 Calabar, Johnson Ogunshakin, to head the investigation and promptly...

there is a plan to delay the polls by six months, in which time a faction of the PDP would replace President Goodluck Jonathan as the party's presidential candidate.  In separate interviews with SaharaReporters, numerous PDP officials disclosed that many founding members of the party had lost confidence in Mr. Jonathan’s viability as a candidate, adding that a faction within...

2015 Elections will definately tear family apart, Well no much talking let me go to the Bussiness . Rev.Fr. Ejike Mbaka on 31sth Night during the cross over night at Adoration Enugu,he released a message titled From Goodluck to Badluck. That message is provoking the air. Infact Nollywood Actors Elder Brother known as BOB has released an album titled Mbaka...

The police in Lagos have shot dead an alleged kidnap gang leader, John Paul, in a gun duel that ensued while a hotel director was being rescued.It was gathered that the victim, Saheed Kolawole, who was abducted in the Ikorodu area of Lagos was rescued alive.PUNCH Metro learnt that Kolawole was abducted on January 30 at about 10pm. According to...

The Nigerian Immigration Service, Abia State Command, has intercepted a luxury bus conveying 112 passengers, including 42 foreigners at the Abia Tower Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway.The suspects were traveling from Kano to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when they were intercepted. Comptroller of Immigration in charge of the state, Mrs. Augustina Opara, said the arrest was effected after her...