(LOCAL) Judiciary Frustrating My Anti-Corruption Fight – Buhari

   President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday revealed that he was being constrained in the fight against corruption owing to the uncooperative attitude of the judicial arm of government.

    He accused the judiciary of dispensing justice at a snail speed, making gains in the anti-graft war look minimal. The president bared his mind in Jalingo on Thursday while addressing traditional rulers before he proceeded to the Jolly Nyame Stadium, venue of his presidential campaign rally in Taraba State.

(POLITICS) SDP Adopts Buhari As Consensus Candidate

 

    The National Executive Council of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as the consensus candidate for the February 16, Presidential election.

(LOCAL) Federal Government Approves 108 Companies To Supply Pre-paid Meters

 

   The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the licenses of 108 firms to produce and distribute pre-paid meters nationwide. The approval is meant to complement the existing companies currently handling meter distribution on behalf of government.

(POLITICS) PDP, APC Fight Over Foreign Observers

 

   The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday intensified their fight over foreign observers for the forthcoming general elections.
 
   El-Rufai had told NTA on Tuesday: “Those calling for anyone to come and intervene in Nigeria, we are waiting for the person that would come and intervene, they would go back in body bags.” He explained in another television interview yesterday: “What I said is based on intelligence that is available to us that the opposition is preparing grounds to cause a crisis in Nigeria by inviting foreign participation. “They are discussing it. They call it the Venezuelan option. They know that they are likely to lose the elections. They are putting out information that they have.

(POLITICS) INEC Insists On Free And Fair Elections

   Countdown to the presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) , has insisted that it would conduct free, fair and credible polls.

    The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance at an interactive meeting with the members of the Administrative Board of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said that the meeting was part of the nationwide consultation with stakeholders on the Commission’s readiness for the general elections.