Court refuses application to stop INEC from use of card readers

A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an application filed by four political parties seeking to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission from using electronic card readers in the coming general elections.

The parties are Alliance for Democracy, United Democratic Party, Allied Congress Party of Nigeria and Action Alliance.

The presidential and national assembly elections hold on March 28 while those of governorship and State Houses of Assembly come up April 11.

Nigerian troops gun down 73 Boko Haram terrorists in fresh attack on Konduga

Nigerians soldiers in Borno state on Monday killed at least 73 members of the Boko Haram sect when the terrorists made yet another futile attempt to capture Konduga, a town 35km away from Maiduguri, the state capital.

The troops, who engaged the terrorists for over five hours, however lost a soldier in the battle.

According to one of the soldiers stationed in Konduga, the terrorists tried to attack the military base using herds of cows and a car filled with improvised explosive devices.

No plan to remove Jega, Preside‎nt Jonathan says again

President Goodluck Jonathan has reassured Nigerians and the international community that he has no plan to sack the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, ahead of Nigeria’s general elections slated for March 28 and April 11.

Mr. Jonathan’s reassurance came amid speculation that the Federal Government, through the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, is plotting to send Mr. Jega on terminal leave before the elections.

Nigeria corruption rating political, overblown – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the perception that Nigeria’s corruption has worsened under his leadership is an overblown assessment with political undertones.

The President, who spoke Monday night in an interview with Aljazera, said despite the country’s position in the global corruption perception index, the perception that corruption has worsened under his administration is inaccurate.

2015 Polls: Vote According to Your Conscience, Fayose Tells Ekiti Workers

Governor Ayodele Fayose

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Governor Ayodele Fayose on Tuesday told the workers  of the State to vote according to their conscience in the March 28 presidential and April 11 State and  National Assembly elections.

30 feared killed in Benue communities by Fulani herders

No fewer than 30 people were feared killed with many sustaining varying degrees of injuries in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, after suspected Fulani herdsmen in their large numbers sacked over 24 communities and villages in the area.

Some of the affected communities included Chembe, Tse-Mue, Tse-Shigbe, Mgbakpa and Oragbai all in Ukemberagya council ward, which is four kilometers away from Anyiin, Governor Gabriel Suswam’s country home.

10 Parties Vow To Resist Jonathan’s Plot To Remove Jega From INEC (Names Of Parties That Are Supporting Jega)

The coalition of progressive political parties, which comprises 10 registered political parties, says it will resist any attempt to change the current composition of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The political parties are Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM), Accord Party (AP), African Peoples Alliance (APA), Kowa Party, Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP), United Progressives Party (UPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), African Democratic Congress, Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Peoples Party (DPP). The group was reacting to reports that subterranean plots were underway to remove Attahiru Jega as chairman of INEC. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Bashir Yusuf, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Movement, expressed the group’s disappointment with the decision of INEC to postpone the general election.