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(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to address the issues surrounding the certificate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, or face a vote of no-confidence from the party.

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday secured an interim injunction overruling the ban on its fund-raising scheme via telecommunication networks by National Communication Commission, NCC, pending the determination of a substantive suit.

(Nigeria) Seven persons have been killed in an attack onYangal village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the Kaduna State.

(Nigeria) Dr Dakuku Peterside, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, on Wednesday promised to develop a new Bori City with modern infrastructure to decongest Port Harcourt if elected.

(Nigeria) President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said that the Federal Government was determined to take development to all parts of the country and asked the people of Rivers to massively vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

(Nigeria) The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammad Buhari (rtd), on Wednesday pledged to tackle insurgency and corruption, if elected president in the February 14 presidential election.

(Nigeria) The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, AUC, Eratus Mwencha on Wednesday said the AU Summit would approve for a joint action of forces to combat the Boko Haram Insurgent ravaging parts of Nigeria’s North East Region.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Military on Wednesday, described Amnesty International’s allegations of human rights violation in trouble North East as misleading, inaccurate and unfair.

Rebels who control the Yemeni capital have beaten back dozens of people marching in protest against them, firing automatic rifles in the air and striking protesters with batons and knives.

(Nigeria) The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed that two policemen were killed in a shootout with pipeline vandals at Owutu area of Ikorodu.

(Nigeria) An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the 18-year-old marriage of Pastor Chris Maku and Augusta, on grounds of infidelity.

(Nigeria) The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has accused the Lagos State Government of pursuing and implementing policies inimical to the welfare of the people.

  (Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, warned it would commence trial in a case against 50-year-old Yesiru Onajobi, standing trial for alleged incest.

The European Union denied Wednesday that it ignored Greek objections when it issued a statement raising the prospects of new sanctions against Russia.

(Nigeria) National President, Goodluck-for-Transformation and state Women Coordinator, Goodluck Campaign Organisation, Chief Evelyn Igbafe; a former member of the House of Representatives and Senatorial aspirant of the PDP in Edo South, Ehiogie West-Idahosa and a former Commissioner in the old Bendel State and a founding member of the PDP, Roland Ehigiamusoe and over 5,000 of their supporters have dumped the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State.

A missile fired by the Lebanese Hezbollah group struck an Israeli military convoy on Wednesday, killing two soldiers in an apparent retaliation for a deadly airstrike attributed to Israel that killed six Hezbollah fighters in Syria earlier this month.

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Presidency of orchestrating the ongoing campaign for election postponement, despite their serial denial and the phantom assurances that they are ready for the polls.

(Nigeria)  Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has said that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Board of Trustee, Chairman,  Chief Anthony Anenih has a long history of frustrating the will of the people, but will fail with his latest project to secure another term for President Goodluck Jonathan.

(Nigeria) The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje has promised to use education as a tool to fight the area boys syndrome in the state.

(Nigeria) The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Sen. Ahmadu Ali, on Tuesday described former Information Minister, Mr Labaran Maku, as a dangerous person, even as President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President, David Mark, disowned him.

(Nigeria) The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), says Nigerians ought to have listened to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, instead of making an issue over the ingenuity of his certificate.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said that unsolicited messages violated the privacy of mobile network subscribers.

(Nigeria) The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM) Alhaji Bashir Ibrahim, said it had resolved to support the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at the February polls.Ibrahim announced this during a news conference he jointly held with Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday.

(Nigeria) John Fashanu, a former member of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, board, on Tuesday in Abuja threw his weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid.

Scores of people have been killed and many others forced to flee to the mountains following a renewed series of Boko Haram raids in Michika area in northeastern Adamawa state, a lawmaker and a relief agency official said Tuesday.

(Nigeria) By Dr. Kayode Fayemi. We commend Professor Chukwuma Soludo for his insightful and incisive article published in the Vanguard Newspaper of January 26 under the above title. 

Pakistani military jets struck suspected militant hideouts Tuesday near the Afghan border, killing 76 militants, the army said.

(Nigeria) The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to call the Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University to order, to arrest the crisis at the institution. The Zonal Coordinator of ASUU Lagos Zone, Dr Adesola Nasir, made the appeal on Tuesday at a news conference at University of Lagos.

Ukraine’s army units are leaving the area adjacent to the Debaltsevo bulge, Eduard Basurin, a spokesperson for the Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR, said on Tuesday.

     Ukraine says that intensified fighting against separatists has left nine servicemen dead and 29 wounded over the past day.

  (Nigeria) By Emeka Umeagbalasi Owing to several scholarly studies in recent times in various parts of the world including Nigeria, triggers/causes of election and post election human and material violence have substantially been linked to the electoral commissions or bodies that organized such polls. 

(Nigeria) No fewer than eight of 25 cases of cholera recorded in Anambra State in January 2015 have died, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Akabuike, has said.

The ex-Super Eagles and Rayo Vallecano keeper passed away in Spain where he had been terminally ill with cancer on Tuesday morning.

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Libya's capital Tuesday, killing at least five foreigners and three guards, authorities said.

A South Sudanese military spokesman says 11 people were killed, including five journalists, when gunmen attacked their convoy in the country's west.

(Nigeria) Mr Emmanuel Abioye, Chairman, Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Lagos State branch, on Tuesday explained why federal judiciary workers backed out of the indefinite strike embarked upon by JUSUN.

(Nigeria) Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Chief  Nyesom Wike, has described claims by the Rivers State Government and All Progressives Congress, APC guber candidate, Mr Dakuku Peterside that he (Wike) cloned the non-existent APC blueprint was an admission of Governor Rotimi Amaechi's failure.

The death toll in the crash of a Greek F-16 fighter jet during a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO training exercise at a military base in south-eastern Spain has risen to 11, Spain's Defence Ministry said Tuesday.

A newspaper editor in Indonesia's Sumatra island was shot dead by an unknown assailant, local media reported Tuesday.

(Nigeria) Dr Dakuku Peterside, All Progressives Congress, APC gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, has said that his administration will achieve security through job creation.

(Nigeria) Nigerian military’s  ground and air operations following the attacks on Maiduguri and Konduga, Borno State, have led to the killing of dozens of insurgents.

The death toll from flooding in parts of Mozambique has risen to 117, with more than 157,000 people affected, official figures showed Monday.

A Greek fighter jet crashed on takeoff at a military airbase in Spain while taking part in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO exercises Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 13, the defence ministry said.

(Nigeria) A storey building housing several shops in Lower Erejuwa Motor Spare-part Market, Warri,  Delta State was on Monday razed by fire.

(Nigeria) No fewer than 2,750 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

(Nigeria) The Benue Police Command said a businessman, Mr Ronald Mnyim, had been abducted by suspected kidnappers in Katsina-Ala on Sunday at 8.30 p.m.

(Nigeria) General Muhamed Buhari’s academic certificate controversy has shifted to the court, as a Lawyer, Mr. Chike Okafor has asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to disqualify Buhari from contesting February 14 presidential election.

(Nigeria) Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Mr Nyesom Wike has formally presented his developmental blueprint, aimed re-positioning Rivers State for the advantage of residents of the state.

(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole has approved the payment of 27.5 percent Teachers’ Special Allowance and implementation of other demands of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state.

A small drone flying at low altitude crashed into the White House complex before dawn Monday, the Secret Service said.