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The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that 2,537 candidates from 28 political parties will contest election to fill the 469 seats in the senate and the House of Representatives in the Saturday election.

The Director of defence information ,Maj . Gen. Chris Olukolade,has said the troops of the Nigerian Army have captured Gwoza,the headquarters of the Islamic Caliphate,declared by the Boko Hara insurgents in the North-East. Olukolade said in a statement in Abuja on Friday that the  city fell to a joint operation carried out by the Nigerian Air Force on Friday morning. Several ground forces were deployed from Madagali in Adamawa state and Bama in Borno for the crucial operation to reclaim Gwoza,which the insurgents captured and renamed Darul Hikima last year. Olukolade said the troops had earlier sacked the terrorists from several communities around Gwoza before the final onslaught on the town reputed to be the strongest Boko Haram enclave in the country. google.com, pub-7591058367659259, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0

A federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till april 22 and 23, all the suits challenging the eligibility of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,to contest in the march 28 poll. By implication,the court will not make any judicial pronoucement on Buharis eligibility till after the march 28 and April 11 elections.

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President Goodluck Jonathaan . On F riday , said he had lived up to his campaign pledge to Nigerians that he would make the power sector a priority for his administration. Jonathan spoke during the inauguration of the Olorunsogo II power station in Ogun state. The power plant is a 750MW Nigerian Integrated Power Project.    "I have lived up to my campaign pledge to make the power sector a priority," Jonathan told the gathering that included members of the federal Executive Council, Peoples Democratic Party chiefs from ogun state and leading traditional rulers. Jonathan said although it was capital intensive to make a difference in the power sector, his administration had been tackling it headlong.      He said the short interface between public ownership of power sector to private sector would soon be over. With that session over,the president said Nigerians would begin to take power for granted in the next two years. He said,"the interface between...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday doused fears of another postponement of the general election , saying the polls date would not be changed . He stated this at the Naval Dockyard,Victoria Island,Lagos.during the commissioning of four new vessels to boost the capacity of the Nigerian Navy. The President,who expressed satisfaction at the ongoing war against the BOKO Haram sect, emphatically said the military will rout the terrorists,thereby providing conducive atmosphere for elections to be conducted in the northeast part of the country. Jonathan assured Nigerians that the areas currently dominated by the terrorists will be liberated before the elections, just as he reiterated his administration's commitment to improving the capacity of the Armed Forces. He restated his commitment to the unity of the nation adding that the federal government has placed premium on national security,including food security and employment generation. According to the pres...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a motion to summon the Chairman of  the Independent National  Electoral Commission,Prof. Attahiru Jega,over the postponement of the earlier scheduled February 14 poll. The motion,which was moved by House Deputy Majority Leader,Mr Leo Ogor ,failed in a voice vote at the session presided over by speaker,mr Aminu  Tambuwal. Ogor,who is from  Delta State ,had told the House that INEC Postponed the elections to march 28 owing to security challenges. But,he noted that there was still the need to hear from Jega on whether INEC was really prepared for the elections on the rescheduled date. "Mr speaker,we have to invite the INEC chairman to know how prepared they are for the elections," he stated. When Tambuwal put the motion to vote,it failed in a resounding voice vote. The motion failed about the time Jega appeared before the Senate to answer questions on the readiness of his commission for the elections. while t...