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Press Release: President Jonathan Not a Despot, ACN Is The Real Abode Of Budding Despots In Nigeria

State House Press Release – The latest press statement by Lai Mohammed of the Action Congress of Nigeria, in which he claims, wrongly as always, that the Jonathan administration is “descending into despotism,” represents yet another attempt by the ACN … read more »

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Nigeria: PDP, APGA, ACN, LP, others draft Ngige into Anambra guber race

By Ada Bosa For Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige, Senator representing Anambra Central, the sun yesterday literally rose at 5.00pm and stood still in Awka, Anambra State political capital as a rainbow coalition of ex-officios (Past political office holders in the … read more »

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Press Release: Alleged Plans To Disrupt ACN Convention In Lagos With Presidential Visit Totally Baseless

State House Press Release – We find it hard to believe that any patriotic and right-thinking Nigerian would have written the kind of publicly circulated letter reportedly sent to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola by the National … read more »

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Politics: Mindset and Nigerian Reality

Salihu Moh. Lukman smlukman@gmail.com It is very common, in Nigeria, to hear the phrase ‘this is politics’. Often, to a politician it means, this is my prerogative. In other words, ‘it is my jurisdiction and I set the rule’ seems … read more »

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Nigeria: Abati in the Shadow of the Opposition

By George Agba, Leadership (Abuja) Last Sunday, the presidency ran from pillar to post over allegations raised by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), of plans by the President Goodluck Jonathan led government to scuttle the 2015 general elections by … read more »

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Press Release: Nigeria – Presidency accuses ACN of public disinformation campaign

By Reuben Abati STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE – Lai Mohammed’s Public Disinformation Tactics In a previous press statement, we had pointed out that a well organized campaign by the opposition designed to mislead the public, discredit the person and office … read more »

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Nigeria: ACN hypocrisy: Pot calling the PDP Kettle black!

By Ogbuefi Blogs “Our ACN friends posture as the enemies of Obasanjo 3rd term and full of rage when Jonathan was to introduce tenure elongation bill; but today there is a bill before the Lagos Assembly to elongate tenure of … read more »

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Nigeria: ACN is the real threat —PDP

THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted its compatriots and the international community to the danger posed to Nigeria’s democracy by the desperation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain power at all cost, judging by its alleged … read more »

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Nigeria: The APC Party Regsitration Fuck-up

By Ogbuefi Ndigbo Wahaladey.com: Wonders shall never end! Did you know that this new political party by Tinubu, Buhari and Rochas called APC (All Progressive Congress) did not first register name with INEC? Now another group has registered the name … read more »

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APC Concept is good for Nigeria

by Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba The existence of many small parties in Nigeria along with a mega party is one of the major reasons why democracy in the country is not thriving as it ought to. This condition does not allow … read more »

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Nigeria: APC and the Future of Politics

Nigerians are truly ingenious. We like to create jokes out of every situation in spite of our often-depressing circumstance. Already some have created some jokes around the merger recently consummated among opposition political parties – ACN, CPC, ANPP and a … read more »

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Nigeria: APC and 2015 – The Triumph of Reason

By Abubakar Alkali, alkalizai@yahoo.com  The declaration by the Grand coalition of progressive opposition political parties that they have floated a new political party, the All progressive congress (APC) has set the stage for the final battle to rescue Nigeria from … read more »

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I Am Un-Sure About Nigeria

by Prince Charles Dickson ‘Its near impossible to wake a man pretending to be asleep, as it will be foolhardy for a dog not to bark, because the owner may mistake it for a goat and offer it to the … read more »

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Remarks by General Muhammadu Buhari at the Inauguration of the CPC Merger Committee

Remarks by General Muhammadu Buhari at the Inauguration of the CPC Merger Committee at the CPC National Secretariat Utako on Wednesday, January 16,2013 – I would like to welcome all of you to this very important gathering , and would … read more »

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Nigeria: How Party Mergers Will Shape 2015 Elections

By Muideen Olaniyi, Daily Trust The merger talks among key opposition political parties in Nigeria seem to have reached an advanced stage, going by the recent comments emanating from concerned stakeholders involved in the plan to oust the ruling Peoples … read more »

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