APGA, Senator ask court to stop Buhari from contesting 2015 presidential election

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) andone-time Senator representing Anambra NorthSenatorial Zone, Alphonsus Igbeke, have gone tocourt to stop the Presidential Candidate of theAll Progressives Congress (APC), General•Text courtesy of Channels TV. Photo showsBuhari.Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), from contesting inthe election.In the suit filed at the Federal High in Awka thecapital of Anambra State, the plaintiffs claimGeneral Buhari had beached relevant...

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UTME candidates grumble over sudden cut of exam time, decry CBT system

Photo of a UTME student Many of the candidates writing the ongoing JointAdmissions and Matriculation (JAMB) UnifiedTertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) haveexpressed their grievances over the suddenslash of the time given to them to finish theirpapers.Some of the affected students writing theexamination, which kicked off on March 9 andends on the 21st, voiced out their frustrations toNews Express Correspondent in Ibadan.Mariam...

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Pope Francis drops resignation hints

A Photo of Pope Francis Two years to the day after he was elected tolead the world’s 1.1 billion Catholics, PopeFrancis said today that he expects to have onlya short papacy.An ABC News report quoted him as tellingMexican broadcaster Televisa: “I have the feelingthat my Pontificate will be brief, 4 or 5 years; Ido not know, even 2 or 3.“I feel that the Lord has placed me here for ashort time, and nothing more.”The report...

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EFCC: Nemesis will soon catch up with corrupt APC leaders, says Fani-Kayode

Director of Media and Publicity of the PeoplesDemocratic Party Presidential CampaignOrganisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayodehas assured corrupt leaders of the AllProgressives Congress (APC) that nemesis wouldsoon catch up with them.Fani-Kayode spoke against the backdrop of aforged letter purportedly signed by the Chief ofStaff to the President, Brigadier Jones Arogbofaand believed to have been circulated by theopposition APC.According to him,...

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No Nigerian territory will be under Boko Haram control by March 28 —Intelligence chief assures

The Director General of the National IntelligenceAgency (NIA), Ambassador Ayodele Oke, hasdeclared that “before March 28, no territory ofNigeria will be under control of Boko Haram.”He gave the assurance Wednesday in the UnitedStates of America while attending an event atthe Atlantic Council, Washington.Oke, in an interview with Foreign Policymagazine, deflected criticisms that the on-goingoffensive against Boko Haram launched since thepostponement...

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