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Soyinka on Thursday declared that no one should vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, as his leadership has been a complete failure, according to Sahara Reporters. He reportedly made this declaration at the 2015 edition of Vision of the Child (VOTC) event in Lagos, a yearly programme inaugurated in 2012. Soyinka said to the students present: “I will not vote and I will not encourage anyone to vote for the continuation of this government, simply because your colleagues numbering over two hundred were kidnapped. And the government of this nation failed to show leadership. So anyone who says after that event that I will vote or cast my vote or encourage anyone to vote for this regime must be living in Sambisa forest… There has been a failure of leadership. Our children whom you represent today have been betrayed… After that dereliction of duty, after that failure of leadership, after that betrayal for our future, for anyone to think or to put words ...

There were protests in Abuja on Thursday over the allegations that there was plan to shift the 2015 general elections while manipulating INEC. The protest according to report was organised by National Consensus Movement, a civic group. They commenced the protest from  the Unity Fountain, Maitama, with protesters marching in the directions of Eagle Square, a premium event centre in the nation’s capital. But as they filed past the Federal Secretariat, the protesters were blocked by officers of the Nigeria police. Not deterred, the protesters went on chanting, ” Election must hold, Election must hold.” The placard-carrying protesters said it was hard for anyone to believe that after heating up the polity, the government could resort to an attempt to postpone the already planned election. Some of the various placards read: “Nigerians say no to postponement, we want election”, “Democracy must survive.”, “Our vote of confidence t...

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party said it did not offer a bribe of N6bn to some Christian leaders for the purpose of helping President Goodluck Jonathan to win the February 14 presidential election. The PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, spoke at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday,slamming Amaechi, who is also the Governor of Rivers State for his allegation Metuh said, “Pastors are revered people and to bring their character into .disrepute is a sin before God. We do not think anybody, let alone somebody who is a Christian, can make such a statement. “We challenge the Director General of the APC to name such pastors and where the money is coming from. “This attack is capable of bringing Christians and Muslims into a major disagreement and major dispute. If truly the person who issued this statement is a Catholic as he said, we are asking him to go for confession.” Amaechi said “Some pastors coll...

National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the Nov/Dec 2014 SSCE results with remarkable departure from the past results recorded in the past years. Registrar/ Chief Executive of the Council, Professor Promise Okpala who announced the result in Minna yesterday said 52.94% of the candidates had Credit in English and 55.37% in Mathematics which is a tremendous improvement from the past years. The Registrar said, out of 63,445 that registered for the examinations, 61,386 eventually sat for the examinations with 30.57% recording Credits and above. A breakdown of results recorded in the core subjects shows that out of 53, 848 who sat for Biology 26,947 obtained pass with Credit which represents 50.04%. Also, out of 28,250 Candidates who sat for Chemistry,14,858 passed with Credit representing 51.62%, while 28,222 sat for Physics with 57 pass at Credit level which represents 0.20%. Similarly, 1,753 sat for Further Mathematics while 395 passed at Credit level representing22.53...