Registered APC to mobilize more membership nationwide

INEC Certificate of registeration

The newly-registered All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will unveil a plan to mobilize more membership across the country. 

The party, which is still in celebration mood over its registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission,  said it would  give all Nigerians, especially those who have become disenchanted with the way things are going in the country, the much-awaited opportunity to be part of the country's democratic process in the true sense of the word.

In a statement issued by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Wednesday, APC said that with the birth of party, Nigerians now have an alternative to a ruling party which has taken the people for a bad ride in the past 14 years.

ASUU: Strike continues; candidates on Post-UTME warned

 

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dismissed reports that the ongoing teachers’ strike in the nation’s ivory towers would be suspended on Thursday.

It alleged that the reports were planted by government agents. The union insisted that it would continue with the strike unless the Federal Government implements the 2009 agreement.

Three female teachers abducted in Edo

 

Three female primary school teachers have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Edo State.

The teachers whose names were given as Mrs. Patience Osadolor, Momodu Aisha and Mrs. Patience Oroghene were abducted  in the Orogbua Primary School premises located at Upper Ekewan.

Lloyd, Rivers House leader arraigned in court

The Leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Chidi Lloyd, who has been in Police custody since last week when he submitted himself to the Police Headquarters in Abuja was on Wednesday brought to a Port Harcourt High Court following the order of the court this last Tuesday.

Lloyd was brought into the crowded court at exactly 10.50am under tight security by armed policemen and other security agencies.

Due to submissions made by different counsels in his matter, his plea could not be taken when the case was mentioned.

PDP hails APC's registration

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the successful registration of the new party.

In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Tony Okeke, the party described the birth of the APC as healthy development for the nation’s democracy.

INEC registers APC as political party

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally given the nod for the merger of the leading opposition parties in the country - Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

The parties formed the All Progressives Congress in the efforts to provide a formidable challenge for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 elections.

Zimbabwe holds presidential election

Zimbabweans are voting in fiercely contested presidential and parliamentary elections which have already been hit by fraud allegations, BBC reports.

President Robert Mugabe, 89, has said he will step down after 33 years in power if he and his Zanu-PF party lose.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused Zanu-PF of doctoring the electoral roll, a charge it has denied.

Campaigning was mostly peaceful, with few reports of intimidation.

Zanu-PF and the MDC have shared an uneasy coalition government since 2009 under a deal brokered to end the deadly violence that erupted after a disputed presidential poll the previous year.

Mr. Tsvangirai won the most votes in the first round, but pulled out of the run-off with Mr. Mugabe because of attacks on his supporters.

The government has barred Western observers from monitoring Wednesday’s elections, but the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), as well as local organisations, have been accredited.

Polls opened at 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT) and are due to close at 17:00 GMT.

The turnout is expected to be high among the 6.4 million people registered to vote, with tens of thousands of people attending rallies in recent weeks. Results are expected within five days.

Mali: Nigerian troops begin pullout

Nigeria will begin withdrawing some of its 1,200 troops in Mali on Wednesday and redeploy them in security operations at home, the military has said.