Attahiru Jega

How Presidency Pressured Daily Trust to Stop my Saturday Column By Farooq Kperogi

December 19, 2018 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

I had chosen to let this issue slide because it’s frankly of no consequence, in my opinion, but I’ve been deluged with a relentless stream of inquiries from readers asking why my “Notes from Atlanta” column has been discontinued in the #DailyTrust on Saturday. Since it’s practically impossible to respond to all the email and […]

EKITI ELECTION: BUHARI CELEBRATING FAILURE BY Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, an APC presidential aspirant

July 21, 2018 Amurun KelvinLeave a Comment

THE outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele Fayose, is the poster boy of everything wrong with Nigerian politics. To that end, like President Muhammadu Buhari, I should be celebrating the defeat of Fayose’s candidate, Olusola Eleka of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by John Kayode Fayemi of our party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, […]

Election: Jega Panics, Gets Court to Stop ‘Nigerian Pilot’ from Publishing Damning Investigative Report on His Alleged Ill-gotten Wealth, Abuse of Office

May 7, 2015 Leave a Comment

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Muhammad Jega, has obtained an injunction from an Abuja High Court against Nigerian Pilot Newspapers and Nigerian Newsworld Magazine restraining reportage on him and his activities till further notice. Nigerian Pilot had on April 14, 2015 formally written to the INEC chairman seeking audience with him […]

Promoting an ethnic agenda: Jega under pressure to resign

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 Leave a Comment

Some southern Nigeria leaders has asked the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega to resign, accusing him of plotting to thwart the 2015 general elections by creating additional 30,000 polling units. Jega was accused of allocating 70 per cent of the additional polling units to the North. Led by […]