Politics

DEMOCRACY DAY TENSION: NIGERIANS MOBILIZE AS TINUBU ADDRESSES MASS A clash between protesters and security operatives looms on Thursday (today) as the Take It Back Movement, the rally organisers, has resolved to carry out a demonstration at the National Assembly, Abuja and 19 other locations across the country during the June 12 celebrations. President Bola Tinubu addresses a joint session …

JUNE 12, THE NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC REALTY: A LEGACY IN QUESTION On June 12, 1993, millions of Nigerians trooped to the polls to vote in what is widely acknowledged as the freest and fairest election in the country’s history. The presumed winner, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, became a symbol of democratic aspiration after the election was controversially annulled by …

STAKEHOLDERS weight MAKINDE’S SIX-YEAR SINGLE TERM CALL FOR PRESIDENT, GOVERNORS Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State recently raised a fresh round of controversy when he advocated for a single term of five or six years for president, state governors, and local government chairmen. Makinde, while advocating for a single tenure of five years, said elected officials are only serious with …

PDP NATIONAL SECRETARYSHIP ROW NOW RESOLVED The matter of the National Secretary of PDP has been resolved judicially by the Supreme Court judgment of March 21, 2025, and politically through the stance of a Governors Forum Committee, National Reconciliation Committee, and National Caucus. INEC, the electoral commission, and all key actors on both sides have agreed that Senator Samuel Anyanwu …

2027: PDP LEADERS DIVIDED OVER WIKE’S PROPOSITIONS FOR SOUTHERN PRESIDENCY Following the position taken by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, and some concerned stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the party’s 2027 presidential ticket should be zoned to the south, party leaders yesterday expressed divergent views over the position. The National Organising …

ELON MUSK APOLOGISES TO DONALD TRUMP Elon Musk apologized for recent posts about President Donald Trump, admitting they “went too far,” in a tweet at 07:04 UTC today. The retraction follows a bitter public spat ignited by Musk’s unverified claim on June 7 that Trump was linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s files, triggering a $150 billion drop in Tesla’s market value …

DEFECTIONS PUSH APC MEMBERS TO 68 IN SENATE, 207 IN REPS The gale of defections from opposition parties in the National Assembly has increased the membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to 68 in the Senate and about 207 in the House of Representatives, barely two years into the life of the 10th National Assembly. With Senator Neda …

STOP PRETENDING, DECLARE FOR GOVERNOR IF YOU WANT TO CONTEST – ORJI UZOR KALU TELLS BENJAMIN KALU Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North Senatorial District, has insisted that the Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu, cannot be a “holder and beholder”. Sen. Kalu, who stated this in his country home while fielding questions …

TINUBU DID NOTHING FOR SOUTH-EAST, CAN’T SECURE 25% VOTE – IGBO GROUP The Igbo Elders Consultative Forum has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has failed to deliver tangible development to the Southeast. The elders warned that, given the current state of affairs, the All Progressives Congress (APC) may struggle to secure even 25 per cent of the votes …

PDP IS CARCASS, I WON’T DEFECT TO ANY OTHER PARTY – FAYOSE AFTER VISITING TINUBU Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has downplayed the possibility of defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fayose said the PDP has become a carcass due to the party’s reoccurring leadership crisis. PDP crisis has lasted since the …