Politics

TINUBU GOVT IS DESTABILIZING OUR COUNTRY – NIGER REPUBLIC LEADER CRIES Nigerien military leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani has raised fresh allegations against the Federal Government of Nigeria. But the Nigerian government has countered the claims, saying they were nothing but tissues of lies. The recent development has further strained the delicate relationship between Nigeria and its closest neighbour, Niger, and …

YOU’RE A POLITICAL REFUGEE, IMPOSTER IN NNPP – APC BLASTS KWANKWASO Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former presidential candidate has come under heavy attack by the All Progressives Congres, APC, which described him as a sacked NNPP imposter and a political refugee without value anywhere. Kwankwaso had boasted that he was going to make APC a non-political issue in Kano by …

UK: THE MAKING OF A BLACK PRIME MINISTER FROM NIGERIA The United Kingdom has yet to see a Black individual serve as Prime Minister, a milestone that would signify a profound shift in the nation’s political and social landscape. The election of a Black Prime Minister would be a testament to the UK’s progress toward inclusivity and representation, reflecting the …

OPPOSITION PARTIES SLAM APC GOVT AS HUNGRY NIGERIANS STORM BOURDILLON FOR PALLIATIVES The opposition Labour Party; Peoples Democratic Party and others, on Thursday, lampooned the ruling All Progressives Congress over the country’s worsening poverty. The condemnation by the opposition parties followed a viral video showing long queues of Nigerians seeking foodstuffs at President Bola Tinubu’s Bourdillon residence in Lagos on …

SPLIT IN APC DEEPENS A visit on December 11 by Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, to former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari in his home town of Daura, has been followed, according to sources, by discreet visits by a number of other influential figures from the South West to the former President in a attempt to broker peace amid …

EDO GOVERNMENT CHALLENGES TINUBU, SUPREME COURT ON SACKING OF LG CHAIRMEN The brewing constitutional crisis in Edo State took a dramatic turn on Monday, as Governor Monday Okpebholo and the Edo State House of Assembly doubled down on their suspension of all 18 local government chairmen, defying a High Court order reversing the suspension and prohibiting further interference in local …

GRANT NIGERIA TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, SPECIAL STUDENT RELIEF BEFORE TRUMP’S INAUGURATION – COALITION TO BIDEN A coalition of organizations advocating for immigration relief for Nigeria has called on President Joe Biden to designate Nigeria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Special Student Relief (SSR) before the administration’s term concludes. The organisations met in November with representatives from the Department of …

NORTH IMPOVERISHED BY ITS POLITICAL LEADERS FOR OVER 40 YEARS –DOGARA A former Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has attributed the North’s current state of backwardness to its leaders. He also urged Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu in transforming the nation through the tax reform bills currently awaiting the endorsement of the National Assembly. Dogara …

KEMI BADENOCH AND THE NIGERIAN POLICE The police are a reflection of the Nigerian society, argues Joshua J. Omojuwa A casual observer was going to get away with thinking Kemi Badenoch had become the No. 1 hate figure for Nigerians on social media. Before the play that turned the tide, the leader of the UK’s Conservative Party was never going …

INVESTIGATION SHOWS SEVEN REASONS BVAS MAY NEVER WORK IN NIGERIA The growing concern in some quarters over the inability of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections again gained gravitas last week in the wake of Ghana’s successful presidential elections. Without prejudice to the introduction of technology (card reader and co) by the Professor …