Politics

OKONJO-IWEALA KNOCKS, ACCUSES NIGERIAN POLITICIANS OF WEAPONSING INSECURITY The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged political actors to stop weaponising insecurity in Nigeria.She argued that it is impossible to have socioeconomic development without security. Okonjo-Iweala spoke before a room filled with lawyers at the Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos during the opening ceremony …

THE YORUBAS WANT YORUBA NATION; THE EAST, WANT BIAFRA; BUT THE NORTH, IS FACING BOKO HARAM, ISWAP – SHINKAFI Former Chairman of the Committee on Prosecution of Bandits and Related Offences, Sani Shikafi, recently spoke about the escalating insecurities in Nigeria Speaking with Channels Television., Shinkafi condemned the brutal killing of a Sokoto monarch by bandits who demanded a ransom …

THE INEVITABLE RETURN OF AMBASSADOR EKE AYODELE AS DG NIA & SUDDEN “RESIGNATION” OF AHMED RUFAI Ahmed Rufai from Katsina state resigned as DG NIA yesterday, a post he has been holding since April 2017. He was the most influential of all Buhari’s appointees and the luckiest of all appointees. His reported resignation today was short of FULL DISCLOSURE and …

RIBADU UNDER FIRE AS BANDITS OVERWHELM SECURITY AGENCIESStakeholders have taken a look at the rising wave of terror and banditry, especially kidnapping, in the last few months and blamed the Bola Ahmed Tinubu adminis­tration for its apparent lack of an effective security framework and coordination under Nuhu Riba­du as National Security Adviser.Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes …

ENDBADGOVERNANCE PLANS PROTEST AGAINST TINUBU AT 79TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY A diaspora group under the platform of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria has said it will emback on protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 79th United Nations General Assembly starting from 10-30 September 2024 New York, in United States of America. The group said it can no longer stand and watch the …

SQUANDERING OF RICHES: 13 PRIVATE JETS, 10 GOVERNORS IN JALINGO FOR WEDDING OF GOVERNOR’S DAUGHTER Vice President Kashim Shettima and 10 governors, along with a minimum of 13 private jets, convened in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, to celebrate the wedding of Keziah Agbu Kefas, the daughter of the Governor of Taraba, and Bitrus Josiah Agbu. The roll call …

COURT ORDERS REMAND OF 124 #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS FOR 60 DAYS A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the police permission to remand 124 protesters arrested during the recent #EndBadGovernance protests for 60 days pending the conclusion of investigations. Justice Emeka Nwite made the ruling on separate ex-parte motions filed by the police, citing the need for further investigation and …

THE MANY CRIMES OF RENO OMOKRI, REMI OYEYEMI_“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.”Hillary Clinton, former First Lady, and former Secretary of State of the United States.Reno has been committing serious “crimes” in recent times. He has danced audaciously while …

TINUBU WOOS THE NORTHPresident Bola Tinubu may have started moves to win back the support of northern leaders and those aggrieved with his administration. Close aides to the President spoke of several initiatives being implemented and new ones created.While insisting that the President was not afraid of any political or pressure group, the sources said the plan was to counteract …

GANDUJE, KWANKWASO AVOID EACH OTHER AT ATIKU DAUGHTER’S WEDDING The longstanding rivalry between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, and the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Musa Kwankwaso, took center stage at the wedding of Laila Atiku Abubakar, daughter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Friday. The high-profile …