Politics

EX-PRESIDENT JONATHAN FLUSHED OUT BOKO HARAM – SENATOR NDUME Senator Representing Southern Borno, Ali Ndume, says former President Goodluck Jonathan was able to flush the Boko Haram insurgents out in the last minutes of his administration through the services of Private Military Consultant (PMC).Ndume reminisced the success story while interacting with journalists on the sidelines of the just concluded 10th …

WHY I AM SEEN AS ANTI-IGBO – JOE IGBOKWEA chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, speaks to BIODUN BUSARI on the alleged marginalisation of the South-East region, the Peoples Democratic Party’s recent defeat in the Edo governorship election, among other issuesNigerians are groaning under the administration of President Bola Tinubu, facing a high cost of …

DON’T SET FIRE ON OYO STATE, MAKINDE BEGS WIKE AS FCT MINISTER BATTLES PDP GOVERNORS Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has made a public appeal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, urging him not to cause political instability in Oyo State. The plea comes after Wike threatened to create political crisis in states governed …

EDO GOVT RAISES ALARM OVER PLANNED INVASION OF GOVT HOUSE BY DEPUTY GOV, PHILIP SHAIBU The Edo State Government has raised a grave alarm regarding the reinstated deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, who is reportedly planning to invade the Edo State Government House on Monday, September 30, to enforce his purported reinstatement.This announcement comes despite a stay of execution appeal …

SENATORS CLASH OVER REGIONAL GOVT PROPOSALNigerian Senators from both Southern and Northern regions have expressed differing views over the agitation for the return to a regional system of government.They shared their opinions at the sidelines of a two-day retreat on the amendments to the 1999 Constitution, organized by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in collaboration with the Policy and …

WE’LL TEACH YOU A LESSON – WIKE MOCKS FUBARA CAMP FOR SEEKING REFUGE IN APP Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has mocked supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Peoples Party (APP) ahead of the October 5 local government election. After Wike’s loyalists took control of the PDP …

NIGERIA MUST REMAIN GIANT OF AFRICA – TINUBU TASKS ARMED FORCES President Bola Tinubu has urged the Nigerian armed forces to showcase their military prowess and sophistication in combating the nation’s adversaries. This call to action was made during the combined passing-out parade of the 71 Regular Course, Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as the Direct Short Service …

OVER 60% OF NIGERIANS LIVE IN POVERTY – PETER OBI Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general election, Peter Obi, has said the security challenges bedeviling Africa are directly linked to poverty, with over 50% of the population multi-dimensionally poor. Speaking at the weekend in Athens, Greece’s capital, at an international dialogue of global leaders that …

IS NIGERIA A NORMAL COUNTRY, A ZOO, OR A JUNGLE?, BY SESUGH AKUME When last year, the Benue governor, Fr Hyacinth Alia, violated the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, by sacking democratically-elected local government officials and dissolving their executive and legislative councils, in a bid to appoint illegal, unlawful, unconditional caretaker stooges, I went to court with …

I’M FAR BIGGER THAN ALL OF YOU PUT TOGETHER – WIKE TELLS PDP GOVS BACKING FUBARA The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors who are supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Wike said the governors must be sick if they do not recognize that he (Wike) is …