Politics

Mrs. Stella Odo is critically ill. Mrs. Odo, a widow and local government pensioner in Nsukka local government has been ill for over three months now.  She retired from active service in November 2022 as a primary school teacher having reached the position of Head Teacher and retirement age of 60 years. She retired grade level 16. Since her retirement, …

Former President of an Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Aka Ikenga, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, in this interview, says it has become an official policy to marginalise the Igbo in Nigeria. Tínubu simply followed suit. Excerpts: What was the reasoning behind the decision for Ndigbo not to participate in the #EndBadGovernance protest, despite the widespread discontent with the current state of governance in …

NO PRESIDENT MAKES REFORMS THAT WILL LEAD TO HIS DOWNFALL, EXCEPT JONATHAN – SHEHU SANI Former federal lawmaker and activist, Shehu Sani, has said that no politician has ever made electoral reforms that led to their downfall apart from former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sani spoke in Abuja on Thursday as one of the discussants at the first Roundtable of Inter-Party …

HUNGER PROTEST: WE’RE COMING BACK – TIB VOWS The Take It Back Movement (TIB), one of the organizers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest has vowed to return to the streets for another round of protest if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu fails to address their concerns. The group said this on Saturday, as the hunger protest entered its 10th day. In a …

WHY IGBO SHUNNED NATIONWIDE HUNGER PROTEST It is no longer news that Igbo, especially in the five Southeast states, did not participate in the End Bad Governance protest that started in other parts of the country on August 1. However, why the Igbo shunned the protest and the implications for the country are raising issues in the polity. Across other …

WE’RE LEAVING STREETS TODAY BUT WILL RETURN STRONGER UNTIL TINUBU LISTENS – ABUJA PROTESTERS Protesters thronged the Lokogoma expressway in Abuja on Saturday morning to cap the 10-day protests organised by the Take It Back movement. They marched to Galadimawa and ended the parade at Apo, chanting, “We are hungry.” Members of the Take It Back movement, which declared 10 …

HUNGER PROTEST RESUMES OCTOBER 1 – ORGANIZERS Organizers of the nationwide hunger protests have announced that the demonstrations will resume on October 1. Nationwide hunger protests were held from August 1st to 10th over the increased cost of living in the country. Omoyele Sowore, the Action Alliance Congress (AAC) presidential candidate and a key organizer, made the announcement in an …

BREAKING: NIGERIANS BEGIN ONE-MILLION-MAN MARCH IN ABUJA ON DAY 10 OF #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST Nigerians on Saturday hit the roads in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for a one-million man march marking the 10th day of the nationwide protest against hunger, hardship and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu. Protesting Nigerians carried banners and placards in photographs some of which read, …

JUDICIARY DESTROYED 2023 ELECTIONS – SAM AMADI The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the judiciary of destroying the 2023 general election in Nigeria. Amadi, also a former Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, decried the political strategy in Nigeria, which he …

The nationwide protest designed to draw the attention of the government to hunger in the land kicked off on August 1 as planned by the organizers. Except states in the South East where it was business as usual and there was no protest of any sort, protesters took to the streets in other major cities in the country. But while …