Politics

HOW WE SPENT 36 YEARS IN NIGERIA WITH 10-DAY VISA – AMERICAN TOURISTS Liza Gatsby, and Peter Jenkins, two American tourists, have told the story of what led them to spend over 36 years in Nigeria instead of the 10-day transit visas that were approved for them in 1988.The two tourists made the revelation in an interview with a content …

THE WAHALA THAT WILL KILL.TINUBU’S GOVT, BY ADELAKUN ADUNNI-ABIMBOLAThirty years ago, Nigeria was in severe crisis. In the wake of the previous year’s elections that was annulled and the attendant protests, 1994 was an unpleasant time. General Sani Abacha had rigged his way into power through a coup and was setting the country on edge. Media houses had been shut, …

PETER OBI, GOV OTTI LACK AUTHORITY TO CONVENE ANY LABOUR PARTY MEETING – LP CHIEFTAIN A chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Callistus Uju Okafor, has declared that the stakeholders meeting of the party convened by Governor Alex Otti of Abia State is unconstitutional and an effort in futility. Okafor, in a statement on Wednesday, said the meeting that produced …

TENSIONS RISE AS PDP POSTPONES NWC MEETING OVER WIKE’S FEUD WITH PARTY’S GOVERNORS The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, has postponed the party’s highly anticipated National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, initially scheduled for this week, until next week due to growing tensions between former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP Governors Forum. …

APC CHAIRMANSHIP: ENEMIES RECRUITED, BRIBED TO BETRAY NORTH CENTRAL – FORUM Ahead of the upcoming meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) slated for September 12th, the APC North Central Forum has revealed that some individuals and groups have been allegedly bribed and recruited by some enemy forces to betray the region by endorsing …

DELE MOMODU, RENO OMOKRI RENEW WAR OF WORDS The subtle war of words and exchange of barbed insults between former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri and veteran journalist and publisher of Ovation International Magazine, Dele Momodu, may not end anytime soon following a resumption of hostilities. The resumption of the war was kick-started by Omokri in a post …

BRISTOL’S ARREST LINKED TO SGF AKUME’S LEAKED MEMO OVER N1B PRICE TAG FOR MINIMUM WAGE COMMITTEE The recent arrest of Isaac Bristol, identified by authorities as the operator of the social media handles @PIDOMNigeria and username 99%oppressed, was precipitated in part by a petition submitted by Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, to the Inspector General …

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: WHY I WON’T SUPPORT KAMALA HARRIS The state visit is why I will never support Kamala Harris. Goodluck Jonathan secured a $1.1 Billion low-interest loan to develop infrastructure (from President Xi Jinping of China). This was the fire that started it all. Barrack Obama felt really rattled after this trip. Chibok Girls Kidnapping, & a global BBOG …

VENEZUELA PRESIDENT MOVES CHRISTMAS FROM DECEMBER TO OCTOBER According to report, authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro decreed that Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s crackdown on political unrest. “September smells like Christmas!” Maduro said in his weekly television show on Monday, to the apparent …

LABOUR PARTY GETS INTERIM NATIONAL CHAIRMAN… ABURE GROUP KICKS The Labour Party (LP) has appointed Senator Esther Nenadi Usman as the Chairman of its Caretaker Committee. Usman’s appointment was announced during a stakeholders meeting held in Umuahia, Abia State capital, on Wednesday. The new leadership is saddled with rescuing the party from its current leadership crisis. Senator Usman, a former …