Politics

SOUTH DEVELOPING N15.6TRN HIGHWAY, OUR WOMEN LINING UP TO RECEIVE CUPS OF RICE – PROF USMAN YUSUF Professor Usman Yusuf, former Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, has spoken about the need for security to achieve development, especially in northern Nigeria. He emphasized that without security, progress would be difficult to achieve In a video recently shared on YouTube by …

CALABAR-LAGOS HIGHWAY PROJECT, A DISTRACTION – IHECHUKWU MADUBUIKE Scholar, author of “Nigeria and the Lugardian Hubris”, and two-time Minister, Prof Ihechukwu Madubuike, in this interview with Sunday Sun, assessed the one year of the Tinubu Presidency, rating his performance low. He also looked at the continued incarceration of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the …

TINUBU’S ONE YEAR OF MULTIPLE TAXATION, RISING HARDSHIPS, BY OMONIYI SALAUDEEN In a couple of days, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be one year in office. As a matter of convention, he will be expected to present the scorecard of his achievements for the assessment of the general public. And rightly so because, in the last 12 months, tax-payers have …

2027: ATIKU, OBI’S ALLIANCE MOVES UNSETTLE APC STALWARTS The renewed moves for an alliance or merger between the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, have raised concerns among some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 electioneering circle. Recall that Atiku and Obi …

I’LL SUPPORT PETER OBI IN 2027 IF PARTY DECIDES – ATIKU Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar met with Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections in Abuja, earlier in the week. The meeting sparked speculations about a merger of some opposition political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. In an interview with …

2027: THERE’S BREWING NORTHERN CONSPIRACY AGAINST TINUBU – KANO-BASED POLITICAL ANALYST Dattijo Sani Rano, a political analyst based in Kano state, has revealed that there is a grand conspiracy from Northern Nigeria against the re-emergence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term. According to him, the recent open declaration by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) that the North …

GANDUJE, APC NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, TO BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT OVER BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS, JUNE 5 Kano State High Court No. 7 has re-scheduled the arraignment of the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje to June 5. Ganduje is standing trial alongside his wife Hafsat Umar, his son, Abdullahi Umar and five others The defendants in the case included …

WHY WE QUIT FUBARA’S CABINET – FIVE PRO-WIKE COMMISSIONERS The five that resigned from the cabinet of Governor Sim Fubara were former Commissioners for Housing, Gift Worlu; Education, Chinedu Mmon; Environment, Ben-Golden Chioma; Transport, Jacobson Nbina, and Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Inime Aguma. Their reasons for quitting the cabinet are contained in separate resignation letters dated 15 May and addressed …

END NIGERIANS SUFFERING NOW – 36 STATE SPEAKERS TELL TINUBU Conference of Speakers from 36 State Houses of Assembly has called on President Bola Tinubu to enact sustainable policies that will end suffering of Nigerians. This is also as they have admitted that the economic challenges faced are due to the removal of petroleum product subsidy by the federal government …

RIVERS: FUBARA’S SUPPORTERS JUBILATE OVER RESIGNATION OF PRO-WIKE COMMISSIONERS Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s camp has been engulfed with excitement following the resignation of commissioners loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. Recall that about five commissioners on Wednesday resigned from the Rivers State Executive Council, citing the lingering political crisis in the state as their reasons. …