Politics

EXPLOSION ROCKS ACTION PEOPLE’S PARTY HQ IN RIVERS STATE AMID FUBARA’S RUMOURED DEFECTION A dynamite explosion has rocked the secretariat of the Action People’s Party (APP) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The incident occurred on Monday morning around 1 am and has reportedly caused damage to the building and its contents. According to eyewitnesses, unknown assailants hurled dynamite-like substances into …

YOUR ALLEGATION IS BASELESS; WE DIDN’T FIX OUR SALARIES, ALLOWANCES – SENATE TELLS OBASANJO The Nigerian Senate has strongly refuted recent allegations suggesting that it determines its own salaries or receives special financial packages from the Presidency. The claims, which emerged during a visit by members of the House of Representatives to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, have ignited public concern. …

SOUTH EAST APC REPORTS JUDGE TO NJC The All Progressives Congress (APC), South East zone, at the weekend, said that it had reported Justice C. V. C Ezeugwu of Enugu State High Court to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for issuing an exparte order barring its Enugu State Chairman, Ugochukwu Agballah, and 10 others from parading themselves as officers of …

Six months after the Federal Executive Council under President Bola Tinubu resolved to implement the report of the Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies popularly known as the Oronsaye Committee Report, Nigerians are still waiting for the government to deliver what it promised. Abandoned by previous administrations, the 800-page report contains a …

Yemi Farounbi Former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, in this interview with ROTIMI AGBOLUAJE, spoke on how the Supreme Court contradicted itself on local government autonomy, and solutions to the food crisis that led to widespread protest in Nigeria. What do you have to say on the hardship protests?Nigerians have the right to complain because this is …

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 …