Politics

POLITICAL TRANSGENDER: AKWA IBOM GOVERNOR REPLIES KENNETH OKONKWO Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has responded to actor and politician Kenneth Okonkwo, who recently referred to him in an Arise TV interview as a “political transgender” — someone who acts like a man but has the genitals of a woman. Okonkwo stated this while expressing his disappointment at the …

NO IDEA HOW I SURVIVED AIR INDIA CRASH – SOLE SURVIVOR OF AIRCRAFT CARRYING 242 PASSENGERS Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the London-bound Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, says he “has no idea how he survived”. The Boeing 787-8 flight crashed upon departure from Ahmedabad Airport en route to London’s Gatwick airport on Wednesday evening. …

IT’S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU IN DISARRAY – PRESIDENT TINUBU MOCKS PDP, LP President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says it is a pleasure to see members of the opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) in disarray. The president made the remarks on Thursday, June 12, during a joint sitting of the National Assembly to mark …

IN TWO YEARS, TINUBU BORROWED MORE MONEY THAN THREE PRESIDENTS COMBINED – PETER OBI Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been driving democracy backward as the system has been in recession since he took over two years ago. He said this on Thursday in a statement titled …

PRESIDENCY APOLOGIZES FOR LISTING FASORANTI, MADUNAGU AMONG POSTHUMOUS HONOURS AWARDEES The Presidency has issued a formal apology after wrongly listing two living Nigerian icons, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and Dr. Edwin Madunagu, under the Posthumous Honours category during President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech at the National Assembly. The mix-up, which drew swift public attention and confusion, occurred during the President’s …

NIGERIA WON’T BECOME ONE-PARTY STATE -:TINUBU President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ruled out the possibility of Nigeria becoming a one-party state under his watch. Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly on the occasion of democracy day celebration on Thursday in Abuja, Tinubu, however, said he would not advise opposition parties to put their house in order. He said, …

DEMOCRACY DAY TENSION: NIGERIANS MOBILIZE AS TINUBU ADDRESSES MASS A clash between protesters and security operatives looms on Thursday (today) as the Take It Back Movement, the rally organisers, has resolved to carry out a demonstration at the National Assembly, Abuja and 19 other locations across the country during the June 12 celebrations. President Bola Tinubu addresses a joint session …

JUNE 12, THE NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC REALTY: A LEGACY IN QUESTION On June 12, 1993, millions of Nigerians trooped to the polls to vote in what is widely acknowledged as the freest and fairest election in the country’s history. The presumed winner, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, became a symbol of democratic aspiration after the election was controversially annulled by …

STAKEHOLDERS weight MAKINDE’S SIX-YEAR SINGLE TERM CALL FOR PRESIDENT, GOVERNORS Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State recently raised a fresh round of controversy when he advocated for a single term of five or six years for president, state governors, and local government chairmen. Makinde, while advocating for a single tenure of five years, said elected officials are only serious with …

PDP NATIONAL SECRETARYSHIP ROW NOW RESOLVED The matter of the National Secretary of PDP has been resolved judicially by the Supreme Court judgment of March 21, 2025, and politically through the stance of a Governors Forum Committee, National Reconciliation Committee, and National Caucus. INEC, the electoral commission, and all key actors on both sides have agreed that Senator Samuel Anyanwu …