Politics

X-RAYING PETER MBAH’S TOWN HALL MEETING, BY DONS EZE Town hall meeting is a feedback mechanism through which political leaders engage themselves with their constituents on critical issues of governance. It is a political accountably forum by which political leaders periodically render account of their stewardship to their constituents,, while the people will in turn seek clarifications on various issues …

NIGERIA CLEARS N85BN $54M ECOWAS LEVY AFTER 19 YEARS Nigeria has made its first full payment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) levy in 19 years, contributing N85.54 billion and $54 million for 2023 and part of 2024. Omar Touray, president of the ECOWAS Commission, made the announcement during the 66th ordinary summit of ECOWAS in Abuja …

2027 PRESIDENCY: WE’RE NOT WOOING JONATHAN, SAYS PDP The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has denied reports that it invited former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the 2027 presidential race on its platform. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ibrahim Abdullahi, denied the reports in an interview with BBC Hausa, saying the party did not issue its presidential ticket to …

NORTHERN POLITICIAN LISTS TINUBU’S ‘SINS’ AGAINST THE NORTH AHEAD OF 2027 RACE A prominent northern politician has spoken out against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, citing concerns over lopsided appointments and declining public trust. The politician alleged that Tinubu’s appointments disproportionately favour certain regions, leaving many Nigerians feeling excluded. Tinubu, a former two-time governor of Lagos State, is expected to seek …

HOW NIGERIA POLICE OFFICERS STOLE MY BROTHER’S SHOE – KEMI BADENOCH Leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has continued attacking Nigeria, claiming some policemen in the black most populous nation on earth stole her brother’s shoe. Born Kemi Adegoke, the politician, who changed her last name after marrying a Scottish banker, has been saying uncomplimentary things about Nigeria …

HOW KEMI BADENOCH USED NIGERIAN ROOTS TO BECOME BRITISH MP British Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, who has been in the eye of the storm over controversial statements about Nigeria, once sought the help of people from the West African country to secure her parliamentary seat, Saturday PUNCH reports.Badenoch (nee Adegoke) had in 2010 sought the support of the Nigerian …

I’VE NOTHING IN COMMON WITH THE NORTH, I’M YORUBA – KEMI BADENOCH, UK CONSERVATIVE LEADER Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, says she identifies more with the Yoruba ethnic group than Nigeria. Badenoch spoke in an interview with the Spectator published on Thursday. The politician’s remarks come amid a simmering identity row, following her previous criticisms of Nigeria’s …

OPPOSITION IN DISARRAY Last week, five members of the House of Representatives,consisting of four Labour Party (LP) and one Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members renounced their membership of the party that gave them the platform to contest to win their seats and defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in one fell swoop. Then this week, two other members …

HOW TINUBU MUSCLED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, BY SENATE PRESIDENT, AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio says President Bola Almed Tinubu muscled the two chambers of National Assembly with the conferment of GCON on them. Akpabio, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the Public Lecture and Book Launch organised to mark the birthday of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory …

: I IDENTIFY MORE AS A YORUBA THAN A NIGERIAN – KEMI BADENOCH, UK PARTY LEADER I Have Nothing In Common With ‘Boko Haram’ Northern Nigeria – UK Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch Replies Vice-President [i] Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, has stated that she identifies more with her Yoruba heritage than with Nigeria as a …