Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has told his numerous supporters to stop campaigning for his re-election now until the time stipulated for such activities by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The president in a statement […]
Bishop Dr Stephen Fagbemi of Owo Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), speaks with Rita Okonoboh on his experience in the past year as bishop, his assessment of Ekiti’s election and what the process foretells […]
With the 2019 elections not so far away, Nigerians have been told to avoid selling their votes as it signals danger for the nation’s democracy. This was the admonition of the state chairman of the […]
Senator Bukola Saraki, left and Senator EkweremaduTHE ongoing political drama in the country, ostensibly geared towards the 2019 general election, reached a near crescendo during the week with the defection of 13 senators and 34 […]
ENUGU- IGBO Leaders of Thought, ILT, an umbrella of Igbo statesmen intelligentsia lead by Professor Ben Nwabueze, has told whoever is planning Presidency for Ndigbo in 2023 that Igbo Presidency is no longer on the […]
It is that time again when we as citizens perform our civic duty and exercise our right to vote for those who will represent us in the executive and legislative arms of government to ensure […]
The front pages of Nigeria newspapers last week were dominated by big-wig political defections. In Nigeria, it is now a measure of major national elections when politicians loudly traffic themselves from one big party to […]
SKC Ogbonnia is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Ololade Bamidele, he speaks on his chances, the raging crisis in the party, the […]
ENUGU- Deputy President of the Senate, Prof Ike Ekweremadu has revealed that the security siege on his house and that of the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki was to prevent them from going […]
Saturday night, Kolapo Olusola Eleka the PDP gubernatorial handpicked candidate by Governor Ayodele Fayose lost the election to APC’s Kayode Fayemi. As expected, APC cheers and PDP sobs. It’s a sad commentary on our democracy […]
The lingering crisis in the APC, the ruling party in Nigeria, that led into the formation of a formidable parliamentary and political group now called Reformed All Progressives Congress and consequent defection into the Peoples […]
willieojo@yahoo.com My 19-year-old son was born in Baltimore, Maryland. When he was 11, I took him visiting Nigeria and just that once. But he is as thorough-bred a Nigerian as any Nigerian can be. On […]
Section 15, Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the 1999 constitution mandates INEC to undertake and supervise all elections. Achieving this fundamental assignment requires huge funding no doubt, hence it would be wrong to conclude […]
Last Saturday , a friend Olukayode, an International Human Rights Law graduate of the University of Notre Dame, engaged me in an interesting conversation, sometimes, going on without waiting for appropriate responses: “It’s dangerous for […]
CONCRETE proof that elections in the country still fall short of global standards has been re-established. With the world watching, the governorship election of July 14 in Ekiti State was marred by a series of […]
Far too many things break the heart about Nigeria but two of them take the cake. One is the inhibited selfishness of the country’s political elite while the other is the naivety or docility of […]
The events in the Nigerian political sphere these days stimulate a feeling of de javu. From the hounding of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to the threat of an upend of the All Progressives Congress […]
Shehu Sani the senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, has declared his commitment to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to the APC Publicity Unit, Sani said this in Abuja on Thursday while […]
A lot of Nigerians have expressed their anger (and rightly so) over the planned disbursement of the $322 million recovered from the loot of the late Gen. Sani Abacha to 302,000 poor households in Nigeria. […]
Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, says he might quit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He gave the hint when he played host to stakeholders in Kwara central senatorial district on Thursday. According to […]
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