Politics
Tenure Elongation For Local Government Chairmen and Councillors In Lagos State Is Illegal and Immoral……Femi Falana
Our attention has been drawn to the Local Government Amendment Bill 2013 which is being debated by the members of the Lagos State House of assembly. In the main, the Bill seeks to elongate the […]
TUKUR MUST GO – PDP GOVS •Insist on Oyinlola •No automatic ticket for Jonathan, govs – PDP…..Tribune
THE unending multi -faceted crises rocking the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new turn as the governors elected on the platform of the party were said to have insisted that the Alhaji […]
Please Kill Bad Stories About Our Party, PDP Begs Bureau Chiefs…..Sahara Reporters
Worried by its crumbling image, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to senior journalists in Abuja to help them kill bad stories that concern the party. This was the mission of […]
Why Jonathan Cant be PDP candidate in 2015…North East Zone
The North East Zone of the PDP has inissted that according to the party’s constitution, President Jonathan cannot run on the platform of the PDP for the presidential elections in 2015.Accoring to a petition prepared […]
Words failed me, Jonathan tells Mama HID •Says I’ve become a member of Awolowo family…….Tribune
“The president noted that though the late Oluwole Awolowo died at the ripe age of 70, the circumstances surrounding his demise had made his exit extremely painful, adding that “ordinarily, for Oluwole who had survived […]
Can APC defeat PDP?…..Tribune
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has christened itself the largest party in Africa and, in a recent declaration, its National Chairman, Bamangar Tukur said the party was the “Lionel Messi” of Nigerian politics. Can the […]
ZONING PALAVA….Onyeka Okofu
I was sitting patiently in my living room at about 9.45pm on the 28th of October 2010, waiting patiently for the various independent television broadcasters to air thier flagship news roundups for the day. The […]
Why PDP governors were absent at function –Akpabio……THE SUN
Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio has debunked the impression that the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had worsened following the absence of most of his colleagues and other stalwarts at the […]
INEC rejects APC………Tribune
A new twist has occurred in the name crisis being faced in the registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the application of the African People’s […]
Delusions of Social Media Campaign by Macdonald Nwajagu
In 2008 Barack Hussein Obama took the world by storm when he in an unprecedented manner, won an election with the use of the conventional and social media. This feat sold a dummy to opposition […]
All my donations fall within the law- Governor Akpabio……PREMIUM TIMES
The Governor alleged that the attacks on him in the media are politically motivated. Governor Godswill Akpabio has defended his controversial donations to individuals and organisations, saying that they fall within the ambit of law […]
Jega opens up on controversy ‘INEC has not registered any APC’….VANGUARD
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, said that no political party with acronym “APC” has been registered. . Speaking on a live audience participation Radio Nigeria Hausa programme […]
PDP Raises Alarm over Campaign to Discredit Akpabio…..THIS DAY
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over alleged plots by opposition governors to use the media to discredit the chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum, Governor Godswill Akpabio, and cause disunity among the […]
All Progressives Congress may change name……PUNCH
There are indications that mega oppposition party, All Progressives Congress, is considering a name change should the African People’s Congress beat it to the APC acronym. Both political associations are laying claim to the acronym […]
Letter toJonathan in 2011………Onyeka Okofu
Hello Jimi…this is a piece i wrote in 2011 while sourjourning in Abuja during the Goodluck Sambo campaign period. i guess for many of us…what we are seeing today in terms of the quality of […]
I won’t seek second term as CBN Governor- Sanusi ….PREMIUM TIMES
Lamido Sanusi said he has no intention to remain Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank beyond 2014. Putting paid to rumours of an extension of tenure, Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has stated that […]
Senate to Jonathan: change your tactics on Boko Haram…..THE NATION
Senators yesterday gave the Executive a wake-up call on the Boko Haram insurgency. The Senate urged the Executive to consider other options and strategies that would be effective in fighting the crisis. Deputy Senate President […]
Lardner: I Beg Your Pardon…..Tunji Lardner (THE GUARDIAN)
THIS time, not even the fig leaf of hiding behind the National Council of State could morally justify and mollify public opinion about the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to especially pardon his self-described ‘boss […]
Akpabio’s largesse upsets PDP meeting •Amaechi, Uduaghan leave midway…THE TRIBUNE
……..“Mr Chairman, there is also an issue I want to raise; I know I am a governor but it also concerns me and others who hold positions in the party. I was with my predecessor […]