Politics

TEXT OF A LECTURE TITLED IDENTIFYING THE POLITICAL INTEREST OF THE IGBOS OF THE SOUTH-EAST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE IN NIGERIA AND STRATEGIES FOR ITS ACTUALISATION, DELIVERED BY SENATOR ANYIM PIUS ANYIM AT THE 6TH WORLD IGBO SUMMIT HELD ON THE 18TH DECEMBER 2020 AT GREGORY UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE.   INTRODUCTION …

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari over his prompt intervention in rescuing the over 300 kidnapped students of Kankara Government Science Secondary School in Katsina State. He also commended Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari and the armed forces for working tirelessly to …

William Attah, Gombe Gombe State Deputy Governor, Dr. Daniel Manasseh Jatau says, the State Government conducted the Saturday December 19, 2020 Local Council polls in obedience to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that no council under any caretaker committee should be given it’s grants. The Deputy Governor stated this shortly after …

#FixPolitics, a citizens’ movement recently launched to fix politics in Nigeria and ultimately Africa, has appointed Anthony Ubani as its Executive Director. Ubani will lead the implementation of the Triangular Pillars of Democracy, which uniquely identify the tripod focus of the #FixPolitics initiative on emerging an empowered and engaged electorate, …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained that good political process, rather than protests, is more effective in combating the leadership failure currently bedeviling the country, while calling on the youth to get more involved in political and …

New York, Dec. 15, 2020 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said it was time for outgoing President Donald Trump to stop grandstanding and concede the Nov. 3 election. Addressing the nation shortly after the Electoral College confirmed his victory in the Nov. 3 general polls, Biden said the “will …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says his criticism of the National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not be misunderstood to mean there is irredeemable crisis in the party. The governor has also maintained that since he lacks the capacity to decamp to another political party, …

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has eulogised the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, describing him as one of the best and brightest political leaders the South East has ever produced. On his part, the Archbishop of Owerri …

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described two former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members, John Bazia and Michael West, who recently decamped to All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, as political neophytes with slippery character. He said the two men who served as Commissioners in his cabinet during …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned the high rate of corruption in the country, describing it as the bane of Nigeria’s development. In a message to mark International Anti-Corruption Day, celebrated on December 9, 2020, Obi lamented that …

In reporting the legal action taken by a member of the dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), some attributions have been made to the effect that plaintiff is an “ally of Oshiomhole” or an “associate of Oshiomhole.” The court documents are clear on who is …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Dec. 7, 2020 The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to nullify the participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Dec. 5 Imo North Senatorial by-election due to conflicting court orders. The PDP candidate in the election, Mr …

By Harrison Arubu New York, Dec. 6, 2020 A coalition of 22 Nigerian-American organisations has congratulated one of their own, Mr Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo, on his nomination as the next U.S. Deputy Secretary of Treasury. Nigerian-born Adeyemo, 39, was tapped for the role by President-elect Joe Biden on December 1 …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently instruct the Director-General and Board of the National Pension Commission [NPC] to use their statutory powers to stop the 36 state governors from …

  Accra, Dec. 5, 2020 As Ghana’s Dec. 7 general elections approach, the majority of people have expressed confidence that voting will be held peacefully. On Monday, more than 17 million eligible Ghanaians are expected to cast their ballots at 38,622 polling stations across the country to elect a president …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Dec. 2, 2020 Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has advised politicians, irrespective of political parties, to put their 2023 political ambitions on hold and focus on solutions to security challenges facing Nigeria. Saraki gave the advice in Abuja on Wednesday, at the inauguration of …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has finally spoken on the recent defection of the Governor of Ebonyi State from PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that such political dramas should not form the focus of Nigerians, …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Dec. 1, 2020 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will use its state headquarters in Owerri, the Imo State capital, for the collation and declaration of results for the Dec. 5 by-election in Imo North Senatorial District (Okigwe Zone). Festus Okoye, its National Commissioner, …

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second and final term of five years. Yakubu who was confirmed after the consideration of a report by the Committee on INEC during plenary, received the support of …

Washington, Dec. 1, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden has picked Obama Foundation president and economist, Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, a Nigerian, to be deputy secretary of the Treasury. If confirmed, Adeyemo would be the first Black deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury. Biden picked Adeyemo when he unveiled his economic team, nominating …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Nov. 30, 2020 The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has condemned the killing of over 40 rice farmers in Garin Kwashebe, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The forum, in a statement by its Chairman and the Governor of …

By Chukwuemeka Opara Abakaliki, Nov. 28, 2020 Senator Sam Egwu (PDP-Ebonyi North) has asked security agencies to arrest him if it is proved that he, alongside other leaders, are planning to instigate violence in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. David Umahi in a broadcast …

William Attah, Gombe Member Representing Billiri/Balanga Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Victor Mela Danzaria says he is not in jail or any correctional centre. Mr. Victor Mela was reacting to reports that circulated that he has been sentenced to a correctional centre in Abuja by a Chief …

Washington, Nov. 28, 2020   A federal appeals court in Pennsylvania has rejected an appeal by U.S. President Donald Trump in a lawsuit alleging massive voter fraud, saying that his campaign’s fraud claims “have no merit.” “Calling an election unfair does not make it so. “Charges require specific allegations and then …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Nov. 27, 2020 Retired Air Vice Marshall Ahmed Muazu, acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission is ready to conduct the Imo North senatorial by-election slated for December 5. The seat became vacant following the death of Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu in …