Politics

By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, May 8,2021 Amb. Zubair Dada, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has assured that Nigerians in the Diaspora would soon be able to vote from their countries of residence. He gave the assurance at a webinar organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday. The …

By Precious Akutamadu Port Harcourt, May, 7, 2021 Mr Isaac Ogbobula, the Rivers Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) says he’s confident that the party will take over the state in the 2023 governorship election. Ogbobula made this known during a media chat with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, April 5, 2021 A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has a clear understanding of Nigeria’s challenges. Daniel, who recently defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke with State House correspondents after a …

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba,  has ordered the posting of CP Abutu Yaro, to Imo State as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the State. The posting of the new CP is in furtherance of efforts by the Police leadership towards strengthening …

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, felicitates with Nigerian journalists as they celebrate this year’s World Press Freedom Day, saying that he “is proud that Nigeria has a vibrant media that have always resolutely defended freedom of speech. Lawan notes that May 3 is set aside every year to remind governments around …

Borno State House of Assembly has, on Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s request, approved Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, to serve as acting governor, from April 29 to May 19, 2021. The approval was conveyed by the Assembly’s Speaker, Abdulkarim Lawan, in a letter dated April 26, 2021. Zulum had on …

Lilly Anyanwu, the Nigerian American educator running for a seat in the ongoing Addison, Texas, United States City Council election is leaving no stone unturned as she has been busy campaigning from door to door to ensure her success in the election. She is promising the residents of Addison Texas …

By Naomi Sharang Abuja, April 28, 2021 Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has expressed confidence in the National Assembly’s ability to pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill before the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this at a public hearing on the ‘National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, April 27, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed confidence that Nigeria will overcome her current security challenges. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the vice president made this known when he received a traditional ruler from Nasarawa State, …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, April 25, 2021 The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has condemned Saturday’s fire that gutted the house of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma. The NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in a statement he issued in Abuja on Sunday, described it as …

…Advises Christians to play politics of inclusion ahead 2023   Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said a united humanity is needed to defeat banditry and other forms of criminality that have posed serious security challenges to the polity. The Governor, who warned against giving ethnic colouration to crimes, urged …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, April 23, 2021 Gov. Hope Uzodinma has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the socio-economic and security situations in Imo. Uzodinma, who spoke to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the president on Friday in Abuja, said some politicians were responsible for the rising …

Being the text of a lecture delivered by Anyim Pius Anyim, a former Senate President, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) during the Faculty of Social Sciences’ Distinguished Annual Public Lecture held on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The topic I am requested to talk about is: ‘Political Succession and …

Corruption is not in the African blood says US Professor of Sociology, Akil Khalfani Equipe Patriota Global 2 horas atrás África , local , notícias , política , mundo Deixe um comentário 16 visualizações O professor de Sociologia do Essex County College, em Nova Jersey, Estados Unidos da América (EUA), Dr. Akil Kokayi Khalfani, rejeitou a noção generalizada de que a corrupção …

By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, April 19, 2021 All Progressives Congress (APC) Advocates Forum has urged the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee to call those fomenting trouble in the Akwa Ibom chapter to order. Mr Johnson Essien, National Coordinator of the forum made the call in a statement on …

Candidate for election to the Addison Texas City Council in the United States, Lilly Anyanwu participated actively in a “Meet and Greet” event at the Town of Addison Texas City Council on Saturday, April 17, 2021. The program took place at the Bitter Sisters Brewery in Addison and gave the …

Nigerian born American educationist, Lilly Anyanwu, has thrown her hat into the ring and is contesting a seat in the City Council of Addison, Texas, United States of America (US). Lilly Anyanwu, who sees herself as “the face and voice of diversity,” is already vigorously mobilizing voters with the promise …

The other day, after what seemed like an endless filibustering and pussyfooting, the five hapless South-East state governors made a dramatic U-turn and agreed to form a regional security network, codenamed, Ebube Agu, to enhance the security of their region. The name is a derivative of the Igbo proverb, Ebube …

Professor of Sociology at Essex County College, New Jersey, United States of America (US), Dr. Akil Kokayi Khalfani, has dismissed the pervasive notion that corruption is in the African blood, stressing that there are concepts that testify to the fact that this is a false depiction of the true African …

  By Chimezie Anaso Amichi(Anambra), April 11, 2021 The quest for Anambra South Senatorial District to produce a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the Nov. 6 governorship election dominated discussions at a stakeholders’ meeting held on Sunday in Amichi in Nnewi South Local Government Area of …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders in the State will meet at the appropriate time and decide his successor. He stated that no one single person has the monopoly to decide where the Governorship position of the party will be zoned to. Governor Wike …

The Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha Archdiocese, Most Rev’d Denis Isizoh, and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, have both urged politicians to avoid ungodly romance with demonic powers and allow the light of God to shine through their lives. …

From: Ruth Yarnap , Bauchi Former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, arrived Bauchi  on Tuesday for a one day working visit to commission a road project named after him and executed by the Bala Mohammed led administration. Goodluck Jonathan commended Governor Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir of Bauchi state for his infrastructural projects  in  …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, April 5, 2021 Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, former Governor of Kogi, has called on Nigerians to sustain unity and peaceful coexistence as fought by the nation’s founding fathers. Idris, who was among the 20 dignitaries turbaned on Sunday with the famous traditional title of Jekadan Sokoto by …

By Emmanuel Afonne Abuja, April 5, 2021 A United States of America (U.S)-based Mechanical Engineer, Mr Godswill Nwankwo, has declared his intention to contest the seat of the country’s president in the 2023 election. Nwankwo made his intention known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of …