Politics

  By Emmanuel Afonne  Former Abia  governor and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Orji Uzo Kalu has distanced himself from campaign posters pasted along Airport Road, Abuja, with the inscription: “Vote Orji Kalu for President on the platform of the APC.’’ According to Kalu, who is …

President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Wednesday met with representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) responsible for the welfare of Nigerian Students on scholarships abroad now stranded due to non-payment of their living allowances and tuition fees by relevant government agencies. The Senate in plenary had …

  By Cecilia Ijuo The Senate  has threatened to issue arrest warrant against  the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, for failing to appear before its ad-hoc committee investigating allegations of abuse of office against him. The Chairman of the ad-hoc committee, Sen.  Francis Alimikhena, issued the threat when …

Liberia’s Supreme Court has stayed the Nov. 7 presidential run-off election until it considers a challenge to first round results by a losing candidate who has alleged fraud. Third-place finisher Charles Brumskine’s Liberty Party challenged the results of the October vote, which set up a Nov. 7 run-off between former …

    Mr Garba Umar, Commissioner of Police in Anambra, says it will deploy 28,000 of its personnel to ensure hitch-free state governorship election scheduled for Nov. 18. Umar said this at a meeting in Akwa, on Tuesday of heads of security formations in the state and representatives of the …

    By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the sack of Alhaji Babachir Lawal, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation; and Amb. Ayo Oke, the former Director-General of Nigerian Intelligent Agency (NIA). The party made its position known in a statement signed by …

  It was a harvest of plaudits for Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state at the weekend as a Lagos-based group- Ezike Diamond Club- honoured him for excellence in service just as workers in the state rounded off their Civil Service Week commending the Governor for attending to their welfare …

  Stephen Adeleye Some members of Kogi Youth Movement for Credible Leadership (KYMCL) on Friday staged a protest against the alleged donation of 1,260 bags of rice by some Senators to civil servants in Kogi. The protest was carried out along the Abuja-Lokoja highway causing gridlock as the youths trooped …

  Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has won over 96 per cent of the votes counted so far from Thursday’s re-run election, according to a local media tally of numbers released at the constituency level by the election commission. Ihe tally, compiled by the Daily Nation media group with 200 of …

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN, has commended the men and women that were in the vanguard that produced the government of change that Nigerians wanted. The Vice President gave this commendation on Friday, 27 October 2017, at the commissioning ceremony of the Buhari Support Organization (BSO) Secretariat and …

By Dorcas Jonah The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Nigeria, on Friday advocated for positions of Vice President, Deputy Governors and Vice Chairmen of Local Government to women in future elections. This was part of the ten points resolutions reached at the end of a 2-day Nigeria Women Political …

Danjuma James, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has commended Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the immediate former governor  for providing credible leadership for the All Progressives Party ( APC), in the state. Speaking in Kware town at the flag off of the party’s campaign for the next Saturday’s  …

  The Bama Emirate on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the Senate and indeed the National Assembly over their unflinching commitment to the rebuilding of the North East Region, following the devastation visited on the area by the Boko Haram insurgents. The Shehu of Bama, Alhaji Kyari Umar Ibn El-Kanemi, gave the …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing into law the North East Development Commission (NEDC) Bill. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu described the Presidential Assent as a “major development in the efforts by the present administration …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha   Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, an editor with Thisday newspapers, who is vying for the  PDP National Public Secretary seat, declared on Wednesday that the party needed “an experienced professional” as it spokesperson. Ologbondiyan, ex-media aide to former Senate President David Mark, told newsmen in Abuja that only …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara,  has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the North East Development Commission Bill into law. In  a terse statement personally signed by the Speaker, he commended the President’s sensitivity to the plight of the highly traumatised people of the North East. …

  Kenya’s repeat presidential elections will proceed as planned on Oct. 26, said the head of the election board on Wednesday. Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Wafula Chebukati said: “the elections as scheduled will go on tomorrow. “In cases where there will be problems (delivering materials)… …

Mr. Peter Obi is the immediate past Governor of Anambra State. In this interview with Journalists, he puts the records straight concerning how much he left in the state’s coffers for Willie Obiano who took over from him as Governor, and states strongly that the incumbent has failed woefully and …

    For the first time in 12 years, Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria on Monday met in Lagos, where they unanimously reiterated the call for true federalism and devolution of powers to States. The Governors, in a communique at the end of the meeting read by the host Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi …

  The Bayelsa State Government has expressed joy over the safe return of about 300 indigenes of Peremabiri community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.   They were forced to relocate from the area in the heat of the crisis during the December 5 2015 general elections, almost two years ago. …

From; Madu Ezenoha, Enugu Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) at the weekend disqualified two chairmanship and 71 councillorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Following the development, APC, Enugu state, Sun day protested the disqualification even as it threatens legal actions. Addressing a press conference …

Being text of a PRESS  STATEMENT by Professor Ben Nwabueze, Chairman, The Patriots; Project Nigeria Movement; and Igbo Leaders of Thought In an Interview with the Vanguard dated Monday, October 16 2017, Chief Emeka Anyaoku said: “Since the 1967 Civil War, I do not think this country has ever been …

By Chioma Ugboma Chief Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate of Yorubaland, on Saturday dismissed superstitious belief that taking the title may lead to his early death. Adams, the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), told newsmen in Lagos that not all those who held the position in …

By Peter Okolie Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that the present administration would complete the second Niger Bridge before the end of 2019. Osinbajo stated this on Friday in Onitsha at the official flag-off campaign of Mr Tony Nwoye, the All Progressives  Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra. …