Politics

By Kingsley Okoye Abuja, Feb.2,2022 Senate has confirmed seven nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari as National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The confirmation of the nominees on Wednesday at plenary followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on INEC. Those …

By Peter Uwumarogie Gombe, Feb 1, 2022 A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe state, Alhaji Jamil Gwamna, on Tuesday, resigned his membership of the party. In his resignation letter addressed to the APC ward chairman, Jekadafari Ward, Gwamna said his decision to opt out of the …

Enugu State is a peaceful state in Nigeria. Last week, the Messengers of Peace Foundation awarded ‘Most Peaceful Governor in Nigeria’ to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. This is a testament to the comparative claim of nirvana in Nigeria. Peace is good. Peace means justice: No justice, no peace! We want peace …

***Lawan says Senate’ll be rigid on increased revenues to reduce budget deficit, borrowings    President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, said that revenue generating agencies of government are capable of generating and remitting N3 trillion naira annually to the coffers of the federal government if efforts are made to …

Former representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has appealed to Senator Bennett Birabi to treat his fellow Ogonis with respect and avoid going to the public space to tear them down. Abe, who made the appeal in a statement posted on his …

By Isaiah Eka Uyo, Jan. 31, 2022 Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, finally ended months of speculations and permutations with the announcement of one of his cabinet members, Mr. Umo Eno, to succeed him as Governor in 2023. The Chief Press Secretary/Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, …

By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, Jan. 31, 2022 Dr Salihu Lukman, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called for the sanctioning of party leaders working to undermine the national convention slated for Feb. 26. Lukman, immediate past Director-General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of serving …

   By Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja, Jan. 29, 2022 The Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has called for a new liberation movement in Africa and Nigeria as a country, that would promote the selfless service of political leaders. Soludo was speaking at the 2021 Pioneer Class Graduation Ceremony of the …

It is important to remind all the parties, particularly the two major National parties – All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the idea of North/South political rotation in Nigeria is a historic principle holding Nigeria together that was bequeathed to Nigeria’s future generation by the founding …

President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Professor (Ambassador) George Obiozor has said that there are many competent personalities in Igboland who “can confront and solve Nigeria’s perennial and endemic socio-political problems and guarantee peaceful coexistence for all the citizens regardless of ethnicity, religion or race,” and called on all the parties …

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, addressing FCT Electoral Officers on the Feb.  12 Area Councils’ poll on Wednesday in Abuja. By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Jan. 26, 2022 The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has challenged Electoral Officers of the commission in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Jan. 26, 2022 A former Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, says Enugu is among the few states that has enjoyed political harmony through strict adherence to zoning of key political offices since 1999. Nnamani, who is representing Enugu East Senatorial District in the upper …

I read the piece that Prince Kassim Afegbua had to do about the 2023 elections and how he expended a lot of energy in trying to de-market his principal in the 2019 presidential election. It is confounding to see that the Atiku Abubakar which Afegbua riled in his outburst is …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Jan. 24, 2022 The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has nullified its Jan. 15 three-man Ad-hoc Ward Delegate Congresses in Ekiti State. The party disclosed this in a statement, jointly signed by its National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, and the National …

By Precious Akutamadu Port Harcourt, Jan. 24, 2022 Rivers State students, under the aegis of Progressive Students Network (PSN), have called on Senator Magnus Abe, the former lawmaker from Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to declare for the Governorship race in 2023. Mr. Endwell Otonnah, the state …

Many Nigerians have expressed their anger at the former Governor of Anambra State and former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, following his shopping experience at Toga Fashion House, Awka, which he shared on his Twitter page. Many Nigerians who thought that the fashion house …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, Jan. 23, 2023 Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Nov. 2021 Anambra governorship election says the clamour for power shift should be addressed with care. Ozigbo said this when he received the Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Campaign Caretaker Committee led by Chief …

By Olawale Jokotoye Abeokuta, Jan. 22, 2022 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday restated his decision and commitment to stay off party politics, saying nothing can make him return to party politics. Obasanjo made his position known, while addressing newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with members of the National Working …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Another General Election is approaching, and partisan politics is in the air again – filled with its treachery and betrayals, nights of long knives, wisdom and tomfoolery, promises and deceits, hopes and frustrations with sharks and hawks of all hues jostling for supremacy. The doves and …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Jan. 21, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to disregard misleading story trending in some reports that Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) issued in 2011 needed revalidation. The commission gave the advice in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, Jan. 19, 2020 Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Chairman of the 80 -man transition committee constituted by Prof Chukwuma Soludo, the governor-elect of Anambra says the committee will provide the template for the achievement of Soludo’s manifesto. Ezekwesili made the pledge while briefing journalists after the inauguration of …

  By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Jan. 20, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, met with security agencies to review Nigeria’s security situation. The meeting was with a view to activate additional centers nationwide for the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, disclosed this …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Expectedly, it has been torrents of hails and brimstones since Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially declared his intention to contest the presidency in 2023. Tinubu lovers have also responded in kind; “arguments for” and “arguments against” rent the air as the contenders compete for supremacy. The …

By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, Jan. 19, 2022 The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja, denied releasing any zoning arrangement for its forthcoming National Convention, slated for Feb. 26, 2022, as being speculated. Sen. James Akpankudohede, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), denied the purported …

The Senate on Wednesday re-amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed by the National Assembly on November 18, 2021. Accordingly, the chamber in Clause 84(2) of the report approved direct, indirect primaries or consensus as procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for the various elective positions. …