Politics

A meeting is being arranged between Igbo leaders and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike “to arrest further drift” of the “very inhuman and degrading treatment (being) meted to innocent Igbos in Oyigbo. John Nnia Nwodo, President General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, said this in a statement on Tuesday titled: THE DEGENERATING …

Abidjan, Nov. 3, 2020 President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire has been re-elected for a third term with more than 94.27 per cent of votes, the country’s electoral commission said on Tuesday. Ouattara’s key rivals, Konan Bedie and Pascal Affi N’Guessan received 1.66 per cent and 0.99 per cent of …

    By Harrison Arubu New York, Nov. 1, 2020 No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different …

By Isaiah Eka Onna (Akwa Ibom State), Nov. 1, 2020 Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has commended the peaceful conduct of the local government councils’ polls in the state despite the low turnout of voters. Emmanuel gave the commendation on Saturday while at his polling unit for accreditation and …

By Nicholas Obisike Enugu, Oct. 30, 2020 (NAN) Youth groups in the South East have called for a review of the indiscriminate mounting of road blocks in the region by security agencies. This is contained in a communique issued in Enugu on Friday at the end of a meeting between …

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has challenged members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) to always hold public office holders accountable to the people. Governor Wike gave the charge when the national leadership of the Guild paid  him a courtesy visit at Government House,  Port Harcourt on Friday. …

By Aderogba George Abuja, Oct. 29, 2020 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Thursday said that for Nigeria to overcome the challenges confronting it poverty and unemployment must first be addressed. The Governor said this on Thursday in Abuja at the National inauguration of a project tagged “Project 20 …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 28, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with former Minister of Defence, retired Gen. T. Y. Danjuma, at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Sunday Aghaeze, the Personal Assistant to the President (Photography), confirmed …

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. In a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said in accordance with the provision of Section 154 (1) of the Constitution …

It was the immortal Dante Alighieri who told us that “the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their own neutrality.” Our nation has turned that frightening corner where all conscionable men and women must now choose to stand with the …

The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has again appealed to the youth across the country, including the youth from the South-East, particularly those from Anambra State, to go off the streets in order not to allow their well thought-out protest …

Shock! This was the expression on the faces of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) members from the South West and Governors as they toured the public assets and private properties destroyed in Wednesday’s coordinated arson in Lagos State. The Governors and the Ministers were in Lagos on Sunday to commiserate …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Or call it the death of illusion! The sordid and dastardly events of the past few days brought my days as an undergrad at the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) flooding through my mind. We bristled with ideologies and were called “ideologues” or …

Col. George Molokwu (Retd), Special Adviser (Security) to Mr. Peter Obi during his time as Governor of Anambra State, has debunked the rumour making the rounds in some quarters that the former Commander of Awkuzu SARS, Mr. James Nwafor (Retd), was appointed Obi’s Security Adviser, asking the public to disregard …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Oct. 23, 2020 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has put on hold all its political and electioneering activities. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Friday. Ologbondiyan said that the decision was …

All is not well with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State as two factions of the party are at each other’s throats, battling for the soul of the party in the South East State. This is even as a group of stakeholders and elders of the party in …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Oct. 22, 2020 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed indefinitely, the outstanding 15 bye-elections earlier scheduled to hold on Oct 31. The commission made the disclosure in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, …

The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), South East Zone, has absolved the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, of blames and grievances surrounding the Ezu River killings and highly discussed atrocities reportedly committed by Anambra SARS in the past. This was made known on Wednesday in a position paper …

By Busayo Onijala Lagos, Oct. 21, 2020 Former U.S. Vice President and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, says the U.S. must stand with Nigerians “who are peacefully demonstrating for police reform and seeking an end to corruption in their democracy.” “My heart goes out to all those who have …

One-time head of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at Awkuzu, Anambra State, Mr. James Nwafor, has refuted a statement credited to him on his relationship with former Governor Peter Obi, describing it as a “mischievous, blatant falsehood, misleading and malicious publication.” Reacting to the fake publication which sought …

  The Deputy President of the Senate (DSP), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is shocked and saddened by the reported killing of 9 persons, including a child, in Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State. Senator Omo-Agege, according to a statement by Yomi Odunuga, Special Adviser, Media  and Publicity, to …

By Rotimi Ijikanmi Abuja, Oct. 18, 2020 The Federal Government has warned that it will not allow the country to be thrown into anarchy following the violence that has trailed the #EndSARS protests. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Saturday when he featured on …

From: Ruth Yarnap Bauchi Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi state has expressed satisfaction with the peaceful conduct of the local government election in the state. The Governor said this after he cast his vote alongside his wife, Hajiya Aisha Mohammed at his polling unit at Central Primary School, Duguri, …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has refuted reports in a section of the media alleging that it paid bribe to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and provided funds for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to buy votes in the just concluded Ondo State gubernatorial election. In a press …

For well over one week, the polity has been suffused with what President Muhammadu Buhari describes as “genuine concerns and agitations by Nigerians about the excessive use of force and in some cases extra-judicial killings and wrongful conduct by men of the Nigeria Police Force.” And in that period of …