Politics

The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency declare a National Security Emergency to address the escalating challenges of insecurity faced by the country. The call was made moments before the upper chamber adjourned plenary on Wednesday, and after an exhaustive debate on a motion …

  The ‘Never Again Conference’ with the theme:  “Nigerian Civil War: 50 Years After,” organised by Nzuko Umunna and Ndigbo Lagos, in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations was held at the Agip Recital Hall, MUSON Center, Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria on January 13, 2019. Very important personalities attended the Conference and pictures by …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Jan. 27, 2020 The Police in Imo has confirmed the arrest of Sydney Ogudoro, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) official who allegedly killed the Action Alliance (AA) chieftain, Chief Ndubuisi Emenike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogudoro allegedly shot Emenike …

Ikoro Mbaise Global Forum, a world-wide Forum of prominent Mbaise people of Imo State, Nigeria has rejected the Supreme Court Ruling that removed Hon. Emeka Ihedioha as Governor of Imo State and made Senator Hope Uzodinma the governor, stating that it is a grand conspiracy to legitimize “notorious illegality in the …

By Chioma Ugboma Lagos, Jan. 24, 2020 Some eminent Nigerian leaders from across the nation on Friday held a closed door meeting in Lagos on the need to preserve continued unity and peaceful coexistence of the country. The meeting, which held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, was chaired by a …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, for the umpteenth time on Friday, dismissed the insinuation that the ninth National Assembly is a rubber stamp Legislature. Lawan who returned to Nigeria Thursday morning after about three weeks private visit abroad said no amount of blackmail will discourage the present Assembly from …

By Adebisi Sogbade-Shittu Ibadan, Jan. 24, 2020 The Speakers of Houses of Assembly in the South West Zone of Nigeria have pledged to provide legislative support for Amotekun, the security initiative conceived by governors in the region. The Speakers made the pledge in a communique issued on Friday by the …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Jan. 23, 2020 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with South-West Governors where it was agreed that the structure of Amotekun should also align with the Community Policing strategy of the Federal Government. Amotekun is a security Initiative inaugurated on Jan. 9, 2020, by the …

  INTRODUCTION Nigerians have been worried and saddened by the Supreme Court decision in Hope Uzodinma v. Emeka Ihedioha. They cannot simply understand the judgment. There is ordinarily a presumption by the society that the Supreme Court, being the final court of the land, is supposed to be right in …

By Desmond Ejibas Port Harcourt, Jan. 21, 2020 Rivers Government on Tuesday denied statements alleging that Gov. Nyesom Wike berated the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for losing Imo governorship seat to the ruling APC. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Supreme Court had recently sacked …

By Muhammad Nasir Bello Sokoto, Jan. 21, 2020 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Tuesday urged political gladiators in the state to unite for the benefit of the entire people of the state. A statement issued to newsmen by the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, Malam …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has charged the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) to conduct credible, free and fair Chairmanship and Councillorship elections across the seventeen (17) local government councils and 260 electoral wards in the state. Gov. Ugwuanyi, who spoke when he swore in four new ENSIEC …

Some President Muhammadu Buhari support groups have exposed “alleged plots  by dubious  political  double-dealers, paid  merchants and insidious elements to hatch smear campaigns to discolour the rising political and professional profiles of some eminent pro-Buhari figures  in the Buhari administration,” warning that the true  identities of those sponsoring the attempts …

  There is a saying, Justice cannot just be seen, it must be felt, in the hearts of the people and in the soul of the country. The judiciary is often said to be the last hope of the common man, but now it seems a mirage, especially with the …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday made a case for a more inclusive political process that would lead to greater involvement of women and the youth at all levels of leadership in the country. Dr Fayemi who delivered a paper at the Daily Trust Dialogue: Twenty Years of …

Washington, D.C. An array of potential presidential aspirants stormed the United States to lobby support for the election of a Nigerian president from South East Nigeria in 2023. The move, according to participants, is similar to the global campaign undertaken by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), prior to …

By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa Owerri, Jan 12, 2019 Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2019 general election, said on Wednesday that he had accepted the final outcome of the protracted legal battle on the Imo poll. The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed …

On January 1, President Muhammadu Buhari broke the new year revelry, with an appeal to all Nigerians. In an uncharacteristic manner, he chose to buy up the front pages of most Nigerian newspapers. His administration had never been known to throw money at the media by way of advert placements. …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated Senator Hope Uzodinma on his victory at the Supreme Court which on Tuesday declared him the winner of the March 19, 2019 Imo State governorship election. Lawan also congratulated the All Progressives Party (APC) in the state for peacefully retrieving its mandate …

The Media Office of the Deputy Senate President, DSP, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has refuted allegations that he was once convicted in the United States of America, USA. A statement by Yomi Odunuga, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Deputy President of the Senate, said “Over the past few days, …

Since his election as governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has endeared himself to the people by his unassuming disposition, gender equality initiatives, developmental programmes and the prompt payment of the remuneration of workers. In fact, in October 2019, Kwara ranked third on the list of states that had attracted …

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he will not work towards imposing any Governor on Rivers people at the expiration of his second term in 2023. Speaking during a Solidarity Visit by the Orashi Region of Rivers State at the Government House Port Harcourt on Saturday,  Governor …

  By Ifeoma Aka Enugu, Jan. 10, 2020 Mr Geoffrey Mba, Chairman, Enugu State House of Assembly Committee on Information, has said that the speedy passage of the 2020 Appropriation Bill was meant to restore the budget system in the state. Mba said this in an interview with the News Agency …

  By Douglas Okoro Abakaliki, Jan. 10, 2020 The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State said it viewed with great concern, the reported claim by Gov. Dave Umahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he also belonged to APC. The governor was quoted to have told his audience …

Township Councilman Charles Onyejiaka made history January 6 when he became the first West African to be voted in as Deputy Mayor of Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Onyejiaka (D-Ward 3), has been a member of the Council since 2016, when he was selected to fill the …