A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said the party’s victory in the Ondo State governorship election is a signal that it will capture more states. Oyintiloye, a member of the APC National Campaign Stakeholders Engagement Committee for the election, said this on...
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and its former President, Amaju Pinnick on Monday, urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out a suit filed against them by Harrison Jalla and Chief Victor Rumson Baribote, among others. NFF and Pinnick, through their lawyer, Jibrin Okutekpa, SAN, told Justice...
“The partiality that inevitably affects judges has been noted in cases with a political flavour”, David Pannick, KC, Judges, p. 44 (1987) The state as we know it enjoys three notional monopolies. One is a monopoly of legitimate taxation. The second is a monopoly of the legitimate instrumentality of violence;...
The All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kano State says the Saturday local government elections being conducted by the State Independent Electoral Commission(KANSIEC) is illegal. A chieftain of the party, Rabi’u Bichi,made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Saturday in Kano. “The party’s stance is...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A former lawmaker that represented Benue North East Senatorial District, Senator Gabriel Torwua Suswam has blasted the Acting National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum for poor performance. Senator Suswam who spoke in Makurdi during an expanded cactus meeting of...
Chief Tony Okocha, Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers Caretaker Committee on Sunday in Abuja, said that President Bola Tinubu’s achievements were grossly underreported. He said this while speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) news forum, adding that there was need for his ministers to do more...
l By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu on Saturday, October 19, 2024, participated in the Local Government Council Elections of the State as he cast his ballot in his polling unit, Ogbonicha Ward, Ofu Local Government Area of the State. The Minister,...
On May 17th 2024, this column published a piece with the tittle “An Emperor and His Nemesis”. It was a prognostic analysis of the impending political crisis in Rivers State because of the suffocating hold of ex-governor Wike on his surrogate, Siminalayi Fubara, the incumbent governor of the state. Recent...
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national leadership from removing Mr Umar Damagum as the acting national chairman of the party. Justice Peter Lifu, in a virtual proceeding and monitored by newsmen in Abuja, delivered the judgment on Friday. Justice Lifu...
Each passing day brings to mind the fact that if right step is taken in the right direction, all perceived unfavourable impediments (real and imagined) removed, and level playing ground provided, Nigerian women are laced with capacity to participate and favourably compete with their male counterpart in the Nigerian...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In a pivotal initiative aimed at improving education in the Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, the member representing the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam (PKK) Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, has donated a newly constructed and fully furnished three-classroom block to his alma mater,...
Governance requires effective time management to thrive. Unfortunately, political systems often waste this precious resource, compromising citizens’ well-being and national prosperity. As a universal currency, time is equally distributed but unequally valued, with marginalized communities frequently bearing the brunt of temporal inefficiencies. At the politics-time intersection, power dynamics emerge,...
Sen. Gabriel Suswam has solicited the prayers of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faithful to enable him to clinch the position of the national chairman of the party. Suswam made the appeal on Thursday in Makurdi when he addressed PDP stakeholders. The former Benue governor stated that the exercise to...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governors from dissolving the executive committees of the Rivers’ chapter. The court equally stopped them from constituting any interim committee to replace the officers of the party at the state,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won all the 260 political ward councillorship seats in the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State during the council polls held on Saturday. Prof. Christian Ngwu, the Chairman of Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), stated this while declaring the results on Monday...
A legal practitioner, Mr Junaid Sanusi who is a customer of Access Bank Plc, has sued the bank for N100 million for allegedly deducting his money unlawfully. While arguing his originating summons before the Federal High Court at Ibadan on Monday, Sanusi informed the court that he operated a...
ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY “Credible elections are essential to a democracy, but there are worrisome obstacles to achieving peaceful, free, fair, and transparent elections. Indeed, there are sinister factors afoot that threaten to destroy the basic assumption that underpins our democracy. …a credible election is …a very important ritual that...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” Lao Tzu. The popular saying above paints the picture of Dr Aliyu Bello (Zarma Babban Lafia), who has come a long way since his hay days as a youth in Lafia metropolis, while...
Amidst the fierce tussle for dominance between the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the lead up to the Edo state governorship elections, Olu Akpata, considered a third force in the race, seems to have cleverly built a political brand with an obviously well drawn-out...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, dismissed a suit seeking to disqualify Olumide Akpata as the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the Sept. 21 election in Edo. The appellate court held that the suit instituted by an aggrieved governorship aspirant, Kenneth Imasuangbon lacked cogent and verifiable...