The forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chairmen, has promised to work with President Bola Tinubu and Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the party’s National Chairman to deliver democracy dividends to Nigerians. The spokesperson for the forum and the Cross River APC chairman, Mr Alphonsus Ogah, said this...
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A former President of the Nigerian Guild Of Editors , Malam Garba Shehu, has advised Nigerians to support democracy, saying that democracy as a system of government has no alternative.. Shehu, who was also the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the immediate past President...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to advancing judicial reforms with determined support, emphasizing that integrious and accountable judicial systems will strengthen democracy across West Africa The President...
This Tuesday, in Abuja, the Save Democracy Group – West Africa (SDG-WA) and the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought (TAS) held a policy dialogue. They expressed alarm about the shortcomings of democracy, especially in West Africa, the sub-region where the majority of Black people live, as...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the 36 state governors in the country and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike to “disclose details of federal allocations meant for local governments in your state and the FCT...
Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security has advocated urgent measures to “reconcile tensions between democracy, governance and development,” and “a new compact with external partners to prevent a new Cold War in Africa.” “The recent retreat from liberal democracy and growing instability in the...
In the days following the extensive meeting of the Leadership of Edo APC with all the 2024 gubernatorial aspirants, held in the Senate Wing of the National Assembly, very many conjectures have become the narratives out there; confirming that politicians love their game of subterfuge! It is not...
Transition Implementation Committee Chairman, Shendam LGA of Plateau State, Dr Kemi Nshe, has said President Bola Tinubu’s neutrality and the Supreme Court’s unbiased judgment, have restored Nigerians’ hope in democracy. Nshe stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Jos, following...
A pro-democracy organisation called Save Democracy Group – West Africa (SDG–WA) recently issued a press statement alerting the public to the ongoing military takeovers that have occurred in West Africa and Africa since 2020, as well as the pressing necessity to preserve democracy in the West African sub-region. In...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passage of Frank Kokori, former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). The president in a condolence message issued on Thursday in Abuja by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, described Kokori as...
The U.S. has said it believes in democracy regardless of all its challenges and flaws because of the opportunities it offers to the electorate for wholesome change in a leadership that fails to deliver dividends of the system. Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S, Embassy in Nigeria Mr...
It is a glorious thing to have a tested leader as the president of a country. It is also a blessing when the president means what he says and when what he says is not just believable but also approved by the people. Such a society is bound...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has condemned the plot by some individuals to truncate democracy and disturb the peace of Sierra Leonians. It also called for the arrest and prosecution of everyone involved in the illegality. ...
Justice Edward Asante, the President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, said that in spite of the region’s current challenges, democracy remains the best form of government. Asante made this known during his speech at the opening ceremony of the 5th Legislature of the 2nd Ordinary Session of...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday in Abeokuta said democracy has not been working as a system of government in Africa because it was “forced” on the continent. Obasanjo stated this in his address at a high-level consultation on “Rethinking Western Liberal Democracy for Africa”. The former president...
A Lagos State Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Mr Adekunle Aderibigbe, says the Appeal Court verdict sacking Gov. Abba Yusuf of NNPP, an attempt to rob Kano majority of their mandates. Aderibigbe, also a Lagos State House of Assembly NNPP Candidate in 2023 general elections...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has rolled out four enabling actions elected leaders across Africa must take to save African democracy from ongoing regression and disruption. The Governor represented by the Commissioner for Federal Affairs, Mrs Adenike Adeleke spoke today in Abuja at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has said that the survival of democracy in the country is hinged on the very vital role played by the judiciary. Barrister Wike made the assertion when a delegation of Federal High...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says he “is not going away’’, but will continue to work to deepen democracy and rule of law. Abubakar, the former Vice President, said this on Monday in Abuja at a world...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd) has commended the online media, especially the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), which he described is the fulcrum of good governance. Buratai, who is also Nigeria’s former Ambassador to the Republic of...