By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Social Media influencer, Reno Omokri has warned politicians against using the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the ongoing 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to play politics. Recall that some notable Nigerian politicians, such as the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour...
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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...
The Vice-President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has appealed to Benue politicians to shelve their political differences and embrace peace for more development of the state under President Tinubu’s administration. Shettima made the appeal on Tuesday in Makurdi, while addressing participants at the First National Expanded Micro, Small and Medium...
The convener of the National Peace Committee, Bishop Matthew Kukah, on Friday, expressed sadness over what he described as members of the judiciary and Catholic priests getting sucked into politics. Kukah spoke at the 8th House of Justice Summit held in Kaduna State with the theme ‘Electoral...
The Commissioner For Information, Orientation and Strategy in Bayelsa, Chief Ayibaina Duba, has called on political gladiators to cease beating the drum of war in the state, stating that this scares voters form coming out to exercise their franchise. Duba spoke against the backdrop of the low turnout...
The Police have vowed to go after fake security personnel recruited by politicians to compromise Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa.police Mr Daniel Sokari-Pedro, the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for South South, told newsmen on Friday in Yenagoa that the police would track and arrest the fake...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja With barely 48 hours to Saturday’s off-season elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), disclosed on Thursday there were plans by some persons to disguise in military gear to orchestrate havoc and disrupt elections in some areas....
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has begged politicians in Kogi to give peace a chance for a peaceful, successful and credible governorship election on Nov. 11. The INEC made the appeal during a one-day stakeholders meeting on Tuesday in Lokoja. Yakubu, who was...
A group, Peace and Good Governance Advocates (PEGGA), has called on politicians to leave the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, out of the conflicting court judgments on election petitions in Plateau. The group’s National Coordinator, Mani Imman, who made the call in a statement...
*How they embellish their vanities as benevolence for cheap acclaim Only crime and the criminal, it is often said, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is truly rotten to the core. The sudden passing of Afrobeats star, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad has no...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has advanced reasons why political office holders deserve an increase in their salaries. The RMAFC Federal Commissioner in Charge of Gombe State, Kabiru Usman, who spoke to journalists in an interview shortly after paying...
“Any man whom Allah has given the authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise.” – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Before going to my topic, please allow me a little digression. I want...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has denied reports that it perverted the course of justice by allegedly conniving with some politicians.aec The politicians, according to the allegations, were those whose election victories in the last general elections were being challenged in court by their opponents. WAEC, in a...
Rev. Unuefe Ikhiuwu, the General Overseer, Christ Chosen Church of God (CCCG) International, has called for peaceful coexistence among different religions and tribes to enable Nigeria achieve its full potential. Ikhiuwu made the call in Abuja on Sunday during a combined thanksgiving service to mark the end of a...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has tasked politicians seeking redress in courts to accept the outcomes in good faith. Abubakar, who made the assertion in his Eid-el-Fitr massage to Nigerians on Friday in Sokoto State said: ”The...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, says one of the greatest challenges being faced by Nigerians at the moment is beyond any infrastructural development, rather a concerted effort to give the citizens protection to be alive first. Bishop Kukah, who spoke...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has called on politicians across the political parties to save the nation’s hard earned democracy. The National Chairman of NNPP, Prof. Rufa’i Alkali, made the call at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. Alkali accused some political parties of engaging in act...
A renowned Constitution Lawyer, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has counselled lawyers in the country to be wary of politicising the issue of obtaining 25 per cent in FCT as a requirement to win the Presidential election. Ajulo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja against the...
A prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Ahmed Raji, has called on Nigerians not to be hoodwinked by politicians to ”paint the judiciary in bad light”, so as to achieve their personal interests. Raji is the National President of the Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF), the umbrella body...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State government has raised an alarm over alleged plot by some politicians to incite public upheaval in the state. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, warned people planning to cause public...