Nigerian youths are politically marginalised and their potential have remained untapped, the Coordinator of the Rule of Law Development Foundation (ROLDF), Mr Joseph Daudu, SAN has said. Daudu, who is a former president of the the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), made this point during a Webinar Series, organised by...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, on Sunday accused the Nigerian Police of alleged selective justice in handling matters arising from Edo in the build-up to the Sept. 21 governorship election. The state Chairman of PDP, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, made the accusations while briefing newsmen in Benin...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described the planned national protest dated August 1 as politically induced. Wike stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during an inspection tour of the Apo Karshi Road, saying the planned protest is to divert the attention of...
Former governor of Benue, Sen. Gabriel Suswam lamented that party politics was retarding growth and development in Benue. Suswam this at the International Health Investment Summit/ Scientific Exhibition and Endowment Fund for Cancer organized by the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi on Friday in Makurdi. He...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and the founder, the Kukah Centre (TKC), Bishop Mathew Kukah, have attributed political corruption to weaker institutions in Nigeria. The duo made this known at a High-Level Meeting with the National Executives of Political Parties and other stakeholders on...
Some days ago, the chief executive of the Humanists UK and president of Humanists International, Andrew Copson, posted on his LinkedIn page: “We’re so lucky to live in a country where at least most people are confident to be honest about their beliefs”. He was commenting on the nonreligious nature of the current...
ECOWAS has held countless high-level meetings, including regular and extraordinary summits by regional leaders on peace and security issues since the renewed military incursions in politics in the politically restive West African region in 2020. The Abuja summit on Sunday 7th July is no exception. On Saturday 6th July, ahead...
A former speaker of Osun House of Assembly, Prof. Mojeed Alabi, has blamed the politics of “stomach infrastructure,” for the low delivery of good governance in the country. Alabi made the assertion while delivering the 40th anniversary lecture of Ede Unique Club, in Ede town. He said that...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Tola Kasali, has charged Nigerian youths to take over the political scene for the future of the country. Kasali, a former Commissioner for Rural Development in Lagos State, gave the charge on Friday during his 72nd birthday celebration in...
One is reminded of carved-up Christmas turkeys when considering Nigeria and how both foreigners and its citizens plunder its resources. An Igbo proverb that refers to the guidelines for cultivating newly discovered farmland that belongs to no one in the community is “Okata okolu” (farm as you may)....
A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Mr George Okoye, has urged stakeholders not to allow the party go into extinction in the country’s politics. Okoye, also a former member of the State Assembly, told journalists in Awka on Monday, that the leadership of PDP...
By Danjuma Joseph Lafia. Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, has advised political appointees seeking to run for political office, or, supporting others to run for political office to resign their appointments. Governor Sule, made the call in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- Worried by the ever increasing spate of insecurity in Nigeria, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has called on all to show patriotism by laying off partisan mentality and collectively bring solutions that will end the menace and put Nigeria on the part of prosperity. ”...
President Bola Tinubu has called on state governors to set aside political differences and collaborate with the federal government in building the nation. Tinubu made the call during the breaking of Ramadan fast with governors at the State House in Abuja, on Thursday. He emphasised the importance of...
Wife of the Anambra Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo has urged women to get involved in politics to change the dynamics and achieve democratic governance in the country. Soludo made the call in Awka when she hosted female health workers to celebrate the 2024 international Women’s Day marked...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicisation of insecurity in Abuja. Wike, who gave the warning during a media chat in Abuja on Monday, added that politicians were cashing out on the current security challenges to cause panic among FCT...
This piece primarily stemmed from a recent Nigeria-focused conversation with a Delta state born but Florida, United States of America (USA) based practicing Lawyer who studied in England, Finland, Sweden, and Norway among others. Aside from using the opportunity provided by the conversation to explain how today...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has expressed her determination to serve everyone irrespective of their political differences. Senator Natasha-Akpoti spoked on Thursday while receiving some National Assembly workers who are of Kogi Central extraction in her office....
In my adopted home state of Rivers, they do not “play” politics. They wage bitter “fights” over politics. Political outcomes are more of spoils of murky wars than victories of democratic rituals. While the contest for power and supremacy rages, instruments of violence are fair. People are killed routinely....
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that nothing will make him quarrel with his successor, Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, whom he described as ‘a worthy son’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there are insinuations in the political circles that Umahi’s ‘boys’ who fought...