Tag: Nigerian Politics
Why Ambode Sacked Parastatals’ Boards
Kazeem Ugbodaga Indications have emerged that the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode sacked all Boards of Parastatals and Agencies…
Rethinking June 12 And The 2015 Wind Of Change Mandate
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje Exactly 22 years after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 general elections many Nigerians outside…
Tinubu And The Parable Of The ‘First Supper’
By Mohammed Adamu When I wrote the piece: ‘Tribute to Tinubu: A Parody of Shakespeare’ a few friends and colleagues…
APC Lawmakers Seek End To N/Assembly Crisis
Honourable Sani Zorro, on Thursday in Abuja said the solution to recent happenings in the National Assembly was for the…
Saraki, Dogara, APC, PDP And The Buhari Presidency
By Peter Claver Oparah The events of Tuesday, June 9th when a faction of the National Assembly made up mainly…
A House Divided
Nigerians are divided over the manner the leadership of the National Assembly emerged on Tuesday. While some say the emergence…
Senate Crisis: How The Clerk, Salisu Conspired With PDP
Facts have emerged concerning the despicable role the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, played in the emergence…
NASS Leadership: Lawan Goes To Court
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Members of Senate Unity Forum, a group of Senators in the ruling All Progressives Congress who were in…
How Saraki, Dogara Snubbed Buhari
How did Senator Bukola Saraki carry out his bloodless Senate coup yesterday, completely outsmarting his party and the party anointed…
Saraki, Dogara Pro-PDP —Lai Mohammed
Jamiu Yisa The National Publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described the present composition of…
El-Rufai Reduces Commissioners From 24 To 13
Femi Adi/Kaduna In a bid to cut running cost of governance, Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has reduced…
Police Harass Journalists At Edo Assembly Inauguration
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The inauguration of the 6th Assembly in Edo State on Monday was marred by harassment and intimidation of…
Jega’s Tenure Ends 30 June
Contrary to speculations, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, will quit office June 30. There have…
Adekunbi Returns As Speaker
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Rt. Hon. Surajudeen Ishola Adekunbi has been returned as the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly…
Ambode Dumps Siren
Kazeem Ugbodaga Like his predecessor, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has shunned the use of siren, saying he does…
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Obasa Elected Lagos Speaker
Eromosele Ebhomele & Kazeen Ugbodaga Fourth term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and representative of Agege Constituency…
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Fayose Survives Impeachment, Supporters Jubilate In Ekiti
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and hundreds of his suporters this morning took to the streets of Ado Ekiti…
Gov Ayade Turns Heat On Civil Servants
Reuben Bojor/Calabar New Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade has turned the heat on the civil servants as…
Now That Ambode Has Come
By Tayo Ogunbiyi “Ambo o, Ambo, Eko sese bere ni o Ambo o” (we are coming, we are coming, the…
Saraki Hopes To Emerge Senate President
Jamiu Yisa Senator Bukola Saraki has expressed confidence that with the feelers he is getting and the goodwill of his…
Senate President: Lawan Favoured
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s new ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, has hands off the issues concerning the leadership of the…
Senate Passes 46 Bills In 10mins
There was uproar in the Senate on Wednesday when senators passed 46 bills introduced by Senator Ita Enang into law…
Lawmakers Pick Obasa As Lagos Speaker
Jamiu Yisa & Eromosele Ebhomele The race for the Speakership seat of the Lagos State House of Assembly seems to…
Fayose’s Impeachment: Thugs Block Roads Leading To Ekiti
Reports reaching us have it that thugs in Ekiti State have begun blocking major roads leading into Ado-Ekiti, the state…
Abia House Of Assembly Gets New Speaker
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The Deputy Speaker, Abia House of Assembly, Alwell Asiforo Okere, representing Ukwa East, Abia State in eastern…
President Buhari: Mission Accomplished
By Joe Igbokwe With a sense of awe and trepidation I watched the heart-breaking operation to rescue 33 miners trapped…
Ambode Congratulates Adesina, Shehu On Appointments
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday congratulated the President of the Guild of Editors, Mr Femi Adesina and…
Gov Wike Sacks Amaechi’s Appointees
Okafor Ofebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the Board of Directors of Greater Port Harcourt Authority…
Ambode Rejects Posh Marina Residence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The new Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has dumped the posh State House, Marina where the former…
Demonising Tinubu And The Limit Of Lies
By Lateef Raji Except, perhaps, the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, no other Nigerian politician has been cruelly maligned as the National…