Tag: Politics
6-Year Single Term: Fashola, Nwabueze Disagree
Governor Babatunde Fashola and elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze have disagreed over the 6-year single term proposal for president, governors…
Isoko Nation Joins APC
Isoko Political Front (IPF), the umbrella body of Isoko Progressive Forces in Delta State has formally pitched its tent with…
Mind Your Business, ACN Tells PDP
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the PDP overstepped its bounds by criticising, in the crudest of language…
Oguta Election, A Foretaste Of 2015 Polls —ACN
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said that the present concocted stalemate over the…
Coup In Egypt: Nigerian Leaders Warned
As citizens of Egypt continue to celebrate the successful military ousting of their President, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood,…
Jonathan’s 2015 Men
Some supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan are not only subtly campaigning, but are already laying the groundwork for a stress-less…
Chido Onumah Still Misses The Point Here!
By Joe Igbokwe I have just read the second part of Mr. Chido Onumah’s piece on ‘The Opposition and 2015’.…
Still On Jonathan, Opposition And 2015
By Chido Onumah I would be deluding myself if I imagined that my article last week, “2015: Who will defeat…
Appeal Court Declares Mimiko Winner
The Akure Division of the Court of Appeal this morning dismissed the appeal filed by ACN candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu against…
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Capital Oil Boss, Uba Joins Labour Party
Capital Oil boss, Patrick Ifeanyi Uba, who declared for the 2014 Anambra governorship race in February this year joined the…
Nasarawa State: The War Against Eggons
By Godwin Onyeacholem One man holds the key to lasting peace in the tense Middle Belt state of Nasarawa: Governor…
Ahead NGF Meeting: Amaechi Confers With Obasanjo
Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, is leaving nothing to chance as he…
Fashola To Construct 450 Roads By 2015
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says his administration targets completing 450 roads before the end of his second term…
2015: Patience Begins Campaign For Jonathan
Patience Jonathan has kicked off political campaign for her husband and Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, ahead of the 2015 Presidential…
ACN Slams Lagos PDP Over Quest For Remi Tinubu’s Recall
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has slammed PDP over its call for the recall…
PDP Non-Existent In Southwest —ACN
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Lagos State chapter, southwest Nigeria, has reacted to the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for…
Why Amaechi Remains Suspended —Akpabio
The National Caucus of the ruling PDP has explained that the suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, southwest…
The Story Of My Life
Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, wife of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, who celebrated her 50th birthday last week, speaks with…
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Nigerian Politicians More Interested In Women —Utomi
Nigeria’s Professor of Political Economy and Management, Professor Pat Utomi, has slammed the country’s politicians for undermining the country’s democracy,…
Odua Group Slams Obasanjo
A patently pro-Goodluck Jonathan group, Odua Elites Solidarity Movement, has come down hard on former president, Olusegun Obasanjo (OBJ). In…
June 12 Is Unforgettable In Nigerian History —Ashafa
As Nigerians mark the 20th anniversary of June 12, 1993 presidential election, which the late Chief MKO Abiola won, the…
Pro-Democracy Groups Condemn Wamakko’s Suspension
A coalition of civil society organisations, has condemned the suspension of Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto by the National Working…
ACN: Sponsors Of Terror PDP Members
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected any attempt by the presidency and the ruling PDP to portray the…
NAMA recalls Oshiomhole’s copter after being airborne
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The war against Nigerian governors embarked upon by federal agencies appears to be unending, following the recall and…
ACN’s NEC Overrules Suspension Of National Officer
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has overruled the suspension of a national officer by…
Senate Rejects State Creation, Rotational Presidency
Two contentious political issues, state creation and rotational presidency, have been rejected by the Senate. In its report on the…
PDP’s Crises Worsen, More Govs To Go
The war of attrition rocking the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, across Nigeria, worsened Wednesday when it claimed another high profile…
ACN Accuses PDP, Presidency Of Hijacking Youth Group
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP and the Presidency of hijacking the National Youth Council of…
Weep We For Nigeria Our Country!
By Yemisi Shyllon As a concerned Nigerian, I must publicly lament the lacklustre management of the economy and the misplaced…
A Governor’s Unending Woes
The suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi is the latest in a series of assault against his administration by federal forces…