Tag: Politics
Nigeria Better Off As A Two Party State –Osoba
A former governor of Ogun State and a chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Segun Osoba, on…
Hell Let Loose As Ogun Assembly Suspends 4 Lawmakers
The Ogun State House of Assembly has suspended four members for allegedly causing disaffection among staff of the assembly and…
2015 Could Be Messy If…
By Kanayo Esinulo I sounded alarmed and gravely disturbed in this column some weeks ago, because I suspect that the…
A New Covenant
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State seizes the opportunity of his second inauguration to appraise the past and renew his…
Dividing The Governors
The rumblings in the Peoples Democratic Party get messier as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF is sucked in The crack…
Sacking Corrupt Judges
It was with excitement that Nigerians last week received the news that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had wielded the…
2015: Lawmakers Sure Of APC Victory
Two opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have expressed confidence that the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) will make a…
Court Clears Jonathan To Contest 2015 Election
A Nigerian court in Abuja has ruled that President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the forthcoming 2015 Presidential election…
Lagos Population Our Biggest Challenge —Lagos Speaker
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has disclosed that the continuous growth of the population of…
House Leader, Councillors Sentenced
A Port Harcourt High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Southsouth Nigeria, has convicted Emeka Godwin, the…
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ACN Wins Ajeromi By-Election
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has won Tuesday’s by-election in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, Southwest…
Daring Northern Governors
Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu stirs the hornet’s nest as intrigues over the 2015 Peoples Democratic Party ticket thicken As he…
Axing Obasanjo’s Men
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party reaches a frenetic level with the axing of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s loyalists Despite…
How To Make APC Work
Nigeria’s vibrant political climate came to the fore recently when members of the opposition signified their intention to form a…
2015 Presidential Race: Nigerians’ll Decide Jonathan’s Fate
Human rights lawyers, Bamidele Aturu, Balarabe Musa and others have said Nigerians will decide the fate of President Goodluck Jonathan…
Prince Ifeanyi Dike Returns Home
Prince Ifeanyi Dike, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, is back in Nigeria. He…
Crack In The Family
Calculations for the next governorship election in Rivers State threaten the health of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state…
ACN Salutes APC Leaders, Urges Massive Support
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has affirmed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has…
The Merger This Time!
On Wednesday 6 February, four opposition parties came together and agreed to form a new political party, All Progressives Congress,…
PDP Scribe: Oyinlola Knows Fate 21 March
A Federal High Court in Abuja Tuesday fixed ruling for 21 March in an application filed by the former National…
We Should Learn From Ghana Experience
Ambassador Musiliu Obanikoro, immediate past Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, who was recently nominated by the Economic Community of West…
2015: Battle For Lagos Gov Ticket Begins
Indications have emerged that politicians and technocrats serving in different capacities at the federal and state levels, have started scheming…
PDP Vows To Capture Lagos
The chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Captain Tunji Shelle, says the ruling Action…
How Far Can APC Go?
Opposition parties in the country fuse into one party, All Progressive Congress, with which they hope to break the dominance…
How Far Can Opposition Parties Go?
The decision of four opposition political parties to fuse into the newly named All Peoples Congress, APC, which hopes to…
2015: Ifeanyi Dike Eyes Politics
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Prince Ifeanyi Dike, is set to participate actively…
PDP wins Kano bye-elections
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday in Kano northwest Nigeria, won the bye-elections for Gaya and Garko state…
Politics Swept Me Off As Minister — Grange
A former Minister of Health, Professor Adenike Grange, said politics in public service was responsible for the loss of her…
The Razzle-Dazzle Called Convoy
By Isaac Asabor If there is any privilege that has been abused by various political office holders at the moment,…
Boyfriend of Delhi rape victim speaks
NEW DELHI (AFP) – The boyfriend of a young Indian student whose gang-rape and murder sparked nationwide fury has recounted…