Sultan, Ooni vital to Nigeria’s unity – Jonathan

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar are vital to Nigeria’s  stability and unity. He spoke at the weekend while hosting the Ooni at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. The Ooni’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, in […]

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Tinubu under pressure to end Rivers emergency rule, restore Fubara May 29

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is under pressure by eminent Nigerians to end the emergency rule imposed on Rivers State and restore the suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu, the legislature and the state’s other democratic institutions this May 29, Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Indeed, speculations are rife that Tinubu may reinstate […]

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Ondo leads other states in domestic debt reduction, Ebonyi follows

Ondo State has emerged as Nigeria’s leading state that has reduced its domestic debt by 82.6 percent within a year, the highest debt reduction recorded among all the nation’s 36 states. Ebonyi state follows with 76.21percent domestic debt reduction. A statement by the governor’s spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan attributed the achievement to “the strategic economic reforms […]

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Current INEC cannot deliver a free and fair election in 2027 – Nebo

Vice Chancellor of the University on the Niger, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, in this interview with Lawrence Njoku, speaks on the situation of the country ahead of the 2027 general election. Nebo, who served as Minister of Power during the Goodluck Jonathan administration, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as currently structured, cannot deliver credible […]

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No terrorism weapon found on Nnamdi Kanu during 2015 arrest – DSS witness

Barr Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu A witness of the Federal Government admitted at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from the Biafra nation agitator, Nnamdi Kanu, during his arrest on October 15, 2015, in Lagos. The witness, who is an […]

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2027: Between Buhari’s divided bloc and Tinubu’s return plan

Barely 12 years after the founding of the All Progressives Congress (APC), one of the legacy parties in the amalgam, the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), is agitated over the progress of the party. Leo Sobechi reports that the crisis of direction by the former members demonstrates serious consideration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s […]

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