Category: Politics

The row between governors and the National Assembly over the adoption of direct primary clause in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is not over. Governors are mounting pressure on the Senate and House of Representatives to reverse the decision, it was learnt yesterday. The targets of the pressure are Senate President Ahmed Lawan and House […]

The Association of Arewa Community in Igboland has called for support for the emergence of an Igbo person as president of Nigeria in the 2023 General Elections. Its National President, Alhaji Mohammed Umaru, who made the appeal at a news briefing on Sunday in Umuahia, described the Igbo people as “accommodating”. Umaru harped on the […]

APC Governors •How Osinbajo, APC governors, NASS caucus agree on primary mode – Presidency There are strong indications on Friday that many governors are angry that the direct mode of primaries passed by the National Assembly may deny them the opportunity of producing their successors or winning senatorial tickets after their tenure. These, it was […]

Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra-born economist and technocrat, is not an ordinary Nigerian. He is a man of class and has many enviable feats. After his several exploits in academics and international financial organisations as a first-class economist and scholar per excellence, he came to the political limelight in 2003, following his appointment as […]

Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra-born economist and technocrat, is not an ordinary Nigerian. He is a man of class and has many enviable feats. After his several exploits in academics and international financial organisations as a first-class economist and scholar per excellence, he came to the political limelight in 2003, following his appointment as […]

Emeka Ojukwu, a son of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has described the victory of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the Anambra State November 6 governorship election as divine. Ojukwu (jnr) who spoke in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Thursday, said APGA’s landslide win in the poll was a resolve of the […]

A 2011 presidential candidate, Dele Momodu, has disclosed his reasons for opposing President Muhammadu Buhari. In a post on his verified Facebook page, Momodu stated that Buhari’s style of governance is horrible, which has made Nigeria regress. “My opposition to Buhari today is nothing personal. He is likeable when you meet him, but his administrative […]

• Nabena: Only convention can dissolve caretaker committee • Those calling for Buni-led committee resignation are fuelling crisis – Bamigbetan The last is yet to be heard of the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as some stakeholders of the party have called for the immediate resignation of the Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning […]

APC governors Governors of the All Progressives Congress have begun reaching out to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), with a view to getting him to convince President Muhammadu Buhari to withhold assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as passed by the National Assembly on Tuesday. The APC […]