Confusion in APC as INEC backs Buni

Photo/Facebook/Maistrategy/Godowoli • Declines To Monitor March 17 NEC Meeting • Meeting, National Convention To Hold As Scheduled, Gov. Bello Insists • Buni Allegedly Seeks Soft Landing, To Meet Buhari In London • Youth Coalition Cautions Against Imposition • PDP Mocks Ruling Party As HURIWA Carpets Buhari Over Crisis • Party Must Take Steps To Emerge […]

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Nigerian public officeholders deserve jail terms for bad governance – Ex-Works minister

A former minister of Works, Ambassador Ibrahim Musa Kazaure, has said that he, alongside other Nigerian public officeholders deserves jail terms for their role in institutionalising bad governance in Nigeria. Kazaure, who spoke on a Radio France International programme, alleged that Nigerian leaders are all for themselves and not for the well-being of Nigeria and […]

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Int’l Women’s Day: Rep Akande-Sadipe charges govt to support breaking gender bias

The member representing Oluyole Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Tolulope Akande-Sadipe, has charged Governments at all tiers to galvanize action plans to support breaking the bias and misconceptions against women. She said this on Friday, in commemoration of the 2022 International Women’s Day celebration, held on March 8, adding that this step […]

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INEC to Sani-Bello: We don’t recognise you as APC chair

• Says party needs 21-day notice to sack Buni There seems to be no let up in the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC). Yesterday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the party could only remove the National Chairman of Caretaker /Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, and other officers […]

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Nothing can make me return to party politics – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday restated his decision and commitment to stay off the party politics, saying nothing can make him return to party politics. He made his position known, while addressing newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abeokuta. […]

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Zamfara, APC and the politics of opportunism

By Reuben Abati So much has happened locally and globally recently – the nerve-wracking fuel scarcity in Nigeria, the war in Ukraine, the signing of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill and the attendant controversies, the amendment of 68 clauses in the 1999 Constitution also, so much really that the Nigerian commentariat has more or less […]

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Arrested Lagos BRT driver raped me inside bus, says victim, presents evidence

Nice Omininikoron; Account statement/torn clothes Nice (Andrew) Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a passenger, Oluwabamise Ayankole, has been accused of engaging in illicit acts with another female passenger in Lagos State. The female victim accused Omininikoron of raping her on November 25, 2021. […]

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Oyo shuts markets, roads for Balogun’s coronation as Olubadan today

Major roads in Ibadan, Oyo State, will be closed on Friday while markets will also be shut in honour of Senator Lekan Balogun (formerly Otun Olubadan) who will be installed as the 42nd Olubadan of Ibadan on Friday (today). Congratulatory messages have also been pouring in for the 79-year old new monarch. Oyo State Road […]

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