“Take a look at those we have put in Aso Rock in the last forty years. Dimwitted dumbasses. Dark-soul-ed oddballs. Grifters. Thieves, the kinds that turn over the treasury bag, shake it loose just for the pennies to drop. They left us with an empty bag” _________________________ Why do you people weep? Have you not cried enough? Why do you citizens of the nation of Nigeria not wake up and walk away from the nightmare?...
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in Nigeria says it observed some shortcomings during Saturday’s general election, in spite of Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) efforts to make the process hitch-free for Nigerians. This is contained in the first preliminary report on the election presented on Monday in Abuja by Barry Andrews, the Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission. A part of the report’s summary reads, “On 25 February, Nigerians went...
“Traditional political parties, the APC and the PDP, must undergo major reforms if they will remain relevant in years ahead. ” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The outcome of Saturday’s National Assembly election is no longer news. From the results so far, it is clear that there is a shift. In Anambra State, Labour Party defeated two incumbent senators and picked five of the eleven House of Representatives seat. In Enugu, Labour Party also took two senatorial seats...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Okey Ezea of Labour party, LP, and candidate for Enugu North Senatorial District election winner of the Saturday 25th February election. Ezea won the seat with one hundred and four thousand, four hundred and ninety-two votes (104,492) against the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, the Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who got forty-six thousand, nine hundred and forty-eight (46,948) votes. The Victory of Labour Party in the state...
Below is the full text of a statement by the NLC on Monday, signed by its president, Joe Ajaero and titled ‘Build Government on Sovereign Will’: The NLC warns again that any election result that does not reflect the wishes of the people will not only spell doom for democracy but will also render the benefitting government of such heist illegitimate. Sustainable governments are built on sovereign will. The reason is that such government is...
An activist group, Youths for Stable Democracy (YSD), has told Nigerians to ignore the comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, stressing that the statement is an insidious attempt to subvert the outcome of the 2023 presidential elections over fears that the former president’s preferred candidate, Peter Obi of the Labour Party is likely to lose the contest. The national coordinator of YSD, Barrister Chinyere Nwadike levelled the allegation in a statement issued to the press...
The former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George and the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the party, Dr. Olajide Adediran, popularly called, Jandor have condemned the attack on non-indigenes, following the results of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. A press statement by George, signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Olusegun Edwards, condemned the attacks on non-indigenes, particularly the Igbo, stating that such uncivilised act is...
Concerned about what it calls a violation of the electoral act, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop further announcement of what it described as manipulated election results. The Spokesman of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, warned that the commission is pushing Nigerians to the wall, stressing that INEC has hugely violated the provision of the Electoral Actm Lamenting what it called manipulation by an umpire that...
Some outgoing Governors who have spent eight years as Executive Governors and contested on the platform of various political parties to represent their Senatorial Districts in the 10th National Assembly have failed in their bids. Among the outgoing Governors that lost are, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong to represent Plateau South Senatorial District, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to represent Enugu North Senatorial District, Samuel Ortom of Benue State to represent Benue North West...
Operatives of the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 19 suspects in connection with an attack on a truck loaded with hundreds of 50kg bags of Rice. Ibrahim Abdullahi, the command’s Public Relations Officer who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, explained that the incident occurred along Zaria Road on Sunday at about 11.30 am. Abdullahi said the suspects were arrested and 29 bags of 50kg...
