Insist On Power Rotation To Southern Nigeria In 2023, Prof. Moghalu Calls On Ndigbo

NewsPoliticsInsist On Power Rotation To Southern Nigeria In 2023, Prof. Moghalu Calls On Ndigbo

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)June 21, 2021

ENUGU — Professor Kingsley Moghalu at the inauguration ceremony of Igbonine, a socio-cultural organization called on Ndigbo to look beyond political party and focus on the emergence of a competent and visionary Nigeria President from South-East extraction capable of moving Nigeria and all its component parts and peoples forward. This is one of the eight needs enumerated by Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria and 2019 Presidential Candidate in his keynote address;...

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INEC To Resume Nationwide Voter Registration On June 28

Nigeria ElectionsPoliticsINEC To Resume Nationwide Voter Registration On June 28

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 19, 2021

ABUJA — Deputy Director of Voter Education Division of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mary Nkem has declared the readiness of the commission to resume the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration scheduled for June 28. Mary Nkem who made this known on Thursday at a roadshow on the CVR organised by the commission in Abuja said the exercise would be taking place from 9 am to 3 pm from Monday to Friday, excluding weekends. She...

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I Will Not Contest For Presidency-Sanusi

PeoplePoliticsI Will Not Contest For Presidency-Sanusi

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 19, 2021

KADUNA — The deposed Emir of Kano and new caliph of the Tijaniyya sect in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said he has no intention of running for any political position in the country. Sanusi, who stated this in Kaduna on Thursday, said he will continue to educate the public on the right candidates to vote for during elections. “If we do not educate our children to become successful, while other people send their children...

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OPINION: Why APGA Must Not Die

ColumnsOpinionPoliticsOPINION: Why APGA Must Not Die

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)June 18, 2021

I have now taken a closer and more subjective view on the current crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance –APGA. And although I have been very critical of the way the party has been going about without due recourse to various interests within the party to harmonize and aggregate the same, it, however, remains the truth that APGA must not be destroyed by both the leadership and those that are aggrieved in the party....

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Adamawa State Assembly Passes 23 Bills, 74 Resolutions

PoliticsAdamawa State Assembly Passes 23 Bills, 74 Resolutions

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 18, 2021

YOLA — The 7th Adamawa State House of Assembly has passed 23 bills and 74 resolutions in the last two years. Speaker Iya Abbas while presiding over the resumed plenary on Tuesday after months two months on the break as a result of a strike by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN). “Out of the 23 bills enacted, 18 were duly assented to by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for good governance in the state.”...

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22 Years After, Nigeria’s Democracy Yet to be felt by the Nigerian People

ColumnsOpinionPolitics22 Years After, Nigeria’s Democracy Yet to be felt by the Nigerian People

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)June 15, 2021

Basic interpretation of the quintessence of a democratic government is that it is a government that is sanctioned by the people; one which goes about in performance of its duties, as the people pleases. In other words, a democracy is a government that is literally owned by citizens, within the territory of which the government exerts authority. When we put this into perspective with regards to Nigeria’s own brand of democracy, what we see is...

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Stop Smear Campaigns Against Akpabio, Tompolo, Agitators Tells Mischief Makers

NigeriaPoliticsStop Smear Campaigns Against Akpabio, Tompolo, Agitators Tells Mischief Makers

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 14, 2021

Crusaders, under the aegis of the 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC), have condemned mischief makers for reportedly embarking on a smear campaign against Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The group, in a statement on Monday, signed by its Coordinator, Izon Ebi, said Tompolo and Akpabio deserved commendation and not lampoon for averting the planned hostilities renewed...

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PDP Governors Raises Concern over Buhari’s Excessive Borrowing, Says Nigeria Will Fall into Bankruptcy

Anthony Obi OgboNigeriaPoliticsPDP Governors Raises Concern over Buhari’s Excessive Borrowing, Says Nigeria Will Fall into Bankruptcy

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 14, 2021

ABUJA —The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum on Monday expressed concern over the current debt profile of Nigeria, which currently put at N37 Trillion incurred by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. That opposition was worried that the Federal Government was gradually plunging the country into bankruptcy with its excessive borrowings on frivolous items, saying that over 80 percent of the normal Appropriation was being spent on debt servicing. The Forum in a...

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Give Nigerians Change, Oyegun Tells FG

PoliticsGive Nigerians Change, Oyegun Tells FG

Beloved John (Staff Writer)June 14, 2021

LAGOS — The former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, has demanded that the ruling party give Nigerians the change long yearned for. Addressing his audience during a book lunch, Oyegun said the APC should be responsive to the desires of Nigerians. The book, titled, ‘APC’s litmus test, Nigerian democracy, and politics of change’, was written by Salihu Lukman, director-general, Progressives Congress Forum (PGF). “We are in charge today; a progressive...

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PeacePoliticsSen. Binani Preach Peace On Nigeria’s Democracy Day

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 13, 2021

Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed (Binani), Senator representing Adamawa Central in the National Assembly has reminded Nigerians that peace is a prerequisite for any development to thrive. Sen. Binani in her message on the occasion of Democracy day in Nigeria which she tagged “Remember, We are Stronger Together” noted that there is no better time to preach and reiterate the message of peace than now. “No doubt there is no better time to preach and reiterate the message...

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