Nigerian Christians must decide whether to cut or thrust. It is not unusual that religion is getting all the attention as next year’s presidential election in Nigeria draws closer. For better or for worse, Nigerians take religion very seriously, and the often unpredictable interaction of religion and ethnicity is a key element of political contestation in the country. Yet, if the role of religion was totally predictable, that Nigerian Christians feel that they have been...
The Federal Government with support from the World Bank has commenced a project known as AGILE in Borno, Ekiti, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, and Plateau to improve secondary education opportunities for adolescent girls and empower them to earn their living in the country. The AGILE Project has World Bank support to the tune of $500 million with prospects of improved funding. National Project Coordinating Unit of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project,...
A Coalition for Good Governance, a Coalition of civil society groups has endorsed the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, for the 2023 poll. The coalition is made up of 15 deregistered political parties in the country and some former presidential candidates. The National Chairman, Engr. Okey Chikwendu and National Publicity Secretary, Don Anthony Harmattan, the group described Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as the most credible among other candidates....
The contending scenarios as social order breaks down. In a different context, the deadly attack on the 7 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army Presidential Guards Brigade on the evening of Friday, July 22nd would have set alarm bells ringing in the upper echelons of Nigerian intelligence. Among the many puzzles raised by the attack, which reportedly left three soldiers wounded and eight dead, is the question of how the assailants got wind of the elite unit’s...
Why does it make sense to you and to your principal that the only route to his vaulting presidential ambition must be one that sunders two ethnic groups that have since before the amalgamation been living together in amity, harmony and peace, two peoples that have always, in peace or in peril, lent each other a helping hand? Some have called you foolish, dear Sam Omatseye. Others insist that you are plain stupid. There are...
A member of All Progressive Congress representing Bauchi North Senatorial zone has reviewed that majority of the APC senators are in total support for the impeachment of the Major General Muhammad Buhari. Senator Bulkachuwa a member of the ruling APC said almost all members of the senate support the move after they had a closed-door executive session last Wednesday. A six week Ultimatum was given to Muhammad Buhari to address the security crisis lingering and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has added more than 10 million new voters to its electoral rolls, the majority of whom are young people in preparation for the 2023 elections. It says 84% of the 10.49 million new voters registered during the year-long exercise that was concluded on Sunday, were under the age of 34. According to INEC data, 84 million voters were registered for 2019 general elections and there may now be 96.2...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration has given security forces full freedom to end attacks in the country. He said this in a statement on Tuesday issued by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson. The president condemned the recent attacks in Sokoto, Plateau and Kaduna, describing the incidents as “barbaric”. Buhari, who condoled with the family members of the victims, assured the state governments of his administration’s commitment to improving security. “We have given security forces...
The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of personnel and operational assets in and around the federal capital territory (FCT). Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday. According to the statement, Bala Senchi, deputy inspector-general of police in charge of operations, has been directed to supervise and coordinate the deployment of the personnel which will cover surrounding states. “The Inspector-General of...
“The duo of Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed remains the most qualified team that could steer this country in a different direction. However, a possible victory hangs on how this movement could strategically circumvent a dysfunctional balloting process and navigate past the finish line of electoral victory.” ―Anthony Obi Ogbo ________________________ During a strategic group meeting of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) held shortly before the 2015 election at a castle on Puerta Vista Lane in...
