Anyim To Nigerians: If I Run This Country And You Don’t See Any Difference After One Year, Recall Me

NewsNigeria ElectionsAnyim To Nigerians: If I Run This Country And You Don’t See Any Difference After One Year, Recall Me

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 14, 2022

ABUJA — Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, a presidential aspirant on Wednesday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to recall him if he fails to perform after one year in office. Anyim, who intends to contest on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said this while making a presentation to the party’s National Working Committee (NEC) after submitting his nomination form to contest for president. The former Senate President also promised to win the 2023 presidential...

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I Contested Governorship Election Four Times – Atiku

NewsNigeria ElectionsPoliticsI Contested Governorship Election Four Times – Atiku

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 13, 2022

ABUJA — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that he contested the governorship position four times before he finally won in 1999 as Vice President. Atiku disclosed this on Tuesday during an interaction with leaders of over 200 support groups across the country, in Abuja. Addressing the leaders of the groups, Atiku said he is delighted that more young people are now participating in politics, adding that his dream is to mentor the young...

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OPINION: Nigeria’s Deepening Security Crisis Exposes Growing Reliance on Nonstate Actors

ColumnsNational SecurityOpinionOPINION: Nigeria’s Deepening Security Crisis Exposes Growing Reliance on Nonstate Actors

PilotnewsApril 12, 2022

Governor El-Rufai’s threat to import mercenaries to help with Nigeria’s security crisis reveals cracks in the security sector and waning state power. A rare positive note as Nigeria spirals into a state of lawlessness is the unintended return to the front burner of longstanding issues around governance at the subnational level. Until now, such issues have bubbled under the surface, receiving fleeting attention only when the country’s perennial crisis threatens to boil over, only to...

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Osinbajo Declares For Presidency

NewsNigeria ElectionsPoliticsOsinbajo Declares For Presidency

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 11, 2022

Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has officially declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election, putting to rest months of speculation. He made the declaration in a short broadcast shared via his Twitter handle. “In the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, and a man of integrity, President Muhammadu Buhari. “We have, together, worked through some of the most difficult...

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Academy Bans Will Smith For 10 Years Over Slap

Arts & CultureEntertainmentNewsAcademy Bans Will Smith For 10 Years Over Slap

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 9, 2022

Hollywood actor, Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced in a statement. This was the Academy’s response to the buzz-killing, shock-inducing scene of Smith, 53, striking comedian Chris Rock, 57, and cursing him live on camera before millions watching the Oscars on Sunday, March 27. The decision was made during a Board of Governors meeting held on Friday in...

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CBN Governor, Emefiele, Krystal Solutions’ Ogunsemo, Others Make Forbes Africa’s List

Award & RecognitionNational DevelopmentCBN Governor, Emefiele, Krystal Solutions’ Ogunsemo, Others Make Forbes Africa’s List

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 8, 2022

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emiefele, and Mr. Temitope Ogunsemo, the founder of Krystal Digital Solutions Ltd., have been listed in the Forbes Africa Undiscovered Series for Nigeria. The Forbes Report on Nigeria, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja by Mr. Uri Onojake of GLG Communications, a consultancy firm, disclosed that the undiscovered series was part of an exclusive list of Nigerians who...

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Soyinka Laments State Of Insecurity, Says Buhari’s Government Needs Help

Crime & SecurityNewsSoyinka Laments State Of Insecurity, Says Buhari’s Government Needs Help

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 8, 2022

LAGOS — Prof. Wole Soyinka has lamented the rising level of insecurity in the country leading to killings, kidnappings, and violence in several states. The Nobel laureate who spoke on the sidelines of a media briefing held in Lagos on Thursday with the theme, Forget the past, forfeit the future: A nation seceding from humanity, said many Nigerians go out unsure they would return home safely. According to him, the country needs help to tame insecurity....

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OPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

AfricaColumnsLaw & JusticeOpinionOPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

PilotnewsApril 7, 2022

Compaore’s conviction is good news for the rule of law and democratic consolidation in Africa.    Former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore’s sentence of life imprisonment by an Ouagadougou military court for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, marks an important victory for the rule of law in the country and the region as a whole. In exile in the Ivory Coast since his ouster from power following a popular uprising in 2014,...

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NewsNigeria ElectionsPDP Ignores Zoning, Throws Its 2023 Presidential Ticket Open to All

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 6, 2022

ABUJA — The 37-man zoning committee of the leading opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has thrown its presidential ticket open to all its aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket “due to exigency of time” saying “zoning, as in our party constitution, is affirmed.” The document sighted by our correspondent read:...

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Nigeria Is Bleeding, Tinubu Comments to Abuja-Kaduna Rail Attack

Crime & SecurityNigeria Is Bleeding, Tinubu Comments to Abuja-Kaduna Rail Attack

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)April 6, 2022

KADUNA — The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said that Nigeria is bleeding as a result of the high rate of killings across the country. The former Governor of Lagos State then urged Nigerians to join hands in the fight against banditry in the country. This is as Governor Nasir el-Rufai said that Nigeria is at a crossroads and needed to make a difficult decision to pick a leader,...

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