By Humphrey Onyima Long before the expiration of his eight-year tenure in office, opinions about the successor of Governor Tanko Al-Makura have set the polity abuzz with calculations and postulations. While politicians in the state are gearing for the tough duel ahead and getting set to own huge swaths of the state, indicators have emerged…
Erdogan’s Victory, What It Means For Turkey, Rest Of World – Ishaan Tharoor Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan embarked on a two-nation tour of Africa two years ago, as part of efforts to strengthen his country’s influence on the continent. No, he was not pursuing economic interests. Many opine that he is trying to build a…
Distortion of Abuja ‘Master-plan’ Driven By Greed, Politics – Iyortyer A former staff of the Federal Capital Development Agency (FCDA), sexagenarian Arc. (Dr.) Philip Zegetar Iyortyer tells LEADERSHIP Scorecard about his experience in drawing up plans for the young city and, ultimately, about that famous ‘master-plan’. As a civil servant who retired from the FCDA,…
By Don Stephen As someone who has spent the most part of my adult life in Enugu, it gives me immense joy seeing the scale of work ongoing across the Enugu metropolis and how the city’s original masterplan is gradually being restored. Recently, I drove through the New Market-Miliken Hill axis and was pleased to…
FG Sues Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Seeks For An Order Of Court Forfeiting His Undeclared Assets Unini Chioma, March 21, 2018 The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the recovery of public property has on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) instituted an action against the Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Senator Ike…
By Collins Kaineme The chairman of Nigeria’s newest party, the Action Peoples’ Party (APP) Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has called out the president for failing and adjudged the nation to be on the brink of collapse, due to the president’s colossal failure and inability to lead. Ugochinyere, who was speaking during the launch of his party…
By Chidi Papa My attention was drawn recently to a video recording in which Senator Ike Ekweremadu recounted his ordeal with former governor Sullivan Chime on the floor of the Senate and ascribed thoughts to situations in which some people try to play God. According to him, ex-governor Chime used the state apparatus against him,…
BEING A PRESS RELEASE JOINTLY HELD BY MGBOWO YOUTH PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION (MYPO) ABUJA BRANCH AND MGBOWO UNITED WELFARE ASSOCIATIO (MUWA) ON ENOUGH IS ENOUGH TO THE CONSPIRACY OF SEN. IKE EKWEREMADU AND HON. TOBY OKECHUKWU AGAINST MGBOWO COMMUNITY IN AWGU LGA OF ENUGU STATE. A member of the National Assembly, be it a senator or…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Independence Day broadcast elicited strong reactions from across the country, with Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the Eastern Consultative Assembly (ECA), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), lawyer Mike Ozekhome (SAN), former Edo State governor Adams Oshiomhole, 2014 National Conference discussant Dr Junaid Mohammed, amongst others, giving their opinion on the polarising…
By Princess Ngozi Amos Ezenma Since he left the corridors of power with his principal, Olusegun Obasanjo, in 2007, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has remained in the thick of politicking in Nigeria and, in that light, it would not be out of place to say that he knows his onions when it comes to governance. Humble…
