By Louis Amoke He became governor of Enugu State in 2015 when Enugu’s purse grew leaner and Nigeria’s economy was in recession as federal allocations dwindled to an all-time low – a major setback his predecessor, Mr. Sullivan Chime acknowledged during a thanksgiving Mass to commemorate the end of his administration. His administration was receiving…
A report by Management Newspaper has said that the Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, is being thought of because the chief of employees to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Gbajabiamila was conspicuously absent on the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja venue of the presentation of Certificates of Return to Members-elect…
Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London, has stated that from its analysis of the February 25 presidential election, it would appear that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to learn new lessons. The organisation stressed that the electoral umpire failed to adhere to its own guidelines, which it enunciated before the…
Growing up, two proverbs stuck out for me, one by my father, and the other was a Pidgin English saying. One was: “If one person buries himself, one hand will stick out”. Young, impressionistic, and inquisitive, I asked for an explanation. My father explained it away both as an idiomatic expression and a literary saying….
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. Details later…
Over ten thousands citizens in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State have benefited from a free medical outreach organised by the Sally Gold Development Foundation as a way of supporting the governorship aspiration of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Dr. Peter Mbah. The mammoth crowd which gathered…
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has said that the presidential polls of February 25 failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The ambassador acknowledged that many are angry and frustrated with the results, while some others are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-earned. She, however, commended Nigerians for demonstrating…
WHY ONGOING COLLATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONRESULTS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND A POSSIBLE INVITATION TO ANARCHY THAT MUST BE AVERTED NOW BY IMMEDIATE HALT. AS A CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER, FOREMOST ADVOCATE FOR CREDIBLE ELECTION, SPOKESPERSON OF THE OPPOSITION COALITION, AND ELECTED MEMBER OF THE NIGERIAN PARLIAMENT, I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION TO ADVISE THAT IN THE NATIONAL…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has raised the alarm that some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos, Rivers and Delta states have refused to upload the results of the presidential elections collated in various polling units in the states unto INEC’s Central Server. According to Julius Abure, the…
February 19, 2023. The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has received an unprecedented massive endorsement from the various communities, towns and villages from the five local government areas in Enugu West Senatorial Zone who came out in large numbers to reaffirm their position about the forthcoming…
