The electoral commission will begin registration of voters in January. Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, will commence the registration of eligible voters by 2021 ahead of the 2023 general elections, the chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has said. The exercise, which will begin in January, will run for next 18 months – and stop about…
Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based right activist has mocked Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over his remark of running for the presidency. Adeyanju, who is the co-convener of Concerned Nigerian Advocacy Group said Bello lacks the capacity to be president of a “pig farm,” let alone, ruling Nigeria. Bello had hinted on running for the…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has vowed to remove the controversial fuel subsidy if elected as president in 2023. Nigeria’s petrol subsidy as of 2021 cost around $4.5bn, or roughly two percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The reported figure exceeds the Nigeria’s Government’s spending on health, education, and social…
Aggrieved members of Enugu East local government council have protested alleged imposition of a candidate for the scheduled February local government election in Enugu state. The protesters who took to the streets with placards further lamented the domination of the council by a particular family since its creation in 1996. They, therefore, appealed to Governor…
The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, and the Management of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) have been summoned over the failure to clean up Ogoni land. The National Assembly Joint Panel on host communities summoned the minister and the management of HYPREP over the failure to clean up Ogoni despite payment of $1 billion for…
By CHUKWUEBUKA IBEH Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tasks European nations to confront their role in the history of colonial violence and return the art works and objects of spiritual significance stolen from various parts of the continents of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Adichie said this in an address at the opening of the Humboldt…
An American News Publication Describes Atiku and Tinubu as ‘Deeply Uninspiring’ – By Jerrywright Ukwu Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu have a lot of work to do to convince the international media about their reputations. Weeks after Bloomberg, a US media company dismissed the presidential aspirations of both politicians. Foreign Policy has done same, The…
As long as 2020 was – some swear it was more than the usual 12 months – it really is coming to an end, with many impatient to usher in 2021 and experience better times. For many all over the world, the year will be unforgotten for many reasons. COLLINS KAINENE chronicles some of the…
Leader of army unit that overthrew President Alpha Conde tells government ministers there will be ‘no witch hunt’, a day after coup in West African nation. Guinean government officials are barred from leaving the country until further notice and a curfew imposed in mining areas has been lifted, the leader of an army unit that…
Yoruba Nation agitators under the aegis of Yoruba Koya Liberation Movement have blamed the Minister of Justice and Antoney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; and a former Chief of Army Staff and Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai, for the detention of Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho in Cotonou. Sunday Igboho,…
