The House of Representatives is considering making a president or governor lose their seat if they defect from the political party on whose platform they were elected to another. Presently, the constitution only prescribes such for National Assembly and state House of Assembly members. A member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Taraba State, Rimamnde…
I received 19 threats during banking consolidation era — Soludo ON Attempts also made to kidnap my children By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka THE former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Soludo, at the weekend in Awka, narrated how he received 19 written threats on his life following his decision to embark…
Police REFORM: Force devolves power to CPs, DPOs to take directives from govs, LG chairmen as Decentralisation of Police Tactical Operations Begin. Commissioners of Police (CPs) in state commands and divisional police officers (DPOs) have been invested with more powers in discharging their responsibilities, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, announced yesterday. Adamu, during…
The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and national leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso has confirmed the party is in talk with Labour Party presidential flag-bearer, Peter Obi, over a merger.The former Kano State Governor confirmed this in an interview with BBC Hausa. There have been speculations that the NNPP and LP are…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has given reasons for calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Sunday Igboho, Yoruba Nation agitator while in the United States, US. Ortom said he called for the release of Kanu and Igboho because they are freedom fighters. He said…
Based on the zoning arrangement which favours Enugu East Zone to produce Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s successor in 2023, elder statesman Senator Jim Nwobodo says the slot should go to Nkanu East LGA. The former governor of old Anambra state said he would not support any candidate for governor in 2023 if such candidate does not…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has, in recent months, shown that governing is beyond rhetorics, blowing the commonwealth, making empty promises and jumping from one country to another to “look for investors”. Leadership SCORECARD looks at how. Coronavirus is here amongst us and it is something we have all had to deal with. It…
The United States says it will continue to offer help to Americans, Afghans at risk and other nationals in the Taliban-torn country beyond August 31, 2021. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated this at a press briefing on Wednesday, streamed by CNN He noted that roughly 1,000 Americans are still in Afghanistan and must be…
Why we oppose Okonjo-Iweala — US Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The United States has explained that the reason it moved against the election of former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, was the fact that the UN agency was in dire need of reform which must be driven…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of attempting to Islamize Nigeria. HURIWA made the remark in response to the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the Inspector General of Police by Buhari. The rights group said the appointment of Baba has exposed Buhari as an unrepentant nepotist and…
