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By Don Udeike    I am not one that partakes in mediocrity. I am also not one that encourages others to be mediocre. I say this because the general elections have come and gone and as usual words, merchants have begun to ply their trades on behalf of their principals that includes some of thoseContinue reading “Buratai and the birth of a new Army”

As reactions continue to greet the just-concluded governorship election in Sokoto Stata, Govenror Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has been asked not to celebrate yet. Agenda for Democracy and Good Governance, which made  the call asked the governor to leave the Nigerian military alone while he savours the taste of his temporary victory, which would not passContinue reading “Sokoto guber: Leave military alone, your 342 stolen votes cannot stand judicial scrutiny – Group tells Tambuwal “

  0 Ekiti driver who murdered colleague sentenced to death By Opeyemi Aremu-Gbemiro An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Tuesday sentenced 40-year-old driver, Ajibola Abednego to death by hanging for the murder of a fellow driver. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, sentenced the convict to death by hanging for the murder of a driver, Ojo Ogunsakin, 42, during aContinue reading “Ekiti driver who murdered colleague sentenced to death”

Leave Saraki out of 9th Senate leadership tussle – PDP to APC Senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been cautioned to stop dragging the name of the President of the Senate Bukola Saraki into their tussle for the 9th Senate’s presidency. The Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upper legislativeContinue reading “Leave Saraki out of 9th Senate leadership tussle – PDP to APC”

By Philip Agbese  Only a few foreigners really decode the new wave of regeneration in Nigeria at the moment under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. The actions and policies of the APC-led Federal Government of Nigeria are not mere window-dressing or sloganeering about the change mantra.  The impacts are felt and the results palpableContinue reading “Understanding Campbell And His Corrupt Mindset On Nigeria”

Following an utterly biased election post-mortem and Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the Coalition for Good Governance and Change Initiative has demanded an apology from United States Consulate in Nigeria.  Ex-Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. John Campbell, had cast a racial slur on Nigeria with his article for the Council on Foreign Relations, claiming theContinue reading “Coalition demands apology from Ambassador over US Country report, Campbell’s report”

The Court of Appeal, sitting in Sokoto State, has set aside judgement of the Zamfara High Court which paved way for the All Progressives Congress, APC, to field candidates in the 2019 general elections. The Presiding Judge, Justice Tom Shuaibu Yakubu, while delivering the lead judgement, averred that the lower court did not properly evaluateContinue reading “PDP Wins Zamfara Guber as Appeal Court Nullifies APC Primaries “

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari is currently receiving the report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the New Minimum wage. The president had, on January 9, this year, constituted the panel, chaired by the Managing Director of the Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane. The report of the 24-man panel is being presented at theContinue reading “JUST IN: Buhari receives report of Rewane’s panel on minimum wage implementation”

United Kingdom Chapter of Arise Nigeria, a group of Nigerians in the diaspora, has reacted to the recent report by the United State through its State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour under the title “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.” which accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of abating corruptionContinue reading “US Country report on Nigeria aimed at forcing homosexuality, sale of national assets on Buhari – Diaspora Group”

By David Onmeje  The 2019 general elections in Nigeria have come and gone.  Another batch of democratic leaders have been empowered by majority of constituents to lead their destinies for another four years.  Spectacularly, the myths, the anxieties, the phobias and the uncertainty generated by the elections have also silently ebbed out for calm andContinue reading “Nigerian Elections And The Military: Between Fiction And Facts “