Court Rejects CBN Governor Emefiele’s Request To Restrain INEC, AGF Over Presidential Ambition
A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s request to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami preventing him…
INEC Chairman’s Presidential Contest and Death of Sarcasm
By Farooq Kperogi I wrote a tongue-in-cheek, intentionally sarcastic status update yesterday that I won’t be surprised of the INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) chairman gets an APC presidential nomination form while still an INEC chairman given the norm-bending absurdities…
2023: Group Urges Al-Mustapha to Join Presidential Race
A political pressure group, Hamza Almustapha Media Awareness (HALMA), has urged retired Maj. Hamza Almustapha to join the 2023 presidential race in order to tackle insecurity and other challenges facing the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that…
Death of Arthur Nzeribe: All You Need To Know
On Sunday, news broke on the death of former Nigerian Senator and a popular businessman, Francis Arthur Nzeribe. He was born November 2, 1938 and died at the age of 83 years old. The late Senator’s family sources yesterday confirmed…
Airline Operators Suspend Planned Withdrawal Of Services Hours To Deadline
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has suspended its decision to shutdown operations across all airports in the country hours to its Monday deadline. The association explained that the suspension of the decision was in the interest of the national…
NASS: PDP Panel Reinstates 3 Aspirants, Upholds Disqualification of CUPP Spokesman, One Other
The Appeal Panel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has upheld the disqualification of two aspirants seeking to contest the National Assembly elections in Imo State and reinstated three others earlier disqualified last week from contesting at the party’s primary…
Nigeria: A Nation At The Mercy Of Political Party Delegates
We are at the peak of the political season, that period when hope of a better and greater Nigeria could be realized if only party delegates will make decisions in the collective interest of all of us. But dangling before…
We’re Ashamed of Urhobo People’s Conduct in Politics – Delta Political Roundtable
The Delta Political Roundtable, a political pressure group in the state has condemned in strong terms the attitude of some Urhobo people over their persistent antagonism to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and warned that henceforth the Urhobos will find…
BREAKING: Date Fixed for MKO Abiola Self Declaration As President-Elect @28
.. As Endorsement Of Epetedo Hall As Nigeria’s Democracy Centre Holds Next Month Coalition for A Better Nigeria in conjunction with Government of Lagos Island and, by extension, Government of Lagos State, has invited the general public to the 11th…
Meffy2023: A Joke Taken Too Far
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In November 2017, it emerged that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, had significant interests in an off-shore company registered in Bermuda, which held an account with the UBS in London. The UBS…
HURIWA Tasks IGP On Police Officers Accused Of ‘Kidnapping’, Blackmailing And Extortion Of N18m from Anambra Businessman
Prominent Civil rights advocacy group- Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed disappointment and sadness at the lack of action by the Inspector-General of Police Alhaji Usman Alkali Baba on a subsisting petition against Mr. martin ngoesina okechukwu,…
