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…
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…
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…
PDP Panel Upholds Anambra National Assembly Primary Elections
The three-man ad-hoc Ward Congresses Electoral Appeal Panel set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to look into the Anambra State’s National Assembly Primary has upheld the election held on May 1, 2022….
Why Ekweremadu Should Withdraw from Enugu Governorship Race –Rights Group
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Sunday, urged a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to back out of the 2023 governorship race in Enugu State. According to the group, Ekweremadu should quit the Enugu…
Boardroom Guru Atedo Peterside Joins SDP
Founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Disclosing this in a social media post on Wednesday, Peterside, the Co-Chair of Agenda 2050 Steering Committee, noted that his…
Apprehension As Tinubu’s Campaign DG, Abdulmumin Jibrin Quits APC
The sudden announcement by Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, the 2023 Campaign Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that he has left the ruling party is causing anxiety within the APC. Hon. Jubril was…
Sanwo-Olu: Tinubu, Forced To Beat A Retreat
“Moja mosa lafi mo Akinkanju l’ogun. Balogun ti o ba mo’ja mosa, a maa ba ogun ibo mi lo ni”. War Generals are known by their strategic understanding of how to advance and when to retreat in battle, a general…
Group Tackles El-Rufai’s Anointed Aspirant Uba Sani Over Another Muslim/Muslim Ticket Plot in Kaduna
Barely two days after Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State unveiled his preferred successor, Senator Uba Sani, the Kaduna Fairness and Justice Monitors (KFJM) has described as insensitive and deceptive a speculated plot by the aspirant to repeat “El-Rufai’s divisive…
Buhari Regime: If CBN Governor Emefiele, AGF Malami Can Declare While in Office, Even INEC Chairman Can Buy 2023 APC Forms – HURIWA
Prominent non-political organisation, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has suggested that since the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Mr. Godwin Emefiele and the Chief Law Officer of the Federation who is the federal Attorney General of…
