Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi says banditry attacks and other insecurity challenges across the country are a form of revenge on Nigeria for neglecting to invest in human capacity building for several years. Peter Obi who is a Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party was speaking during a meeting with delegates […]
By Eric Ikhilae Before April 22, 2022. the idea of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan being drafted to contest the next presidential election as a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was considered speculation, often amplified by the occasional appearances of his posters in strategic locations across the country. But, on April 22, Jonathan spoke […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Udom Emmanuel, Akwa Ibom governor, will fix the economy of Nigeria if given the opportunity to rule the country. Bola Bolawole, Emmanuel’s spokesperson, quoted Obasanjo as making the comment on Tuesday when the governor paid him a consultation visit at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun state. In April, the […]
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo youth wing has said that it has endorsed Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s pursuit of the 2023 Nigerian Presidency. The youth council said it was delighted to identify with Tinubu as a foremost National political leader in contemporary Nigeria and political dispensation, stating that Tinubu was at the forefront of providing good […]
Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi will formally declare his intention to run for the position of President of the country on Wednesday in Abuja, The PUNCH has learnt. His Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, made this known in a statement issued to journalists on Tuesday. According to him, Wednesday’s […]
Leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Clark, has stated that former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, should have allowed the Igbo to secede at the outset of the civil war in 1966. Clark said this during an interview on Arise TV, where he condemned the unfair treatment handed to […]
The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF), an umbrella body of 42 northern youth organisations, says none of the southern presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the political will to tame Nigeria’s current challenges. The body also declared that the North has not produced any consensus presidential candidate, contrary […]
As a part of the ongoing consultation with strategic stakeholders in the country, presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who is also the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has visited the Abeokuta residence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to formally inform him of his presidential ambition. […]
Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, former spokesman to Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, will declare his intention to run for governor on Friday. Tanko-Yakasai, who disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday, said he will run on the platform of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP). “In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no […]
The United Nations has called on various governments to respect the rights and protect journalists and media workers in their respective countries. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, made the call in his message to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day tagged ‘journalism under digital siege’. He stressed the need to shine a spotlight on […]
