The 2023 presidential election of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has held as scheduled and it was fair, free, and credible at least to a certain degree. Nigerians from all nooks and crannies gleefully enjoyed their political right to vote being one of the fundamental human rights stated in the 1999 constitution. The percentage of the turnout compared to other Read More
As citizens of Nigeria, we are all guided by three judicable documents viz: (i) the constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria; (ii) the electoral Acts/INEC guidelines; (iii) the political parties constitutions and (iv) others are clubs, associations, communities and villages constitutions. All the above documents are binding on all willing participants except the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Read More
A former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, Wednesday said that the ongoing constitutional amendment can not work, maintaining that Nigeria needs constitutional replacement. Olanipekun who delivered the 13th convocation lecture of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun state, insisted that the present constitution can not solve the security, pandemic and other problems facing the country. Speaking Read More
The two non-teaching staff unions of Nigerian Universities have given federal government a two-week ultimatum to reverse the sharing formula of the just approved N22.127 billion for payment of earned allowances for the university staff. Blueprint can authoritatively report that out of the approved amount, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ( ASUU) is to take a lion share of 75 Read More
The chairman, Board of Lottery Regulatory Commission, Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle has debunked media reports in some section that he accused Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume of interfering in the operations of the commission. Alhaji Ibikunle said that there was no iota of truth in the publication as there was never a time the Governing Board Read More
Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Salihu Moh Lukman, has called for a new orientation in the management of political parties to address issues of membership recruitment and management, party funding and administration. Lukman, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said unless these issues are addressed Nigerians will continue to experience all the familiar Read More
The Office of Auditor General of the Federation (AGF) in its 2016 Audit Report accused the Budget Office of withdrawing N151.3 billion secretly from the federation account in 2015. According to the report, “The Budget Office of the Federation expended the sum of N151,371,407,619.10 above its approved budget for the year 2015. “This was extra-budgetary spending incurred without recourse to Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has faulted the state government of Engr David Umahi, for implementing Cybercrime Prohibition Law in the state without a public hearing. The group however, demanded immediate release of a Radio presenter, Godfrey Chikwere, arrested and detained over a Facebook post on the order of the state government. In a statement Read More
…South blackmailing North for power shift – APC chieftain …PDP’ll re-visit Bala-led c’ttee on zoning – Spokesman …Every country has its own peculiarities – Olujimi ‘…Anti-open grazing law’ll protect citizens’ ‘…VAT being used for North to cede presidency’ Ahead 2023 general elections, the battle of wits has started between the North and the South political elite with governors and ethnic Read More
The Nigerian Army has arrested a popular Nollywood actor Chiwetalu Agu for dressing in an attire of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Army also accused Agu of inciting members of the public and soliciting for support for the IPOB. A statement by Army spokesperson Brig.-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu Thursday denied reports on social media that Agu was assaulted Read More
Following rate of criminality and security challenges facing the nation, Govenor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, of Ondo state has called for urgent restructuring of the country in the best interest of all. Governor Akeredolu, speaking over the weekend in Akure, Ondo state capital during the commemoration anniversary of the 61st anniversary of the country said the current system adopted in the county does Read More
The idea of dwindling economy explains an occurrence wherein an economy is in a state of financial turmoil, often the result of a period of negative activity based on the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate. In recent history, the crash in global oil price and the global pandemic jointly made the problem of dwindling economy a global phenomenon. This occurrence, undesired as it were, in Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a conditional lifting of ban on micro-blogging site, Twitter. Buhari who disclosed this during his broadcast on Nigeria’s 61st Independence anniversary on Friday.The President also spoke on other crucial National issues. Read his full speech… INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTY Read More
President Ram Nath Kovind of India has congratulated the government and people of Nigeria on the occasion of the 61st independence anniversary. In a congratulatory letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, Kovind conveyed his best wishes to the Nigerian leader as well as the continued prosperity of the country. ‘‘India and Nigeria have warm, friendly and deep rooted ties. Our multifaceted Read More
For the third time, the Chairman of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, (ECTDA), Hon. Josef Onoh, has declined to honour an invitation from the Enugu State House of Assembly special committee set up to look into allegations of extortion and other related matters in the Enugu Capital Territory. The Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, Dr. Victor Nnam, also shunned Read More
The debate around the zoning of the presidency ahead of the 2023 elections continued Monday with the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) condemning their southern counterparts over their stance on power shift. The NSGF’s position was reached at the end of its meeting with traditional rulers from the region in Kaduna. Reading the 11-point resolution at the end of the Read More
Delta state police command has dismissed two officers of the command for seriously assaulting tricycle rider, one Brodrick Omesan. The two dismissed officers, Sgt Felix Ebikabowei, and Ndubuisi Abazie before were attached to ‘B’ Division Warri. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Edafe Bright, said, “On 12/8/2021, after close of work conspired among themselves and engaged in Read More
A group under the auspice of North Central Coalition for Leadership (NCCL) has urged the leadership of the country to zone the 2023 presidency to the North Central in the interest of equity, fairness and justice. The was contained in a statement signed by the Director General of the coalition , Williams Oluwatoyin and made available to newsmen on Thursday Read More
With reference to chapter 11, section 24 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, it is the responsibility of every citizen to protect the state’s property. Humongous amounts of funds are spent by the government on creating public properties so as to improve the standard of living of the citizens. As such, it is our Read More
Peeved by the statement attributed to Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa from Bauchi state to the effect that rather than give Ndigbo opportunity to produce president come 2023, they should be eliminated from the face of the earth, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked the senator to apologise to Ndigbo. Bulkachuwa, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and husband Read More
A group, Ikenga Ndi Igbo Progressive Union Worldwide has rejected the exclusion of other Nigerians, especially people of Igbo extraction from holding elective positions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a release jointly signed on Wednesday by its President, Hon. (Chief) Alfred Ozoemena, and the Secretary General, High Chief Victor Uche Okei, the association said it has painfully observed Read More
After successfully breeding two presidents and suffering a post-natal abortion of the third, the nation’s prolific king-maker and former president Olusegun Obasanjo has suffered a blow below the belt in his fourth effort. It has effectively castrated the robust thrust he had mustered towards implanting another embryo in the 2023 presidential womb. From the prognosis given by the bewildered inner Read More
A former deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, has passed on. A family source revealed that Mantu died early Tuesday morning. His profile Mantu was bom on Februay 16, 1947 in the present Plateau state. He was one of the few Nigerians who took politics seriously and had from the onset decided to make it a full time vocation. Read More
Organisers of Abuja Business Excellence awards have rolled out plans for this year’s edition of the programme expected to honour outstanding Chief Executive of Officers (CEOs) and public servants within the nation’s capital. Simon Tuleh, Managing Director/CEO Dapines Global Investors Ltd, organisers of the yearly awards, described the event which is at its third edition as the biggest in Abuja Read More
In apparent response to recent calls for support for Abba Kyari by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), a group of about 31 young northern Nigerian lawyers has volunteered to render legal services to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police. Speaking for the group during an interaction with journalists in Abuja Wednesday, Barrister Sanusi Bappah Salisu said the volunteer lawyers Read More
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