The Biden administration is raising the stake in the US resolve to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia in the unprovoked inversion of its territory by Putin`s soldiers. The US government on Wednesday announced that it will provide Ukraine with an additional $1 billion in military aid, in response to ...
Considering the signs emanating from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the emergence of Governor Nyesom Wike as Atiku`s running mate is almost certain, and so also are the risks that may be associated with such a decision. However, how many people are looking at these risks? It is not clear ...
Friday, June 17th is INEC`s deadline to political parties to submit their flag bearers and their running mates for the February 2023 presidential elections, and all parties are running round the clock to bit this deadline. Peoples Democratic Party, PDP met on Tuesday to deliberate on the party`s options for ...
The story Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State is telling the country might not be all there is, to why his political manifesto was released unofficially, but later denied officially. Tinubu`s campaign manifesto circulating on social media may be a kite flying strategy to gauge response ...
Reno Omokri is a household name in Nigeria`s social media space. He has created a brand and large following in virtually all known social media platforms popular to Nigerians, both home and in the diaspora. In this online cosmos, Reno`s brand has also been heavily commercialized to his credit and ...
A northern group by the name Coalition of Arewa Forum For Good Governance (CAFGG) has kicked against the idea of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the All Progressive Congress (APC). The group says that any such attempt will only create crisis in the country KEY FACTS Nigeria`s ruling party, All Progressive ...
Boris Johnson`s government is set to present new legislation in the parliament on Monday, overriding the rules that govern post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, thus inflaming tensions with the European Union. This move has been described as a face saving measure following Boris near loss of the no confidence vote ...
Muhammadu Buhari`s 2022 Democracy Day speech is a musical performance that struck the right notes. The 24 paragraph speech was simple, short and straight to the points, leaving no one in doubt that those charged with writing Buhari`s public speech were at their best this time. Could the speech have ...
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military. Furthermore, Guerrilla tactics focus on avoiding head-on ...
The Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett has once again raised the alarm over how “dangerously close” the Islamic Republic of Iran is to acquiring a nuclear weapon. This alarm comes as the US and the world powers are at a cross road on how to revive the Iran nuclear deal. ...
A community leader in Ekwe, a community in Isu Local Government Area of Imo State, who spoke to our reporter on Sunday, has confirmed a story by the Punch about the inversion of their community by some unknown gunmen who came hooded to avoid recognition. The community leader, who does ...
China has boasted of “Impressive progress” in nuclear weaponry and is now talking tough in their recent spat with the United States. The country`s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, made this disclosure while addressing delegates at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore recently. He said that China had achieved "impressive ...
On Sunday 12th June 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari addressed Nigerians in his usual Democracy Day address to the nation. In the speech, he made reference to so many things including why the Democracy Day has come to be celebrated on the 12th of June instead of the original 29th of ...
Nigeria`s popular civil society organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has risen to the occasion to challenge the country`s presidential candidates for the 2023 presidential election, reminding them that 2023 will not be “business as usual”. SERAP have in their recent open letter addressed to these candidates identified ...
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY 12TH JUNE, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, Today, June the 12th marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate ...
It has been seven years of attrition, hate-bartering and exhausting recriminations. A new epoch is on the horizon, but the psychological mutilations from these years of anger may shape up to be the frustrations of the next administration. Nigeria needs healing. The country needs a healer to mend the sectional ...
For some time, I have dwelled so much on the 2023 election, especially as it affects Peter Obi. In each occasion I actually set out for a different discussion, but I get carried away with some comments I come across minutes before settling down to write. Today is one of ...
Prof Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, and now a former presidential aspirant under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has gone philosophical following his defeat at the just concluded ADC primary held at Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The very cerebral Moghalu was handed his ...
The insecurity in Nigeria has taken another turn and it is a turn for the worse. For over 7 years, the security situation in the country has gone from bad to worse, and has taken many shapes and forms within this period. The Northern part of the country has during ...
The European Union`s move to get all tech companies to adopt a universal charger for all tech products made and distributed in the region is encountering new challenges, and this is might be a threat to the successful implementation of the policy. In a statement on Tuesday, this move was ...
Facebook parent company, Meta on Thursday reportedly pulled the plug on a product that was noted to have been a rival to the Apple and google smartwatches after two years of development and series of failure. The product is the Facebook smartwatch, which was supposed to have two built-in cameras. ...
The seed that cleared the path for the former Lagos State governor, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu was sown on Monday, and it was shown by those who never really wanted him to smell the APC ticket. That’s the irony of Tinubu`s rise to new level power and political influence within ...
That Senator Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu is the likely APC candidate is now almost a forgone conclusion is no longer in contest. Any doubt about this was erased Tuesday night at the Eagle Square venue of the ongoing APC convention. In addition, as the counting continues to reveal more votes for ...
As voting finally began in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries in Abuja for the 2023 flag bearer of the party, there is no doubt there is some form of reluctance in the minds of many bookmakers to continue pondering with what could possibly be the final outcome. How ...
The quest for All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential ticket has gotten darker and gloomy as the announcement by the party Chairman has been disowned by President Muhammadu Buhari, who has released a new statement claiming that he (Buhari) has not chosen any successor and has no anointed candidate for the ...
The no confidence vote triggered against Boris Johnson is done and dusted and the Prime Minister “lives to fight another day”, may be sooner than later. The vote which took place between the hours of 6 and 8pm Monday evening ended with a majority of 211 out of 359 Conservative ...
A People`s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain who leads the party in Kaduna has made confident reference to Alhaji Abubakar Atiku`s 11 million votes in the 2019 elections, nothing that it is an indication that 2023 could make the former Vice President 4th time lucky in his several attempts to win ...
To some watchers of event with discerning minds, the emergence of Ahmed Lawan as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was long concluded within the Buhari camp. However, what those who rightly predicted this development could not have imagined is how the Senate President eventually emerged. Becoming a ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally let the cat out of the bag. After holding his card very close to this chest for a long time, the President has made it known to all who wants to know that the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan is his anointed successor. The National Chairman ...
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