In a statement issued on Thursday by Wilfred Chidi Agubuchie of the Enugu Catholic Diocese, the church clearly disassociated itself from the recent statement by Father Ejike Mbaka, the founder and spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN). Father Mbaka in a video circulating online and watched by ...
The umbrella body of Igbo socio-political movement, the Ohaneze Ndigbo on Thursday declared that ”no Igbo political decisions have been made so far on the 2023 election”, a statement that indicates that the pan Igbo organization is yet to take a stand on the candidacy of the Labour Party flagbearer, ...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Jim Nwobodo have cried over the decision of Mr. Peter Obi to leave the PDP for the Labour Party (LP), insisting that he would have easily been Atiku`s choice for running mate. This is against ...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the pan Igbo socio-political group have rejected the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate of Atiku Abubakar, the People`s Democratic Party flag bearer, describing his emergence as "serial betrayal". Governor Okowa is the current governor of Delta State, a South-South state, and a region that ...
The INEC deadline for the submission of the names of the presidential candidates and their running mates by the political parties end in less than 48 hours. To beat this deadline all the parties are working round the clock to ensure they put the best foot forward as the battle ...
The Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan may be receiving his very first political blow from Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu whom he challenged for the All Progressive Congress, APC presidential ticket for the 2023 presidential election. The fact that they both share the same name – “Ahmed” may not matter anymore ...
The fuse about religion, choice of candidate, running mates and why it should matter have ratcheted up on our airwaves in the recent time, but for the wrong reasons. Most of those who are spending quality time participating in the ongoing discourse do so merely for selfish reasons. The politicians ...
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 ...
