“Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes’ They will say, Women don’t have what it takes”-Clare Boothe Luce The Nigerian political space…
Day: March 21, 2018
THE BARBARIANS AT EDO GATE – LOUIS ODION
It was typical of punctilious Godwin Obaseki to assume that mere appeal to reason – this pious invocation of the spirit of good neighborliness – would be enough to rein in the Barbarians arriving Edo’s ancient gate. But as he…
JAMB RELEASES 1,502,978 CANDIDATES’ RESULTS, TO RELEASE 350 BLIND CANDIDATES’ SOON
Following intense pressure from members of the public, especially candidates, who took part in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has revealed the details of the results released so far. JAMB…
BOKO HARAM RETURNS ABDUCTED DAPCHI SCHOOL GIRLS
Parents of the 110 school girls of the Government Girls Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe state who were abducted over a month ago have said that the Dapchi girls have been brought back. Parents go through list of 110 schoolgirls…
SENATE ALLEGES STATE GOVERNORS ARE FRUSTRATING PROPOSED AUTONOMY OF LOCAL COUNCIL
The Senate has alleged that state governors are frustrating the proposed autonomy of local council in the country. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Information, Suleiman Adokwe, representing Nasarawa South, gave the revelation in Lafia while addressing journalists. Adokwe lamented that…
CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA: AU MEMBER STATES TO SIGN TREATY DESPITE NIGERIA’S WITHDRAWAL
African Union (AU) chairperson Paul Kagame Tuesday gave a strong indication that member states would go ahead to sign the treaty to create the continental free trade area, even with the continent’s most-populated country, Nigeria’s withdrawal from the meeting. At…
2019 ELECTION: INEC, VOTERS AND RELUCTANT OPTIMISM
As the nation races toward 2019 general election, many strange things are happening daily in our political space; some heartening and others, undesirable. Particularly echoing on this wavelength is the demand for a robust political partisanship. A move that is…
ELECTORAL AMMENDMENT BILL: AGF ACCUSES NASS OF THREATENING AND INTIMIDATION
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Tuesday commenced the legal battle in the Electoral Amendment Bill suit with a swipe at the National Assembly, accusing the legislature of threatening and intimidating the…
HERDSMEN ATTACKS: AFENIFERE TO PROTECT YORUBA
Disturbed by the unchecked violent attacks by herdsmen in Oyo State, the pan-Yoruba-socio political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, vowed to take steps to safeguard lives and property in the state. This was contained in a two-page communiqué issued after a one-day summit…