At least, seven persons may have died following renewed hostilities between the people of Onyadama and Inyima in Obubra and Yakurr Local Government Areas of Cross River State. Hundreds of residents, especially women and children, have fled the warring communities…
Former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu yesterday defied the order of Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose not to come to the state to campaign for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. He slammed ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for his attacks on…
Nigeria is seriously distressed. Not only has it failed to serve as a melting pot for ethnic, religious and primordial cleavages, the Nigerian state has over the years, tended to reinforce these fault lines. Thus, we can only talk of…
As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) today holds what has been dubbed a make or break National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting by some of its chieftains, the party has been split into three, along top runners in the race for…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has assigned duties to the newly appointed deputy governors who assumed duty on March 28. The acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Isaac Okoroafor, in a statement on Sunday said…
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has approved the appointment of Abubakar Danladi as his Special Adviser on Special Duties. The appointment was announced through a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Senate President, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on…
“Democracy is when the indigent, and not men of property are rulers” —Aristotle. The confession by a former deputy senate president to election malpractices once again brings to fore the never ending debate on…
Senate President Bukola Saraki weighed in on the raging controversy over approval given by President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account for the purchase of weapons to fight Boko Haram insurgency and other security challenges…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state on Thursday took a surprising turn as some aggrieved members of the party burnt the party’s flag at the secretariat. The action of the factional members is a fallout…
Many are disappointed with the ruling party. The opposition has been presented a ridiculous opportunity. But a bleary-eyed, voluble, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has allowed beer-parlor habits distract it from diligent purposeful oppositional politics. The PDP has remained perpetually excited, intoxicated. The…