The organised labour in Cross River State, yesterday, endorsed the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade, for a second term in office. The workers’ endorsement was disclosed by the state Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr John Ushie, in his…
Year: 2018
MAY GOD JUDGE NIGERIAN PAST LEADERS – BUHARI
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that most youths from the northern part of the country are either uneducated or school dropouts. He also said God would judge past leaders who misgoverned the country. Buhari said because Nigerian media only do…
KOGI AND THE END OF POLITICS – LOUIS ODION
It is quite hard to reconcile the plague currently engulfing Kogi’s political space and the memory that the province is also the cradle of the great Sunday Awoniyi. Or the colossal Silas Daniyan. Before he drew his last breath in…
TRUMP MEETING: PDP DESCRIBES BUHARI’S PERFORMANCE AS EMBARRASSING
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s performance at the Monday meeting with US President Donald Trump as embarrassing. The party, in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the president’s visit as ’embarassing’ because he…
KADUNA SENATOR ESCAPES THUGS’ ATTACK DURING POLITICAL MEETING
A senator, Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC, Kaduna North) on Sunday escaped attack by thugs during a political gathering of stakeholders and leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) he convened in Kaduna. Mr Hunkuyi had convened the meeting to sensitize…
WAEC: HOW PRINCIPALS, INVIGILATORS, CANDIDATES ENGAGE IN MALPRACTICES
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has alleged that some school principals, invigilators and supervisors, working alongside notorious syndicates now collaborate with candidates to cheat in its examinations, especially the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). WAEC spoke against…
2019: NO CASH FOR INEC’S N300B BUDGET
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is bracing for next year’s general elections – without cash. The polls are 291 days away, but there is no cash yet for INEC’s N300 billion budget. The cash squeeze is likely to affect…
WIKE BLAMES FG FOR COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has blamed the collapse of national security on political interference by the Federal Government. Wike made this claim when the participants of senior executive course 40, 2018-study group three from the National Institute of Policy…
DON’T DELVE INTO OUR INTERNAL MATTERS, SENATE TELLS COURT ON OMO-AGEGE’S SUSPENSION
The Senate and its President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Monday told the Federal High Court in Abuja to resist the temptation of being dragged into the internal affairs of the legislature, particularly as regards a suit brought before it by the…
FULL TEXT OF BUHARI’S SPEECH AT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH TRUMP IN WHITE HOUSE
Below is the full text of President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech at the joint press conference with President Donald Trump in the White House: Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media. It has been a pleasure and honour to visit Washington…