As entrenched in advanced democracies all over the world and as stipulated in the constitution of Nigeria, the National Assembly’s roles in the democratic space is mainly to legislate for good governance, peace and welfare of the people while also…
Tag: Politics
Offa robbery: Let us Separate Criminality from Politics – Falana
A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has warned against politicizing the case of the suspects arrested in connection with the recent dastardly Offa, Kwara State, bank robberies, where many people were killed. Rather, he said the state must…
GOWON, NORTHERN LEADERS AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION
The search for solutions to the numerous ills plaguing the Nigerian state is on with sundry associations and groups struggling to outdo one another in a bid to be heard. For some, politics is the reason for the unusual assemblage…
POLITICAL THUGS INVADE ABIA APC SECRETARIAT
Individuals suspected to be political thugs on Friday attacked the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia State. Reports made available to Newsmen indicated that two suspects connected to the attack on the political party’s office have been…
OBASANJO FROWNS AGAINST GENDER INEQUALITY IN NIGERIAN POLITICS
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on women to get actively involved in 2019 election so as to take up more position of power in politics. He stated this at the 14th annual lecture of Women in Management, Business and…
WILL THERE BE A BETTER NIGERIA?
– My Eastern View With 2019 in view, many are clamouring for change. Our governors, representatives at the senate and federal house of representatives aren’t off the count. It’s yet another time for the citizens to decide on a true…
BABANGIDA’S CALL FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A YOUNG PRESIDENT IN 2019
There was confusion on Sunday over two statements purportedly written by a former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, which bordered on the 2019 elections, the herdsmen/farmers’ crisis and other issues plaguing the nation. In an earlier statement titled, ‘Towards a…
It’s Good Night For The PDP – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the recent crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has shown that the party’s era had come to an end.
EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo Elects First Female Governor Set For 2020 Olympic Games
Former Japanese defence minister Yuriko Koike has been elected as the Japanese capital’s first woman governor, exit polls project. Although, the voters in the Japanese capital elected their first woman governor on Sunday, Yuriko Koike celebrate with supporters after exit…
Dogara Removes Appropriations Board Chairman
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has removed the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin as chairman of the committee. He was replaced with Mustapha Bala Dawaki, the House Chairman on Housing, representing Kudu/Warawa federal constituency…