NDIGBO AND THE UNFOLDING DRAMA OF 2019.

To call Nigeria a nation is an aberration. It has never been a nation at anytime. Maybe the thoughts were for it to be, but it simply couldn’t take off. To for a nation out of so many nation states, with varied and often conflicting cultural, social, hierarchical and historical antecedents, some basic agreements must […]

Grand delirium: I Will Dump Buhari And APC If My Son-In-law Is Denied Imo Governorship Ticket. – Rochas Okorocha.

The Chairman Of All Progressives Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has threatened to dump the ruling party, the APC if his preferred Governorship candidate and son-in-law, Uche Nwosu is denied ticket. Governor Okorocha made this disclosure during the swearing in of new Commissioners in the state at Nicks Banquet Hall, Government […]

IGBO MUST VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY FOR BUHARI IN 2019 TO GET 2023 TICKET’ – NGIGE. YORUBA MUST VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY FOR BUHARI IN 2019 TO GET 2023 TICKET’- FASHOLA

• …Ezeife, Ozekhome, others blast Fashola • …It’s an eye opener to Ndigbo in APC – Umahi Ohanaeze, Afenifere reply Fashola on 2023 Presidency • …ACF Sec hints at Northern participation in 2023 Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere, the apex socio cultural bodies of the Igbo and the Yoruba were yesterday united in chiding politicians from […]

How Okorocha, Amosun lost Buhari’s support.

•El rufai, Bello, reject being co-opted into anti-Oshiomhole camp •Okorocha schedules another meeting for Tuesday * •Sen Uzodinma APC candidate in Imo President Muhammadu Buhari was infuriated by the refusal of Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha; Ogun State governor, Sen Ibikunle Amosun; and Zamfara State governor, Alhaji Abudulaziz Yari to accept his solution to […]

Propaganda vs Strategic Political Realism: Lessons from History: (The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the Nigeria Biafra War of 67-70 – By Prof. Uzodinma Nwala

(Egbe-onu kwurukwugide Egbe-uche na Egbe-aka). 1. Lessons from the Bolshevik Revolution The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia popularly known as The Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917, came in the wake of the First World War (WW1) in 1917. The Leader of the Revolution, Vladimir Illych Lenin, was in exile in Finland as those two momentous […]

IGBOLAND NATION

Questions and Answers on Igbo I was going through the archives of the evergreen Nigeria Village Square and I saw an interesting post that tried as much as possible to clear some false misconception about the Igbos. Tighten your seat belt and read through. In this piece, I intend to focus on the Igbo as […]

PRESIDENT BUHARI’S WAEC CERTIFICATE SAGA – THE REAL ISSUES!

Let us understand the argument first! There is no doubt that on the basis of the provisions of sections131 and 138 of the Constitution, President Buhari is eminently qualified to contest the 2019 Presidential election. Even if he has only the Primary School Leaving Certificate, he would still be qualified to contest, having served in […]

WHAT NDI IGBO WANT IN NIGERIA – THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE UNENDING IPOB AGITATION.

“When they asked me to name what I want for me to stop I told them to open Calabar seaport, Port Harcourt seaport, and Warri seaport and allow direct flight from SE, what did they do ? they refused…..”. ‘Nnamdi Kanu, Oct 27th For the benefit of those, who do not understand what Restructuring is […]

Imo 2019 governorship: Okorocha’s penchant for crisis and desperation for power. By Afam Echi.

A section of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction popularly called Ndi Agburu and led by the governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha took to the streets of Owerri Monday to protest the automatic ticket which APC national leadership granted its national legislators. By that exercise some members of Owelle’s kitchen cabinet has been affected from realizing […]

Nigerian firm owned by billionaire Indimi named in UK criminal conviction.

Two former top executives of energy firm, Afren, were on Wednesday convicted after they were found guilty of money laundering offences in the United Kingdom. Osman Shahenshah and Shahid Ullah were found guilty of fraud and money laundering offences from which prosecutors said they personally received more than $17 million in a case involving Oriental […]

BREAKING NEWS. IMO GUBER: OKOROCHA PAYS N40M CASH, ANOTHER $50, 000 DOLLARS TO CHANGE INEC LAWYER.

• …DIRECTOR OF LEGAL INEC, MRS. TOYIN BABALOLA FINGERED Following the indefinite adjournment of a case to determine who flies the flag of APC in the 2019 Governorship election in Imo State over a petition against the presiding Judge, Justice Orthman Musa, Governor Rochas Okorocha has offered N40 million Naira cash and another $50, 000 […]

Ensure Comprehensive Reforms In The UN and Permanent Resolution Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

—Intersociety Urges UN & 20 Foreign Missions In Nigeria (Chima Ubani Center, Onitsha Nigeria: 23rd October 2018)-The gateway to world peace and security remains comprehensive reforms in the United Nations and facilitation of permanent peace in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The alternative to these is disbandment of the United Nations and its immediate replacement with […]

THE FUTURE IS HERE.

Just 17 years ago, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they were bankrupt. This will happen in a lot of industries in the next 10 years – and most people in those industries don’t see it coming. It will […]

BEYOND THE EUPHORIA OF “ATIKULATION” AND THE “ANYTHING-BUT-BUHARI” BATTLE-CRY: THE PLACE OF ELECTIONS AMIDST THE DISPUTED CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR NIGERIA – LNC October 24, 2018.

“We must suspend all discussions about building-up Nigeria, it’s Democracy, Economy etc, to first engage the more fundamental Question of : WHAT IS NIGERIA?. If we don’t, and we continue to build on that Nigeria defined by the rogue 1999 Constitution, we will wake up under the rubble of our folly” -LNC, October 23, 2018. […]

THE ‘OSHIOMHOLE MUST GO’ COALITION: BY REUBEN ABATI.

Chief John Odigie Oyegun, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) must be having a good laugh wherever he is. If he is just finishing a meal, he can afford to pick his teeth and belch from the deepest part of his biological system, and even turn up his nose as he asks […]

EASTERN REGIONAL ASSEMBLY INVITES ATIKU ABUBAKAR FOR A NATIONAL DISCOURSE. Atiku/Obi Restructuring Agenda: ERA Calls For Objectivity In The National Discourse.

……ERA May Back Atiku/Obi If…… Given the tensed and heated political atmosphere saturated in Nigeria at the moment owing to the incoming 2019 general election where Nigerians decide their fate, the Eastern Region Assembly (ERA) have taken it upon themselves, to call Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for a national discourse in London soonest since it is […]

TINUBU PLOTS ALLIANCE WITH ATIKU. PLAN TO DUMP BUHARI THICKENS. THE RESTRUCTURING FACTOR

Indications have emerged that the National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have shifted allegiance from his party’s Presidential candidate, Mohammadu Buhari to that of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar towards the 2019 Presidential election. The Southwest strong politician is said to be weighing his options […]

Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s Rumoured Defection Akin To That Of Senator Godswill Akpabio: By Sir Don Ubani; KSC, JP.

Many funny things have happened since the 2019 Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party; Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, made public his conviction that a former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, is his choice as running mate. This announcement was welcomed with excitement and appreciation by the peoples of South-east geo-political zone, both at home […]

S-Court nullifies order permitting APC to conduct primaries in Rivers.

The Supreme Court, on Monday, set-aside an interim order of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, which gave the All Progressives Congress, APC, the nod to conduct its Ward, Local Government and State Congresses in Rivers State. The apex court, in a judgment that was delivered by Justice Centus Nweze, faulted the appellate court […]

THE BASIC FACTS ON WHY NIGERIA ENTERED RECESSION IN 2016.

Nigeria did not go into recession because our foreign reserve was $29bn when Buhari took over Power in May 29, 2015 .(after all Nigeria’s foreign reserve was less than $5bn, with $3.2bn of this already encumbered, when Obasanjo took over in 1999 yet we never entered recession under Obj). Nigeria did not get into recession […]

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ADVENT OF THIS REPUBLIC, RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA IS GOING TO BE THE KEY ISSUE ON THE BALLOT, ESPECIALLY, IN ALA IGBO.

For the the first time since the advent of this republic, Restructuring is going to be the key issue on the ballot, especially, in Ala Igbo. No longer, will anyone come to us to tell us poppycock and lies of how he will make $1 to be equivalent to N1 or make Pms to sell […]

IHEDIOHA, THE NEXT GOVERNOR AND LIBERATOR OF IMO PEOPLE; A LIE TAKEN TOO FAR. By Asikogu Davidson

I have gone through so many write-ups from some less informed and social media jobbers who have been commissioned to work on the dwindling image of Hon. Emeka Ihedioha after the conduct of the fraudulent October 1st Imo P.D.P. governorship primaries. He that goes to equity must go with clean hands, the reason for my […]

Do not be deceived by propaganda and noise. Ask the APC and Buhari about issues. Where was Nigeria in 2015 and where is Nigeria today?

1. Nigeria today is the poverty capital of the world; 2. Nigerians are dying of both hunger and suicide of out depression 3. Unemployment rate worsening by the day; 4. Exchange rate still two times what they met; 5. Fuel price almost two times what they met; 6. Kerosene not affordable to the masses at […]

IMO GUBER CASE: OKOROCHA FAILS TO STOP UZODINMA. …AS NWOSU’s NEPHEW, BISIKE PETITIONS JUDGE. …PETITIONER LACKS GROUND TO JOIN ISSUES WITH PARTIES – Justice Musa.

Justice Othman Musa of Bwari High Court, FCT Abuja has adjourned indefinitely the case seeking to stop Senator Hope Uzodinma as the Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress for Imo State in the 2019 elections. This development was sequel to the resumed hearing of the consolidated suits over the Governorship candidacy of APC in Imo […]

UCHE NWOSU vs HOPE UZODINMA: MATTER ADJOURNED INDEFINITELY BY THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT BWARI ABUJA FCT.

Hearing continues today 23rd October, 2018 in the case filled by Senator Hope Uzodinma restraining APC from announcing another person other than him as the flag bearer. While the Counsel to Mr. Uche Nwosu prayed the court to join him as APC candidate in the suit with regards to the second congress conducted which was […]

BUHARI SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ELECTED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. By M. G Adejumo.

The Clear and Present Danger of power going back to the North because they simply believe they own Nigeria, and particularly the Greater Danger of power in the hands of Muhammadu Buhari a man of low intellect, limited education and fixed tribal and ethnic considerations, were all that I Harped upon from 2013 to 2015. […]

YOU ARE AN UNREPENTED DICTATOR , PRESIDENCY BLASTS OKOROCHA : DIRECTS HIM TO SUPPORT HOPE UZODINMA’S GUBER AMBITION ….

There is a predictable and foreseeable Tsunami that shall soon hit the Imo State political landscape , especially , the All Progressives Congress , APC Agburu camp of the governor , His Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha ; aftermath his Friday’s visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa , Abuja , for the sole […]

Atikus Agenda for Nigeria. (Policy Document)

1. My administration would consider concessioning to private sector segments of the national grid under some form of PPP over a period of time. 2. We shall increase power generation by ensuring full participation of private sector. We shall issue licences to enable the private sector invest in mini-grid capabilities to service local communities or […]

FOOD PRICES PUSH NIGERIA’S INFLATION RATE TO 11.28%

The consumer price index, which measures inflation, stood at 11.28% in September from 11.28% recorded in August on a year-on-year basis, data from the National Bureau of Statistics have shown. Going by the inflation report released by the bureau on Tuesday, this is the second consecutive month of inflation rise after 18 consecutive months of […]

ATIKU ABUBAKAR HAS PLEDGED TO PUBLICLY SIGN A SWORN AFFIDAVIT/MOU TO START THE RESTRUCTURING PROCESS OF NIGERIA WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF BEING SWORN INTO POWER-REBUILDING OUR KEY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

Nigeria has a comprehensively developed Integrated Infrastructure Development Master Plan that require consistent investment/capital projects injection of over $3trillion/N915trillion over the next 20-30 years to bring her even to the level of the second world countries. A master plan that was abandoned by the Buhari government for a cronysm laden mediocre governance that foists poverty […]

BUHARI’S LEGACIES OF WOES, AGONIES, MISERIES AND INJUSTICES.

“…..History never dies and the truth is always constant.” For the avoidance of doubt the following are the legacies of retired General Mohamadu Buhari as the maximum ruler of Nigeria between 1983 and 1985 and as the Executive President of Nigeria since 2015. All of these atrocities are in public domain, but it is important […]

Atiku’s Emergence and End of the Road for Buhari. By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D.

I’m frankly not excited about an Atiku Abubakar presidency. In a previous widely shared Facebook status update, which I developed into a full-length article titled “There Must be an Alternative to Buhari and Atiku” for my December 16, 2017 column, I dismissed Atiku as a cancerous old stager who is indistinguishable from Buhari. I also […]

JUST IN: OHANEZE OVER-RULES SOUTHEAST PDP LEADERS, ENDORSES PETER OBI.

In what appears to be a direct response to the feeble opposition of the Ebonyi State governor, Chief Dave Umahi, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked Ndigbo to accept the choice of Mr. Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, as running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]

PRESS RELEASE BY: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA (IPOB). OCTOBER 12 2018

We the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) find it beneath contempt that a failed governor and a stooge of the northern cabal in the person of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu will callously seek to endear himself to the traumatised Afaraukwu community by mouthing what amounts to gibberish before a rented crowd of hungry individuals as part […]

Peter Obi: Why the South East Leaders Were Angry. By Bayo Akinloye.

South East leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have nothing against the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election, this paper has reliably gathered. They are said to be peeved, instead, by the role of the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, […]

Atiku and the rise of Peter Obi. By Reuben Abati.

Shortly after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar became the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on October 6, party members and other stakeholders began to recommend running mates for him and a short list began to feature on the front pages of Nigerian newspapers. Some of the names that were mentioned included former Governor […]

Governor Wike to Nigerians: We shall support Atiku Abubakar to victory in 2019.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he will wholeheartedly support PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to electoral victory in 2019. Speaking at the Government House Port Harcourt on Sunday during a Special Thanksgiving Service for the successful hosting of 2018 PDP National Convention, Governor Wike declared that at the convention he […]

Ekweremadu rallies support for Peter Obi.

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, is rallying south-east leaders to back the choice of Peter Obi as the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), TheCable understands. Both men were top favourites considered by Atiku Abubakar as running mate in the 2019 presidential election, with Obi getting the nod. However, south-east political leaders, comprising […]

Peter Obi goes house-hunting in Abuja, By Olusegun Adeniyi.

When I encountered the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, in Abuja about three weeks ago at his hotel room, he was discussing with an estate agent who was trying to secure for him accommodation to rent at his personal expense. Coming at a period in which many of his colleagues have […]

Imo APC Governorship: Accept Only Uzodimma’s Name,Court Orders INEC.

An Abuja High Court has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting the name of any other person except Senator Hope Uzodimma as winner of the Imo State Governorship Primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which held on October 1, 2018. Justice O. A. Musa who gave the restraining order on Tuesday, […]

TRAVEL BAN: ATIKU’S CAMPAIGN DG, DANIEL METUH, DASUKI, KALU, 46 OTHERS BANNED FROM TRAVELLING ABROAD (See Full List)

•Why presidency took action – top source •PDP, ex-Minister Fani-Kayode kick, fault ban A former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), 13 former governors and seven ex- ministers have been barred from travelling out of the country under Executive Order 6 (EO6) issued yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The restriction followed the judicial affirmation […]

Why Northern elders are not with Buhari on 2019 – Sani, ACF chief.

Anthony NZ. Sani is the Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF). In this interview with NOAH EBIJE in Kaduna, Sani said it was not surprising that Northern elders are not in support of the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to power in 2019, pointing out that Northerners have never spoken with one voice on […]

The Imo state gubernatorial primaries imbroglio. My humble assessment and admonition.

It is no longer news that the 1st October PDP IMO state gubernatorial primary election that produced Rt hon. Emeka Ihedioha as winner, is now subject to litigation. I am of the firm opinion that, often, the problem is not necessarily from the leaders, but as a result of the sycophantic, eye service and ego […]

Rivers: Court nullifies APC guber, legislative primaries.

Delivering judgement against the APC, Justice Chinwendu Nwogu declared that the ward congresses of Rivers State APC were illegal. A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt, yesterday, nullified the nomination of Tonye Cole as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on the ground that his nomination was a […]

Will Atiku Truly Restructure Nigeria?

I was in a seminar in May this year where Atiku was present. He was asked to tell Nigerians how he planned restructuring Nigeria in the first one year in practical ways not just rhetorics. I was marvelled how Atiku responded. Atiku said that restructuring Nigeria is not rocket science. He made it categorically clear […]

FACTS DON’T LIE—ATIKU ABUBAKAR IS NOT A STRANGER TO NIGERIANS. HE WAS THE HEAD OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT TEAM FROM 1999-2003, UNDER THE OBASANJO GOVERNMENT.

When you hear any of the closet BMC apostles lament…. “Ohhh they are now all Atikulating , just like Nigerians got carried away by Saint Buhari lies in 2015”.. Please don’t mind them. Don’t ever listen to such manipulations. No good student of History, who was an adult and experienced the havoc Buhari wrecked on […]

ATIKU’S RUNNING MATE: WHY SOUTHEAST SHOULD NOT LET GO. By Dr. Law Mefor

There has been this beautiful argument on why ndigbo should allow the southwest have a double header as VP for both the APC and the PDP. It is the sort of argument that many would dismiss as a beautiful nonsense. Yet, it is gaining traction and should not be denied access to publicity anymore. One […]

2019: Atiku vs Buhari. By Reuben Abati

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Godfather of Lagos State politics, has every reason to give Buhari “an Ambode treatment.” The Atiku Challenge is real and bankable. The only option available to the incumbent is rigging! There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the […]

GOV OKOROCHA FLUSTERED AND CONFUSED, LURES YOUTHS TO PROTEST AGAINST REMOVAL OF SON-IN-LAW AS GUBER CANDIDATE.

..NASARAWA LAWMAKER, KASIMU, GTC SAMUEL, JEFF NWOHA TO MOBILIZE “YAN” MEMBERS ACROSS IMO, NORTH CENTRAL IN ABUJA. There is a strong indication that Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has mobilized hired youths from Imo and north central to protest in Abuja against the removal of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu as Governorship candidate of APC […]

Imo APC Governorship: Accept Only Uzodimma’s Name, Court Orders INEC.

Court orders service of process on Oshiomhole, EFCC

JUSTICE Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole be served with an application brought before the court by an anti-corruption crusader, Bishop Osadolor Ochei seeking an order of mandamus compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and commence […]

IMO PDP SITTING ON A KEG OF GUNPOWDER, WHICH COULD EXPLODE, UNLESS….. DR. FABIAN IHEKWEME.

I have not lost the steam, I am currently dissecting issues thru surgical means to eliminate polluted areas. It is not over until it is truly over. Whenever a man lives in absolute denial, he tends to overlook the warnings of the gods. The spirit that mingles amongst the living, is either a victim of […]

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NIGERIAN SENATE OF TUESDAY, 9TH OCTOBER, 2018.

Welcome to a new Legislative Day in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria! Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, led the Principal Officers into the chambers; took the official prayers; and began the day’s proceedings ‪at 11:05am‬. *EXECUTIVE SESSION* Senate moved into an Executive Session ‪at 11:09am‬ and resumed ‪at 11:25am‬. Senate President, […]

APC senators ignore party’s directives, seek reconciliation with Saraki

Photo: Ahmad Lawan, leader of the APC caucus in the senate, with Saraki during a meeting at the senate president’s office on Tuesday Although the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed its members in the senate to oust Senate President Bukola Saraki, OblongMedia understands that the senators are more interested in […]

2019: The only option available to Buhari is rigging.

There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at its convention held in Abuja, ratified the choice of incumbent President […]

Atiku’s last chance to be president.

This is the 26th year since Atiku Abubakar first tried to be President. In those all those years, he has already tried four times. Only once, in 2007, did he ever get his party’s ticket. In February 2019, he will be a party’s presidential candidate for only the second time ever. By election date, Atiku […]

How guy men from Awka fleeced our brothers – by Modesty Ezenwa.

APGA , Anambra Progressive Grand Alliance? Some fast talking Swift acting guy men from Anambra State came into Owerri and ripped off the purses of our own. Billions of naira left Owerri for Awka. Each male from Awka got a fair share. 19 aspirants bought nomination forms at 22million naira each. Do the calculation. You […]

THE GENERALS DECISION CHANGED THE GAME AT THE PDP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.

At about 1 am. on Sunday morning, as voting by delegates at the PDP primaries was about to start, Retired General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau arrived at the stadium. Immediately many people saw him, they knew something was going to shift in one of the candidates favour. Lt General Gusau (retired) is not one of the […]

ANY DAY, ANY TIME, ATIKU WILL MAKE A FAR BETTER PRESIDENT THAN BUHARI – Femi Aribisala.

One of the biggest mistakes this country ever made was to allow APC to come into power in Nigeria. It must be sent packing in 2019. The PDP dodged a bullet; a bomb even with the conduct of its presidential primaries a few days ago. This was conducted in a calm, serene and collected manner. […]

AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIALS OF ATIKU THE SON OF ABUBAKAR.

IF THE BIBLE WERE TO BE WRITTEN IN OUR TIME, THE STORY OF ATIKU COULD HAVE BEEN THUS 1. In the seventh year that king Obasanjo reigned over the kingdom, a great trouble broke out in the land. For when his time was come nigh that he may descend from the throne that he called […]

Picking my Poison: the battle to wrest the soul of Nigeria. Atiku vs Buhari.

I have to come to the point like a woman who had lost it all. A woman who lost her husband and all her kids in a gruesome fire, decided to end it all by choosing a better poison. She had the choice to choose the one that kills faster or the one that kills […]

THROWBACK: NIGERIA NEEDS ATIKU TO MAKE LIFE MORE MEANINGFUL – Tinubu.

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asserted that Nigeria needs people like former vice president, Atiku Abubakar to make life more meaningful for Nigerians. In a letter to felicitate with the former vice president on his 70th birthday, Tinubu described the Turakin Adamawa as a man of faith, […]

Fayose threatens to leave PDP over Atiku’s emergence.

Outgoing Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has regretted the failure of Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, to emerge as the PDP presidential candidate at the party’s national convention held in Port Harcourt on Saturday. He also threatened to leave the party. Mr Fayose, in a statement on Monday in Ado Ekiti, said he supported his Rivers […]

I wouldn’t serve Atiku for 20 years if he’s an ethnic, religious extremist ..Hon Greg Egu

…says he ‘ll restructure Nigeria first year in office South East Coordinator Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organization, Hon Greg Egu says he wouldn’t have stayed put with the PDP presidential candidate for twenty years if he is an ethnic or religious extremist, impervious to other people’s sensibilities, feelings, aspirations and interests. On the contrary, […]

BREAKING: Hope Uzodinma Reaffirmed as Imo State APC Guber Flag- Bearer.

Senator Hope Uzodinma has been reaffirmed by the APC national as the authentic Imo State flag-bearer for the 2019 general election for the All progressives Congress (APC). Senator Uzodinma was winner of the Oct 1st Ahmed Gulak chaired primary election in Owerri where he scored the maximum 423, 895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Prince […]

Imo Deputy Gov Describes Allotments Of Votes To Him As Fraud.

The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has taken exception to the result of the purported governorship primary election rerun, where the unknown persons parading themselves as committee apportioned votes to him, describing same as monumental fraud. He described the action of Governor Rochas Okorocha led election committee as not only mischievous but […]

FOR BUHARI AND ATIKU, IT’LL BE EAGLE VS EAGLE — BAKARE.

The Convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday congratulated Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate. According to Bakare, Atiku’s victory would make the 2019 election keen and interesting. Bakare, Senior Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly, spoke to newsmen in Ikeja after making a speech on Nigeria’s 58th […]

APC PRIMARIES: NIGERIANS SHOULD RISE AGAINST IMPUNITY – HAJIA AISHA BUHARI. Dissociates self from APC “unfairness”

WIFE of the president, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has lamented over what she described as impunity of the highest order in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the conduct of the parties primaries. Mrs Aisha Buhari, Wife of the President delivering her vote of thanks after being conferred with Doctor of Philosophy at Sun […]

2019: GO, PROVIDE THE NEEDED LEADERSHIP FOR NIGERIA TO MOVE FORWARD, DOGARA TELLS ATIKU …says PDP will win APC

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara expressed confidence former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to provide the right leadership that would revive Nigeria and stimulate growth. Recall that Atiku on Sunday emerged the Presidential flag bearer of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the 2019 general election. In a congratulation message, the […]

PRESIDENTIAL TICKET: SARAKI SPEAKS ON SPECULATIONS OF ATIKU’S VICTORY PLUNGING PDP INTO CRISIS.

Saraki has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will not disintegrate following former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as the Presidential flag bearer of the party, at the just concluded national convention of the party held in Port Harcourt. Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Yusuph Olaniyonu, […]

2019: Why I Am Now Supporting Atiku – IBB.

Ibrahim Babangida, former military ruler, has stated why he is now supporting the candidature of Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP). Mr Babangida, fondly called IBB, declared his support for Mr Abubakar after the latter emerged victorious at the elective presidential primary of the PDP in Port Harcourt on […]

PDP GIVES RETURN TICKETS TO SARAKI, TAMBUWAL, KWANKWASO AFTER PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to give return tickets to three of the losers from Sunday’s presidential primary. They are: Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso. Vanguard reports the three men have been gifted tickets for the Sokoto governorship, Kwara Central and Kano Central Senatorial […]

Aisha Buhari condemns APC primaries, says impunity happening under Oshiomhole.

Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not fair to aspirants who partook in its primaries across the country. President Buhari emerged unopposed in a direct primary election, but the exercise in some states was marred by controversies. Commenting via Twitter on Sunday, the president’s wife expressed her […]

APC’s Nightmare, Atiku Clinches PDP Presidential Ticket.

A nightmare for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has emerged the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general elections. •1st – He emerged after the National Convention ended in Port Harcourt on Sunday October 7, 2018, polling 1,532 votes. •2nd – Governor of Sokoto State and […]

The Die is Cast………

It was a Super Saturday and Sunday…The Peoples Democratic Party has just concluded the Presidential Primaries for the 2019 elections….The Victor has emerged, the Wazirin Adamawa has just won a very tight three horse race…. This is the First for the former Vice President to be given the PDP presidential ticket and as one of […]

Atiku Can Defeat Buhari. Here’s How – By Farooq Kperogi.

I’m frankly not excited about an Atiku presidency. In a previous widely shared Facebook status update, which I developed into a full-length column (see link in comment section), I dismissed Atiku as a cancerous old stager. I also advocated for a third force that is neither Atiku nor Buhari, which Obasanjo quoted in his last […]

APC: A Progressing Crisis.

This report explains why the crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, may not be about to abate, especially as leaders of the party accuse the national headquarters of meddlesomeness. As of yesterday, the party was battling to resolve the crisis it created. It was perhaps reflective of the critical pressure facing the national leadership […]

Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis: Red Dragons and Tigers – the rebels fighting for independence By Farouk Chothia – BBC News.

The Red Dragons, Tigers and Ambazonia Defence Forces (ADF) – these are just some of the armed groups which have sprung up to fight for independence in English-speaking parts of Cameroon, posing a major security threat to Sunday’s elections, in which President Paul Biya, 85, is seeking to extend his 36-year rule. In the absence […]

PDP HAS STARTED AGAIN: PDP IS GIVING GOVERNORSHIP TICKET TO AN UNPOPULAR CANDIDATE – IHEDIOHA, GIVING APC THE CHANCE TO ANOTHER FOUR YEARS IN IMO STATE.

For Twelve years, PDP has not been able to win governorship election in Imo State, and this has been because of interference from certain quarters. Ihedioha as the Former deputy speaker who worked behind with Tambuwal (APC) against Goodluck Jonthan was given the ticket in 2014 and he wasted it even with all the paraphernalia […]

Ambode and the Godfather’s Rage

…When in 2014, he was asked about his successor, Fashola said he was not worried yet at the same time expressed concern. “I hope, firstly, that the next person is a lot better than me. I hope that he can do in four years what we did in eight years, and that can only be […]

For the Peoples Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki is the best route to Aso Rock

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the bastion of hope for Nigerians to achieve economic growth; the only party with national clout and capacity to defeat the All Progressive Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. The odds are in favour of the PDP which has been tipped to win the […]

PDP Presidential Ticket: Saraki Towers Above Atiku , Tambuwal, Others.

Ahead of the Presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) coming up in Port-Harcourt the capital of Rivers State this Saturday, the aspiration of the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki is rated to be far above those of the 12 other contestants in the race . The rating of Saraki’s chances […]

THE INEVITABLE UNRAVELING OF NIGERIA : A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE COLLAPSE OF THE RICKETY HOUSE OF LUGARD. LNC.

“The Caliphate Operated Unitary Nigeria under the Rogue 1999 Constitution, is an adverse Suzerainty and Occupation, forcefully suppressing the Sovereignty of the Indigenous Peoples of Nigeria, just as the British Suzerainty did, during the nearly 100 Years of British Colonization between the 1860s and 1960” – LNC, July 4, 2011. As the distressed Constituent Component […]

HANDSHAKE ACROSS IGBO-LAND.

• “Aku ruo uno principle – Come Let’s Build Our Home” By a stroke of luck, you Igbos barely escaped being drowned by the Oba of Lagos in 2015. It was by the special mercy of God that all of you in Lagos survived that ‘near miss’ incident. Immediately after the 2015 elections and as […]

Nigerians voted Buhari but a cabal is ruling them instead –Saraki.

The presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, said Nigerians who voted President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 had been shortchanged because instead of the President, a few people who constituted themselves as a cabal had been ruling them. Saraki, who is also the Senate President, spoke while addressing PDP delegates in […]

STATE OF THE NATION A SELF DECEIVING COUNTRY CALLED NIGERIA.

Twenty-one senators currently receiving pensions from government as ex-governors and deputy governors. The current senators who once served as governors are Bukola Saraki of Kwara, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, Kabiru Gaya of Kano, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, Theodore Orji of Abia, Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa, Sam Egwu of Ebonyi, Shaaba Lafiagi of Kwara, […]

NIGERIA DIVIDED AT 58, SITS ON A KEG OF GUNPOWDER – DICKSON

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State says that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, as the country has become more divided due to leadership failure that has polarised the citizens along ethnic, religious and political lines. Dickson made the assertion while speaking on the 58th independence of Nigeria and the 22nd anniversary of […]

DINO MELAYE WINS KOGI WEST PDP SENATORIAL TICKET

Senator Dino Melaye was on Tuesday affirmed as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flagbearer for Kogi West senatorial district for the 2019 general election. There was a twist in the primary as four other contenders in the race were not cleared by the party screening committee while two others stepped down for the Senator who […]

Imo: Senator Hope Uzodinma beats Okorocha’s son in-law to clinch APC’s guber ticket.

Senator Hope Uzodinma has defeated Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son in-law, Uche Nwosu to win the All Progressive Party’s gubernatorial ticket for next year’s election. Senator Uzodinma polled 423,895 votes to pick the party’s ticket in the election conducted on Tuesday. Nwosu came seventh with just 10, 329 votes. The result was signed by the returning […]

WE CANNOT ALLOW NIGERIA BECOME BANANA REPUBLIC – DIASPORA GROUP. By Luminous Jannamike.

Nigerian Christians in Diaspora, under the umbrella of Coalition for Godly Change (CGC), have said they will no longer standby and do nothing to stop Nigeria from degenerating into a banana republic. They said this on Monday while briefing the press at the end of a meeting with leaders of various local Christian groups in […]

THE SELFISH JAGABAN DYNASTY. By Kalu Aja

What is the point of being richer than a State if you have not used your wealth to eradicate extreme poverty around you. Bill Gates is “richer” than Nigeria, he is paying for vaccines and polio eradication in Nigeria. Show me the free school you have built for the poor masses of Lagos State? Show […]

Imo APC Governorship Primary: Suspension of Concluded Election is Unconsititutional——Gulak

•Insists on his Declared Result Chairman of APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Ahmed Ali Gulak has said it was inappropriate to suspend an election whose results have been declared and a wimner declared. Reacting to the decision of the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Tuesday to suspend […]

BREAKING NEWS APC PRIMARY: OKOROCHA, NWOSU DECLARE WAR ON IMOLITES.

•DIRECT CULT BOYS TO SHOOT UZODINMA, MADUMERE, IMO VOTERS ON SIGHT. The last may not have been heared as violence was said to have erupted in various Wards in the state over the conduct of APC governorship primary. This followed a matching order issued by Governor Rochas Okorocha and his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu respectively to […]

PDP: Senator Samuel Anyanwu after due consultations with campaign agents and supporters rejects governorship primaries results.

In a shocking development, the distinguished Senator Samuel Anyanwu has rejected the outcome of the PDP governorship primaries which held on Monday. Addressing his supporters, Anyanwu alleged the issue of over voting. A statement signed by the Senator Anyanwu reads: “Thank you immensely for your unflinching support before and during the just concluded Governorship primary […]

Lagos Shall Be Free! By Shaka Momodu.

When will Lagos State be free of one man’s messianic mentality? Who will liberate the state from Bola Tinubu’s suffocating grip? Who will free Lagos, our dear Lagos, and its people from this modern-day slavery by one individual who is playing God? Is there no man courageous enough to fight the fight of his life […]