The emergence as President of General Muhammadu Buhari was heralded with optimism as a catalyst of much-trumpeted change in 2015. Many Nigerians wanted a change of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s administration that was tagged as corrupt, and the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) was seen as the last resort for the masses to bring about the […]

Read More Atiku and Obi as an Alternative.

In the same week in which former army chief Alex Badeh was shot to death on an open road, journalism professor Farooq Kperogi was ousted from Daily Trust, the newspaper where he cut his teeth 20 years ago and for which he had continued to write. The presidency immediately ordered the security agencies to “fish […]

Read More Integrity Without Credibility. By Sonala Olumhense

I don’t have the data. But the migration of the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria homewards for the Christmas season is one of the biggest migrations in Africa. I need to be convinced that there is any other nationality in Africa that does as much as Igbos in going to their ancestral land during the Christmas […]

Read More NO SANTA FOR IGBOS: THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BLOCKADE OF EASTERN NIGERIA.

WE DEMAND AN OFFICIAL AND OPEN INVESTIGATION TO ASCERTAIN THE TRUTH – REVEALS ATIKU ABUBAKAR IN A NEW STATEMENT ‘The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the appropriate authorities to urgently institute a probe to unravel the hidden faces behind the new ownership structure of multi-billion naira telecoms […]

Read More MR INTEGRITY?’ BUHARI’S FAMILY MEMBERS OWN KEYSTONE BANK AND CO-OWN ETISALAT NIGERIA WHICH THEY RECENTLY BOUGHT.

I will take them to the market place, he says National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress(R-APC), Alhaji Buba Galadima said on Wednesday that the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari should stop laying claim to integrity. . Galadima, who spoke on Channels Television’s breakfast programmed, Sunrise Daily, said that he was […]

Read More APC, Buhari Can’t Talk To Me About Integrity ― Buba Galadima.

The Young Democratic Party (YDP) governorship candidate in Imo State, Evang. Myke Ikoku has warned that the State can no longer survive under the heavy burden of career politicians whose only business is politics, while reiterating his commitment to build a strong State when elected as the next governor of the State in 2019. Evang. […]

Read More IMO STATE CAN NO LONGER SURVIVE UNDER THE BURDEN OF CAREER POLITICIANS – EVANG. MIKE IKOKU.

For the same reasons the Apartheid Constitution of South Africa was not cured by Amendments, the Nigerian Unitary Constitution 1999 cannot be be cured by Amendments. The Mandate of the National Assembly is to make Laws according the dictates of the Constitution. That Mandate does not include Constitution Making which requires Constituent Powers. Constituent Powers […]

Read More WHOLESALE JETTISONING OF THE ROGUE 1999 CONSTITUTION, NOT AMENDMENTS PLEASE. – LNC 24/12/18

The sad and brutal assasination of the former Chief of Defence Staff and former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Alex Badeh, a day after President Buhari’s birthday, is a despicable and cowardly act. Not only was he an officer and a gentleman but he was also a profoundly good man who was criminalised, […]

Read More WHO KILLED AIR VICE MARSHALL ALEX BADEH? By Femi Fani Kayode.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is a child of a peculiar circumstance and that peculiarity clearly reflects in its sloganeering. ‘APGA bu nke anyi’; or, ‘Nkea bu nke anyi’ has a very long history, which appears lost in long use as clichés. These slogans deeply resonate with the philosophy behind the formation of the […]

Read More WHY APGA AS A POLITICAL PARTY MUST NOT DIE (1) By Law Mefor.

Huge differences exist between the standards of living of the Nigerian elites and those of the deprived masses, who, so to speak, are his opposite number or counterpart. While the privileged elites are few in number, mostly educated and live in reckless opulence, the masses or ordinary citizens are uncountable and have poverty and misery […]

Read More THE NIGERIAN ELITE AND ATTITUDINAL DISSONANCE- A NEW NORMAL IS POSSIBLE!

With some two months to the almighty presidential election in Nigeria, one cannot but feel encapsulated in the frenetic build up to that day. Although for now, there seems a situation that can be likened to the calm before a storm, political watchers know for sure that it is all about the calm before the […]

Read More Peter Obi, between Southeast and Southwest. By Jude Atupulazi

The people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes in the Kunene and Omusati regions in Northern Namibia have an upheld culture that has defied western influence and agitation. With a population of over 50,000, the women engage in the daily activity of milking their cows, taking care of the children and other extensive duties while the […]

Read More A Quick Look Inside The Namibian Tribe Where ‘Sex’ Is Offered To Guests.

When the presidential flag-bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku nominated Mr. Peter Obi as his running mate, joy was universal. In the political history of Nigeria, no such nomination was greeted with the type of elation with which Nigerians welcomed it. From North to South and East to West, the citizenry proclaimed […]

Read More Obi, Igbos and the Wisdom of the West.

As an incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari is coming into the elections in a strong position. By reason of access to government financial resources and control of coercive institutions, he has an arsenal of incentives with which to affect voters’ behaviour. An incumbent, by default, still possesses the biggest bully pulpit in the public space and […]

Read More Brilliant analysis of 2019 Presidential elections. Nigeria in 2019: What Lies Ahead

A female governorship aspirant in Imo, Irene Ottih, has called for the cancellation of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primaries in Imo, alleging her exclusion from the contest. A female governorship aspirant in Imo, Irene Ottih, has called for the cancellation of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primaries in Imo, alleging her exclusion from the […]

Read More Female Aspirant Wants Cancellation Of Imo PDP Governorship Primaries.

The vice presidential debate was very interesting. Yemi was good. Peter did well. They reeled out statistics and numbers, facts and figures, analysis and projections. Atiku may try to perform like Peter. But can you imagine Buhari imitating Yemi? But Buhari must debate. They must ask Buhari about Aisha’s lamentations. About the APC that collects […]

Read More Buhari Must Debate. By Mayor Ikoroha.

Duruebube made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, that voting for parties had been the trend in Imo and it must stop. He explained that for Imo to be great again, it’s electorate must learn to vote individuals not minding the political party they belong to […]

Read More Duruebube Chimazuru “Oblong” Nnadi candidate for federal House of Representatives, Owerri federal constituency calls on Imolites to vote for individuals with integrity and competence and not political parties.

Like his predecessor before him, Atahiru Jega, who had announced a skewed allotment of ‘new Polling Booths’, allocating much more of such booths to  areas in Nigeria’s North East region where Boko Haram were supposedly in control of than was allocated to entire regions in the South and had also announced the discarding of the use of PVC […]

Read More Nigeria’s Electoral Umpire, INEC’s Mahmood Yahaya, Unviels His 2019 Rigging Plans. By Eze Eluchie.

Since you walked the red carpets as a beauty queen, many of us have followed you. Though beauty contest is a mere competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, most contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges’ questions as judged […]

Read More AN OPEN LETTER TO BIANCA OJUKWU. By Law Mefor

As the general elections in Nigeria draw closer, i advise the electorate of Owerri federal constuency and Imo state in general to vote for individuals and not political parties which as we all know are mostly bereft of manifestos and ideologies. By embracing fanatic partisanship, we have become perfect examples of protagonists of the polarity […]

Read More Vote Individuals, Not Party – Duruebube.

Signatories to the CUPP that adopted Atiku as presidential candidate last week Friday include the Action Alliance, the unregistered association called the Reformed- All Progressives Congress (APC), Alliance for Democracy (AD), Africa Democratic Party (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), and All Grand Alliance Party (AGAP), Action Peoples Party (APP), and Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), […]

Read More HAZIE OWERRI CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION UPDATE.

Nde Owerri anyi of the 33 wards of Owerri federal constituency, we the “Hazie Owerri Campaign organization”, hereby introduce to you our Brother, friend, uncle and acquaintance, Duruebube Chimazuru “Oblong” Nnadi who has put himself forward to join hands with other like minded progressives to reorder the pace of social, infrastructural and economic development of […]

Read More “HAZIE OWERRI 2019” CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION. UPDATE.

Political parties organize the terms of elite competition, and thus offer and defend alternative choices to voting citizens. Similarly, competition among political actors is only meaningful when it is aimed towards party institutionalization which is a function of organizational loyalty. Multiparty democracies need multiple parties, where one serves as an alternative to the others. Unfortunately, […]

Read More HAZIE OWERRI CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION UPDATE: WHY WE MADE THE MOVE TO THE ACTION ALLIANCE (AA)

For many of us, when a door closes, we feel our world has come to an abrupt end. No matter the reasons or circumstances for a closed door, it is important not to lose hope. Not to see an end, rather to look for another entry. I have a furnace level burning desire, a near […]

Read More THE HAZIE OWERRI CAMPAIGN ORGANISATION RELOCATES FROM PDP TO AA(Action Alliance) TO VIE FOR THE OWERRI FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEAT.

…says, my support for Ugwuanyi’s re-election indisputable THE fiery Catholic Priest and the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Catholic Prayer Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has predicted doom’s day for President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, saying that none of them would win, without mentioning the […]

Read More Why Buhari, Atiku may fail —Fr. Mbaka.

The cliche “it is not over until it is over” very popular talk in the beautiful round leather game of football. The game of football is full of dramatics and histrionics and surprise is one huge factor. The above are also true of politics. Those who know will easily agree that twenty four hours is […]

Read More IMO nAPGA, nPDP AND THE SAD LESSONS OF HIJACKED OR STOLEN GUBER MANDATES.

Those who do not understand what Buhari is saying should realize that he is laying claim to the whole of Nigeria as the Estate of their Greatgrandfather Uthman Dan Fodio and he is showing the exit door to those who are not happy about the definition (ie the Constitutional Arrangements imposed on all by Caliphate-inspired […]

Read More INTERPRETING THE NOVEMBER 1ST 2016, ABUJA “LEAVE NIGERIA IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER COUNTRY” PROCLAMATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LNC, 03/11/16.