IF there is anything that the Nigerian Movement for Positive Change (NMPC) cut out to achieve soonest, it’s the desire to make Nigerian political leaders be alive to their responsibilities of serving the masses, and not milking them in the course of serving them in a democratic settings. This was the views of the President
Mr. Donald Duke, ex- governor of Cross River State, has joined the large number of aspirants for the office of President in the 2019 election, but unsure of the party to adopt to achieve his aspiration. Duke who joins the race along former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and a number of former governors from the
MR Okeleke Elumelu, the Nigerian musician better known as Ras Kimono, is dead. He reportedly died at a hospital in Lagos on Sunday morning. Kimono dominated the music industry in Nigeria in the late 80s. “Under pressure”, his debut album, brought him into limelight. Among the hits in that album were “Rasta get jail” and
Popular former Lagos Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has hit at ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, whom he said was“simply afraid of his shadow’’. The former police boss turned advocate, said OBJ’s recent outburst that his life in under treat, was an indication that he was afraid of nemesis. Tsav said on Sunday in Makurdi that
By Reuben Abati There are three aspects – the strategic, the political and the legal – to the Federal Government’s decision to replace May 29 with June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day, and to confer on the late Chief MKO Abiola, the highest honour in the land. Strategy: Long before now, the Buhari government had
THE candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, has sent a coded message on the recognition of his rival by President Muhammadu Buhari. Asked by TheCable to comment on Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day and the posthumous award of the Grand Commander
The United States of America (USA) has announced an additional $102 Million assistance to Nigeria in order to meet the needs of victims of the Boko Haram insurgency. U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Stuart Symington made the announcement while speaking at the Thursday’s Plenary Session of the ongoing National Conversation on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, in Abuja.
Amnesty International (AI) says no amount of threat from the military will deter it from defending human rights. In a statement on Thursday, Isa Sanusi, the organisation’s spokesperson, said the military responded to its report by organising smear campaigns and threats. On May 24, the human rights group released a damning report which documented the
The senate has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to announce the results of the June 12 presidential election. The upper legislative chamber also demanded that all entitlements of Moshood Abiola, presumed winner of the election, should be paid to his family. The resolutions of the upper legislative chamber was sequel to a motion
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alfa Belgore,has described as illegal, the conferment of Nigeria’s highest national honour on MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 election. In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the retired judge said the national honours cannot be awarded posthumously, “much less the GCFR”, which is the highest