THE National President of a Non-Governmental Organisation and democracy group, National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), Mr Niyi Aborisade has come out clearly to declare he is neither a card carrying member of any political party, nor working to promote interest of any politician in Nigeria. Aborisade, a solicitor of Supreme Court of England and
THE United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has predicted that President Muhammadu Buhari will win the 2019 election. The organisation made this known in a report it released on the forthcoming general election saying its report is based on its interactions with Nigerians from different sectors. USIP said though many Nigerians feel that the current
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Obiageli Ezekwesili, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are busy bickering over President Muhammadu Buhari’s West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate when the country is facing “fiscal emergency”. In a statement on Saturday, Ezekwesili said Nigerians should be alarmed
SPOKESMAN of the defence headquarters (DHQ), John Agim, has told members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) to be ready to face the consequences if they take on the military. Members of the movement better known as Shi’ites clashed with soldiers in some parts of Abuja last week. The army confirmed that three Shi’ites
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order the probe of Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state. In videos widely circulated on social media, the governor was seen allegedly receiving kickbacks from contractors. The Kano house of assembly is already probing him but SERAP asked the government to “take
BY ADESINA GEORGE AYODELE In few months time, Nigerians will have another opportunity to select the presidential candidate of their choice between the incumbent and options of another 69 potential choice. They will be confronted with an option of continuity or otherwise who they believe will improve their lots in the next four years. But
BY NIYI ABORISADE “General Officer Commanding (GOC), Situation this sector is definitely out of hand if not hopeless. Not a single round of ammunition held while enemy pressure continues ceaselessly for the past 48 hours. We intend to stay on and make the supreme sacrifice. Please help before it is too late. We who are
THE United States US consul general, and Laura Beaufils, British deputy high commissioner to Nigeria, John Bray,say the issues faced by MTN in recent times sent bad signals to foreign investors. The US and UK envoys made the assertion on Thursday on the sidelines of a conference organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and
BY COLUMBUS IZOBE-ABUMERE Within the Nigeria body polity, political space, and nation State, lies uniqueness. Nigeria is not short of intellectual capacity. In the western world and within the African continent, to say the least, proofs of the innovative and ingenuity prowess of Nigerians, especially individuals abound, very clear and visible. This confirms that Nigerians