Nigeria Politics

Views: 38The presidential candidate of the defunct National Conscience Party (NCP) in the 2015 general elections, Chief (Engr.) Martin Onovo, has warned Nigerians to jettison their expectation of a free, fair, and credible election in […]

Troops kill 140 terrorists in one week

Views: 41Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces have killed no fewer than 140 terrorists and arrested 135 suspects across the country in the last week. Among those arrested were a founding father of the Indigenous […]

Rivers Crisis: APC, pro-Wike group move to stop state’s LG allocation

Views: 38A coalition of opposition lawmakers has raised the alarm over an alleged move by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a group supporting the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, to secure a court […]

Constitution Review: Reps Step Down Bill For 50% Increase Of Derivation Fund

Views: 34The House of Representatives has stepped down a bill to increase derivation funds for states with mineral resources from not less than 13 per cent to at least 50 per cent. The bill, sponsored […]

WE ALL LIVE IN FEAR IN NIGERIA

Views: 18In the words of Edmund Burke, “No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear”. Shakespeare enthuses, “His flight was madness; when our actions do not, […]

Gov Alia suspends Attorney General for joining Benue to suit challenging EFCC’s legality

Views: 39 Benue Governor, Rev Father Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has suspended the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mnyim, for joining the state to a suit challenging the legality of […]

Gambling Their Future Away

Views: 34The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi Members of my generation who lived or spent holidays in Lagos during the late seventies to the nineties remember men whose lives were ruined by gambling. These were people […]

Foundation gives succour to persons living with disabilities

Views: 32Kpakpando Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has said it will give succour to persons living with disabilities as it turns 19. The event will hold next Wednesday, with the theme: ‘Disability Inclusion in Nation Building’, […]

Troops smash armed group’s camps, kill scores, rescue 14 in South-East

Views: 29Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army and the Joint Task Force, South-East, code-named “Operation UDO KA” say they have smashed camps of two armed groups operating within the South-East. This is contained in a […]

Nigeria: Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in 19 States’ Suit Challenging EFCC Legitimacy

Views: 29The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The apex court will communicate a […]

Governors Divided Over Suit Challenging EFCC’s Legality

Views: 30The 36 state governors appear divided over the Supreme Court suit challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). While the suit was being heard at the Court on Tuesday, three […]

EEDC leaves Enugu as new company takes over electricity distribution

Views: 31Licensing new power distribution company At the event, Mr Okonkwo said Mainpower was issued an interim distribution license to replace the EEDC in distributing electricity in the state. Mainpower is a subsidiary of the […]

Mainpower Electricity Distribution Limited Takes Over Electricity Distribution in Enugu State

May 29, 2018 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 29The Mainpower Electricity Distribution Limited, a subsidiary of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has been licensed to distribute electricity within Enugu State by the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission (EERC). According to […]

Ex-Imo gov, Ohakim denies moves to install him next Ohanaeze President-General

October 22, 2024 The Editor 0

Views: 32Former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, has distanced himself from the moves to install him as the next President-General of the apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Ohakim said he has no interest in […]

Exparte Order: Group Petitions NJC, Seeks Sanction against High Court Judge, Imo CJ

April 22, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 75A civil society organisation, Forum for Accountability and Good Leadership has petitioned the National Judicial Council against a judge of the Imo State High Court, Justice B. C. Iheka and the State Chief Judge […]

Imo Senator-elect, Osita Izunaso, visits Buhari, says he’s most qualified to be Senate president

April 22, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 59Osita Izunaso, the senator-elect for Imo West Senatorial District, on Tuesday, met with President Muhammadu Buhari and called for the zoning of the Senate Presidency to the South-east. Mr Izunaso, who is also in […]

Hon Bede Eke Set To Join All Progressives Congress

April 22, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 75The outgoing Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Bede U. Eke, representing Aboh-Mbaise/Ngor-Okpala Federal Constituency, Imo State, will make his official declaration to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) today Saturday 22nd April, […]

Chinwoke Mbadinuju (1945 – 2023)

April 21, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 54Former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, died on April 11, 2023, after a brief illness at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was aged 78. Born in Uli in Ihiala Local Government Area […]

Group Petitions Nation Judicial Commission Over Imo Election, Cites Nigerian Constitution

Group Petitions National Judicial Commission Over Imo Election, Cites Nigerian Constitution

April 21, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 75A Civil Society Organization has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) to look into the actions of a judge of the Imo State High Court, Justice B. C. Iheka, for granting an Exparte Order […]

Owerri: Mother, baby feared dead, scores injured as security operatives exchange gunfire

April 19, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 87A mother and her two-year-old child were feared dead, yesterday, while several others got injured following an exchange of gunfire between some security operatives at Wetheral by Fire Service Junction, Owerri, capital of Imo […]

Imo guber : Major – Gen Ogunewe says he is authentic winner of Imo LP governorship primaries

April 19, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 90More trouble is brewing in the Imo Labour party as one of the major contestants for the gubernatorial ticket of the party ahead of the 11 November governorship election Retired Major – General Lincoln […]

Protest at Imo INEC, as Youths demand authentic results on Isu state constituency

April 19, 2023 The Editor 0

Views: 87Youths from the Isu state constituency in Imo state, on Tuesday, stormed the Owerri office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, alleging that INEC, declared old results and not the new results from […]

Where Are The South South Governors?

June 22, 2021 The Editor 0

Views: 153Undoubtedly, the emergence of brilliant, energetic and dynamic young men as governors in the South South States of Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, and Delta, following the 2019 governorship election is evidence of what […]

Hurdles for aspirants as APC reschedules primaries for tomorrow

September 29, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 1958The All Progressives Congress APC earlier last week revised its timetable for the conduct of its primaries but not a few stakeholders believe that the conduct of the exercises could either make or mar […]

Irrational exuberance & good leadership in Nigeria

July 18, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 1084Irrational exuberance was coined by Mr. Alan Greenspan- the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, in a speech that, he delivered on the 5th of December 1996, titled: The Challenge of Central Banking in […]

2019: Southeast APC in search of peace

July 8, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 607 Following the crises bedeviling most of the state chapters of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southeast zone, the party leadership has set up channels to reconcile the warring factions ahead 2019 elections, […]

APGA-APC ALLIANCE, TALE OF TWO BLACK BIRDS

July 6, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 1068There are two black birds sitting in the East. One named APGA, one named APC! Permit my introduction this short essay with a parody of the popular ageless nursery rhyme. Indeed, the modus operandi […]

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board

NCDMB Invests $10m in 5,000bpd Modular Refinery

July 4, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 3873 The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has signed a $10 million equity investment agreement with Waltersmith Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited for the construction of a 5,000 barrels per day modular […]

Dangote inaugurates mega cement warehouse in Owerri

July 4, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 3873 A mega cement warehouse located at the Industrial Layout, Onitsha Road, Owerri, capital of Imo State, to serve corporate outfits and people of the Southeast and other zones in the country, was on […]

APGA: Politics of Ojukwu and Antics of Ifeajuna

July 3, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 1891The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is a political party founded by the legendary Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. At the time of its formation, registration and approval in 2006, Dim Ojukwu, Ikemba Nnewi told […]

The APC national convention

July 3, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 1345 After much dithering, protests, drama and fisticuffs as members of the party in some states fought for supremacy, it is good that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) finally held its national convention […]

US demands trial of Plateau killers

June 28, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 418 America has challenged the Federal Government to ensure that perpetrators of the recent killings in Plateau State are brought to justice. In what Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAM) described as […]

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE TO FIGHT FOR IN IMO APC

June 27, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 495If you grew up in a home where the male children are left with the duty of slaughtering chickens or any other animals during festivities, then you will better appreciate the insignificant noise coming […]

Governor Okorocha: APC chair John Oyegun should be sent to prison

June 6, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 444Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, says the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, ought to land in prison. The governor said this about 24 hours after Oyegun inaugurated Hillary Eke […]

APC Convention: Ndoma-Egba Takes Over as Scribe

June 6, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 369Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, yesterday took over as the secretary of the convention committee of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of its convention slated for the 23 of this month. The erstwhile scribe, […]

Odigie-Oyegun inaugurates APC state chairmen, urges reconciliation

June 5, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 409APC Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun My worry is to get successor to continue my good work, says Okorocha, swears in new commissioners The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, […]

INTERVIEW: #NotTooYoungToRun: How the journey began – Bill’s Sponsor

June 4, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 629Tony Nwulu, a member of the 8th House of Representatives, who represents Oshodi/Isolo II federal constituency of Lagos State, is the sponsor of the #NotTooYoungToRun bill. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, he speaks […]

POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

Views: 831The first civilian administration in Nigeria lasted from the 1st of October, 1960 to January 15th, 1966. This was period of Nigerian’s first five years of independence. The government and the destiny of the […]

Prophet & General Overseer of Chosen Predicts Saraki, Okorocha Decamping to Another Party

May 28, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 434The General oversea of Chosen Assembly member of God ministry (aka Chosen) has predicted the Future for The senate president of Nigeria. This is according to his Facebook post Today, He said the senate […]

Imo APC: Okorocha’s visit with President won’t change anything – Ekeh

May 25, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 546 Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha paid President Muhammadu Buhari a fresh visit on Thursday at Aso Rock villa, this time in company of former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole. The meeting, held behind closed […]

Imo APC tussle: Okorocha, Oshiomhole meet Buhari in Aso Rock

May 25, 2018 The Editor 1

Views: 2531President Muhammadu Buhari has met with Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State behind closed doors and former governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yesterday’s meeting would be the second time […]

APC convention: Buhari, Okorocha, Oshiomhole meet at Villa

May 25, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 379 AS controversy continues to trail the ward, local government and state congresses of All Progressives Congress, APC, in many states of the federation, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, had a closed-door meeting with Governor […]

Buhari distances self from APC convention crisis

May 25, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 427 Okorocha, Oshiomhole meet Buhari on tussle in Imo • Court to hear suit on Enugu APC congress June 6 Restrains party from recognising Nwoye, others President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday refuted allegations that he […]

The manipulated vote

May 24, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 302Two reasons the rancorous ward congresses of the All Peoples Congress (APC) are considered a political disaster for the country are: first, because the ward is the foundation, the origin, the closest to home, […]

Governors on the art of connecting

May 24, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 736MANY of them are young, bold and brave. They are audacious and inventive, unlike some of their forerunners who were staid, laid back and conservative. Not for them the deep, reflective language of old, […]

Shell pledges more domestic gas supply, 600mmscfd coming

May 24, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 237The Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture (SPDC JV) has said it is committed to working with the Federal Government and the energy companies to increase gas supply to the domestic market while reducing […]

APC chieftains jittery over impending Parallel national Convention

May 22, 2018 The Editor 1

Views: 2940Delta APC Secretariat Over Leadership Tussle – Those Uncomfortable Are Free To Leave – Tony Momoh – nPDP Has Genuine Grievances — APC APC chieftains jittery over impending Parallel national Convention – Ahead of […]

2019: No room for Okorocha in APGA’

May 22, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 336Okorocha can’t be re-admitted into APGA for betraying party—BoT member .Party denies getting N3bn from Imo gov for readmission O WERRI —DESPITE feelers that Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha may be dumping his party, […]

The Impending Implosion of APC

May 22, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 461TUESDAY WITH REUBEN ABATI Just take the phrase: “impending” in the title above with a pinch of salt. I use the word because in politics as in life, things happen – as seemingly absolute […]

Governor Okorocha accuses Oyegun of causing aiding opposition

May 20, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 373The Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, John Oyegun of working with his political enemies. Okorocha said this in a statement issued by his media aide, […]

ON THE COORDINATED AND WELL FINANCED BLACKMAIL AGAINST ROCHAS OKOROCHA

May 18, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 566ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES There is no longer the slightest doubt in anyone’s mind that a clique of oppressors, not just in Imo State, but from across Nigeria are ready to stake anything in order […]

Imo Senators, others want Okorocha expelled from APC

May 18, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 521The crisis within the Imo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC seems not to be abating as chieftains of the party in the state are calling on the National Leadership of the […]

Oyegun, NWC Sabotaging APC Congresses, Says Okorocha |The Republican News

May 15, 2018 The Editor 1

Views: 2702Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha Party to gov: Your comments uncharitable Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has linked the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its congresses to a plot […]

2019: Atiku Promises to Run Lean Government

May 15, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 555Atiku…a man to watch out for Bassey Inyang in Calabar Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that if elected president of Nigeria in 2019, he will run a lean government, a policy […]

Undermining National Assembly is a recipe for anarchy –Ekweremadu

May 15, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 497Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has described the continued disregard and disdain for the National Assembly as a recipe for anarchy. Ekweremadu decried that despite that legislature is […]

APC convention: Ex-Governor Oshiomhole declares chairmanship ambition today

May 10, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 414The immediate past governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, will today declare his ambition to run for the national chairmanship of All Progressives Congress, APC. The former governor is favoured to replace the […]

APC NWC to decide today on Ekiti governorship primary

Views: 394The All Progressives Congress, APC, said it has identified those who disrupted Saturday’s governorship primary election in Ekiti state, vowing to deal with them and the aspirants they are affiliated to, after deliberating on […]

Stakeholders meeting in Anambra embarrassing, say Moghalu, others

Views: 418George Moghalu No ward congress, members insist National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) George Moghalu, has described the violence that trailed the stakeholders meeting in Awka, the Anambra State capital at the […]

APC Leaders To Osinbajo: Steer Clear of Party Affairs In Imo

Views: 407Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State have advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo not to meddle with the internal affairs of the party in the state, adding that they had credible […]

Botched Ekiti Guber Primary: APC May Disqualify Aspirants

Views: 419The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it may consider wielding the big stick on those responsible for the disruption of its Ekiti State governorship primary held last Saturday. The governorship primary was aborted […]

Marching to 2019 with weapon of great destruction

Views: 814Last week, Ngozi Muogbo had a rough time with frustration. As early as 5am, she was at the voter registration centre close to her in Lagos. The first problem was that even at that […]

Stay Clear Of Imo, APC Leaders Warn Osinbajo

Views: 80Arising from an emergency meeting in Abuja on Monday, All Progressive Congress’ (APC) leaders in Imo State said they had credible information that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was putting pressure on APC national leadership […]

APC Congress: Rochas begs Buhari to cancel Imo results

May 7, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 384CHAIRMNAN of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha rushed to Daura, the country home of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State, on Sunday to appealed to the President […]

Violence, confusion as APC holds ward congresses

Views: 458•Free-for-all in Oyo, Ondo, Imo, Adamawa exercise suspended •Fayemi, Oni, Ojudu fume over poll distruption, postponement •Protests, intrigues in Rivers, parallel congresses in Ebonyi OUR CORRESPONDENTS The All Progressives Congress on Saturday held its […]

Imo looks to APGA for salvation in 2019

Views: 475The prospects of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2019 governorship election in Imo State keep looking brighter as more and more citizens of the state bet on the party as the […]

No restructuring, no voting

Views: 368A reliable source has told me what he believes is the reason the National Assembly has yet to pass the 2018 budget. Our lawmakers, he said, have been expecting chunks of money they would […]

Oyegun Shuns APC Ward Congress as Violence, Protest Mar Nationwide Exercise

Views: 426Protest, boycott, and parallel voting marred a number of congresses held countrywide yesterday by the ruling All Progressives Congress to elect new ward executives for the party. APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was […]

Violence Disrupts APC Ward Congress In Oyo, Imo

Views: 323Violence has erupted at the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oke-Ado, Oyo State. The incident which occurred on Saturday during the APC ward congress is not clear what caused the issue, […]

APC: Battle lines drawn in Lagos, Imo, Kaduna, Delta, Rivers

Views: 371•As congresses hold today The battle for the control of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC commences today with congresses holding across the country with pitch battles in many states. APC Supporters on the […]

Hurdles before govs hatching succession plans

Views: 469Hurdles before govs hatching succession plans SUNDAY PUNCH examines the challenges before some governors planning to install their successors at the end of their tenure With 2019 in sight, many governors, who are looking […]

APC Congresses: Chairmanship aspirant stabbed to death

Views: 400A chairmanship aspirant in yesterday’s ward congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State was stabbed to death moment before the exercise got under way. Pockets of violence were also recorded […]

An Open Letter To President Muhammadu Buhari By Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma (INNOSON)

May 1, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 502Mr Innoson Chukwuma, chairman of Innoson Motors. Related News An Open Letter To President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR On The Abuse Of Court Process By The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission On Chief Dr Innocent […]

2019: Buhari and the traditional rulers in Nigeria

May 1, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 383“We have endorsed Buhari’s re-election because the policies and template of development already laid down by him in the last three years are already yielding fruit and needed to be actualized in his next […]

Skills acquisition: ‘Training of youths, women a priority of Buhari’s administration’

May 1, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 645Jos – Mr Lawrence Kyuka, the National Coordinator, Basic Skills Acquisition and Vocational Training Programme in Nigeria, says training of youths and women on vocational skills remains top priority of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. […]

2019: Imo APC stakeholders resist Governor Okorocha

Imo indigenes tackle Okorocha over community levy

Views: 417Politicians and major stakeholders in Imo State have reportedly accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of trying to extort the 637 autonomous communities by ordering the traditional rulers to raise the sum of N6 million each […]

APC National Convention: Oyegun’s loss, Tinubu’s Pyrrhic victory

Views: 480The battle over who controls the machinery of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) among the gladiators seems to have been strategically won and lost with the Presidential pronouncement backing the former Governor of […]

Herdsmen killings: Imo CAN stays away as Christians protest in Oyo, Abuja, Benue and Kogi

Views: 567The Imo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria refused to hold protests across the state on Sunday as directed by the secretariat of the Christian body, even as Christians from various churches […]

Our support for Buhari will open doors for Ndigbo in APC, 2023 — Uzodimma

Views: 501The declaration of Sen. Hope Uzodimma (Imo West) for the All Progressive Congress (APC) has set Imo State agog as many stakeholders were rallying round him in solidarity for saying at the declaration ceremony […]

Imo monarchs endorse Buhari for 2019

Views: 512AHEAD of 2019 presidential election, over 200 Southeast traditional rulers from Imo state, yesterday, backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari The monarchs reached the decision in a meeting, which […]

FAAC: 17 States Insolvent, Generate less than 10% of Federal Allocation