Wike: Why I want to be Nigeria’s President
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to support his presidential ambition, saying he is the best man to wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike stated this on Sunday during his visit to his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, in Makurdi, the state capital. Govenor Wike said he was making his...
No candidate from South-East can defeat Tinubu
By FREDRICK NWABUFO 2023. It is the turn of the south-east to produce Nigeria's next president, but it is not the auspicious time for the region to do so. The national tenor today is unfavourable for the emergence of a president of south-east extraction. We may have the moral justification to demand the zoning of the presidential ticket by the...
Edo PDP crisis needs compromise to resolve
By EHICHIOYA EZOMON The political crisis in the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands that Governor Godwin Obaseki, Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu and their supporters reflect deeply on why and how they defected to the party in June 2020. Needless to dwell on the nitty-gritty of their exit from the All Progressives Congress (APC), which gave them the...
Governor’s aide arrested for assaulting traffic warden
The operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested Mr Musibau Esinrogunjo, the Special Assistant on Rural Mobilisation to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for assaulting a traffic warden on duty along Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin, the state capital. A video on how the governor’s aide was allegedly caught by policemen with a cartridge and substance suspected to be hard drug...
APC convention, the night after…
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE It has been a long road to the APC convention, after 22 months of uncertainty and another long night at the historic and symbolic eagle square that ended the waiting game. At the end, the president and the conclave of governors triumphed. The fundamental tenets of democracy – freedom to choose candidates, individual conscience and conviction dictating...
Ooni, OAU and Ife deaf gods (1)
By TUNDE ODESOLA Kabiyesi Onirisa, I call your name in awe and utter fear; it’s the impudent subject that the king kills. I stand at a respectable distance away from the crown, may the second-in-command to Adimula not kill me. May my mouth not kill me. May the king’s hoe and the king’s machete not strike my feet. I bow...
Re: PDP demands Emefiele’s resignation over 2023 ambition
Ahmed Ja’Usman Tijani We are forced to issue this rejoinder, despite the fact that, ideally, the vituperations are undeserving of the consideration of any serious-minded person. We are also compelled to come up with this response knowing that the subject of this slanderous essay, Godwin Emefiele, being a very humble, dedicated and self effacing public servant may not be in a...
Polaris Bank makes vehicle purchase seamless with Easy Buy scheme
Polaris Bank in partnership with CIG Motors has introduced ‘Easy Buy’, an affordable vehicle finance scheme meant to make vehicle acquisition and ownership easier for its teeming customers, prospects and fleet buyers in the country. The bank and the auto giant announced the scheme on Friday at a joint press conference in Lagos to announce the newly-reviewed partnership with improved...
Ukraine insists on territorial integrity as talks loom
With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set to take place in Turkey this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise. Zelenskiy said in his video address to the Ukrainian people late on Sunday that in talks due to take place in Istanbul his government...
China launches biggest COVID-19 lockdown in 2 years
China began its most extensive lockdown in two years on Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation's "zero-COVID” strategy. Shanghai launched a two-stage lockdown of its 26 million people, closing bridges and tunnels, and restricting highway traffic in a scramble to contain surging COVID-19...
