Rabiu: It’s cheaper to transport container from China to Lagos than Lagos to Kano
Chairman and CEO of BUA Group, Abdul-Samad Rabiu, has said that it is cheaper to transport a container from China to Lagos than to transport same from Lagos to Kano. Rabiu disclosed this in Paris while speaking on the enormous opportunities to invest in the Nigerian transportation system, particularly the rail sector. Cargo containers are transported from China and other countries...
DAKUKU PETERSIDE: Soludo, a post-election Anambra
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE At face value, the Anambra election 2021 is over, but the lessons have far broader implications that will endure. Beyond these lessons, of what is considered the most consequential election in 2021, is the management of the people's expectations and the governor-elect's ability to fix the jigsaw puzzle of the many contradictions that Anambra represents. Let's begin with...
Party Primaries: APC, INEC in eye of the storm
By EHICHIOYA EZOMON For obviously their enlightened self-interest in the lead-up to the 2023 elections, politicians have turned advocates or spokespersons for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The other day, the National Assembly (NASS), despite INEC's pledge of its wherewithal to transmit poll results across Nigeria, short-circuits the powers that the amended 1999 Constitution guarantees it from non-interference by external influence. In...
Anambra election and IGP Alkali’s masterstroke
When the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, declared the Police's readiness for the November 6, 2021 Anambra State governorship election and his commitment to ensure that the Police Force being responsible for internal security under his watch will act in the most professional and unbiased manner as tension and insecurity threaten even the conduct of the election,...
Police repel bandits’ attack in Katsina, rescue 11 victims
The Katsina Police command has repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, during which it rescued 11 kidnap victims in Safana. SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson who disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen, on Sunday, in Katsina, said 38 cows and 11 sheep were also recovered. “On...
APC governorship aspirants to pay N22.5m for forms
Prospective aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for both Ekiti and Osun governorship elections are to cough out N22.5 million to participate in the party’s primaries. The ruling party stated that aspirants are to pay N2.5 million for Expression of Interest Form while the Nomination Form cost N20 million. Physically-challenged and female aspirants are to pay 50...
U.S. backs Nigerian Editors’ capacity building with N93.3m
The United States of America has supported the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) with $226,889 (about N93.3 million). The grant is to facilitate activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of Editors to understand, appreciate and deliver on their constitutionally assigned responsibility to hold government accountable to the people. In a press statement issued on Sunday by the NGE’s President, Mustapha Isah...
2023: Why I pushed for direct primaries, by Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has explained why he pushed for direct primaries in the Electoral Act Amendment. Gbajabiamila said direct primaries would bring more accountability and adequate representation as political office holders would not be restricted to pleasing a group of few people selected as delegates, but would work for the interest of...
APC has illegal national leadership, says Senator Marafa
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) is about taking a new dimension as a chieftain of the ruling party, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has threatened to challenge the legality of the caretaker committee in court. Marafa at a media parley on Sunday in Abuja declared as illegal all actions so far taken by the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker...
Anambra election: Ex-minister Chidoka decries low turnout of voters
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has bemoaned the low turnout of voters in the just-concluded Anambra Governorship election. Chidoka took to his Facebook page to berate people who believe that votes do not count during elections. He decried the voters' apathy from the election, claiming that less than 10 per cent of registered voters in the state determined the...
