Governors, traditional rulers and other organised leaders of the six South-South states on Tuesday listed a seven-point demand the people of the region want President Muhammadu Buhari to address immediately. The demand was made to the Presidential delegation sent by the President to meet with leaders of the South South region in Port Harcourt. The…
How Buhari Govt Tried to Silence Me – Abaribe, Senate Minority Leader
…Says Governor Umahi “hiding behind one finger”. The Senate Minority Leader, and Senator representing Abia South senatorial district on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has called out the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government over its alleged attempt to shut him up for always criticising the way the country is being…
If Nigeria Dies, Hatred Killed Her – Femi Adesina
What a week it has been for our own dear native land! Just at the beginning of the month, as the country turned 60 as an independent entity, President Muhammadu Buhari had charged us to “begin sincere process of national healing, eliminate old and outworn perceptions that are always put to test in the lie…
Buhari Wants End to Protests, Silent on Military Action at Lekki
President Muhammadu Buhari has in the long awaited Broadcast over the growing #Endsars protest advised youths in Nigeria to stop the protest and allow his administration implement their demands. The president who said the government had responded swiftly to the demands of the youths regrets that the prompt response had been taken as a sign…
Lagos Under Assault (Video+Photo)
Lagos woke up on Tuesday October 20 to destructions and death of young people believed to have come under attack by certain persons in military uniform, at the Lekki toll gate. The youths had gathered there, and some other places like the government office at Alausa, Ikeja, for some days now for a peaceful protest…
Buhari: The Unity Sermon and The Reality of Nigeria’s Nationhood
Tougher times await Nigerians from President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech to mark Nigeria’s 60th anniversary. His speech vanished any hope of lower petrol and electricity prices as he affirmed that “It makes no sense for oil to be cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi Arabia.” According to him, petrol presently sells for N168.00 in Saudi Arabia,…
Civil Society Groups Want Alleged N20 billion Loan by Obaseki Stopped
There is no such thing – EDSG Some civil society groups under the aegis of the Joint Forces for the Defence of Democracy (JOFDES) in Edo State have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly, relevant authorities in Federal ministries, departments and agencies, as well as all well-meaning Edo sons and daughters who have…
The Case Against Magu
It appears to be the beginning of the end for Ibrahim Magu as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with his suspension by President Muhammadu Buhari. What it suggests is that the allegations raised against him by Abubakar Malami, attorney general of the Federation and minister of justice may have merit after…
APC Looks Forward Without Oshiomohle
Barring any more judicial interventions, the fate of Adams Oshiomohle as the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, appears sealed. Pushed to the wall, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a rare direct intervention, stepped in on Thursday to stabilize the party through the emergency virtual national executive committee, NEC, meeting in a manner that…
The APC Meltdown Deepens
Victor Giadom, acting national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, performed his second major act in office by dissolving the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party in the on-going national executive committee, NEC meeting. Bashir Ahmad, special assistant to the President on New Media tweeted this while the meeting was in session. “National Working…
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