The Nobel laureate, who appeared on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Roadmap 2023, described the elections as “not exactly the most edifying exercise that we’ve been through.” Stating that he was out of the country for some months, Soyinka shared his insight on the politics-speak that took hold while he was away. “On arriving, I came in for the World Poetry […]
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Borno Central Senatorial election, Hon. Muhammed Kumaila has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are still thump printing ballot papers, a month after election. Kumaila who said this amounted to destroying and tampering with evidence that would be presented before the Election Petitions Tribunal, alleged that some adhoc staff of the […]
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A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has again tackled the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, after the envoy faulted him on some comments he made during the just-concluded electioneering in Lagos State. Llewellyn-Jones, speaking on a current affairs programme on Nigerian Info on Sunday, also lamented that the ruling APC had yet to distance itself from […]
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As Nigeria’s federal government prepares to completely deregulate the downstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry in the coming months, stakeholders in the sector have told Nigerians to be ready to pay as much as N750 per litre of petrol at filling stations. This was the highpoint of stakeholders’ interventions during an online workshop, with the theme, “Deregulation […]
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Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed the belief that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s father might not be a Yoruba man. Fani-Kayode said Obasanjo’s ‘silence’ over a recent comment by Igbo businessman Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu that Yoruba people are “political rascals,” was an indication that the former president’s father was an Igbo man, not Yoruba. Iwuanyanwu said Igbo people had invested so […]
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The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu has been suspended by the party. The suspension of Ayu was effected by the Ward Executive of the party in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. Addressing the media Sunday, on behalf of Kashi Philip, the Ward Chairman, the Ward Secretary Mr. Vangeryina Dooyum […]
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Former Rivers State governor and immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday, said the amount of state funds that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike spent on alcohol in two weeks, was equivalent to the amount he (Amaechi) spent to build one primary school, when he served as governor. Amaechi, who claimed that Wike’s lifestyle has been shortchanging […]
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As Nigerians file out on Saturday, certain factors might play a major role in deciding the governorship candidates they would vote for during the polls. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had rescheduled the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections from March 11 to March 18, 2023, due to the controversy surrounding the configuration of BVAS used during the […]
Continue reading »The Labour Party (LP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election by not allowing it to inspect election materials as ordered by the Appeal Court. LP also raised the alarm that INEC had started reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) without the presence of the representatives […]
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has debunked allegations of a fresh plot against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. There have been rumours that a N500 million budget was mobilised through top CBN agents in Lagos State. The money was said to be “Oga’s own contribution to the takeover-Lagos-from-Tinubu’s-influence”. However, in a statement on Monday signed by […]
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