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Labour Party Crisis: By S’Court Ruling, Abure Is No Longer National Chairman – Sen. Umeh

April 11, 2025

Senator Representing Anambra Central at the National Assembly, Victor Umeh, has stated that the Supreme Court ruling on the Labour Party leadership crisis means that Julius Abure is no longer the national

Politics

Ex-Ekiti Governor, Fayemi, Debunks Defection Rumour

March 11, 2025

Immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, has denied making plans to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and move to another political party. In a statement posted

Politics

IBB Memoir: Abacha Wasn’t Responsible For June 12 Election Annulment, Family Reacts

March 10, 2025

The family of late Nigeria’s military Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has said he wasn’t responsible for the annulment of the June 12 1993 presidential election in which MKO Abiola

Natasha vs Akpabio: Legal Outcome Will Add To Nigeria's jurisprudence – Nwala

Politics

Natasha-Akpabio: Is It Really A Gender Clash?

March 7, 2025

The Nigerian Senate has once again found itself at the centre of controversy with the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, a senator representing Kogi Central and a vocal advocate for transparency and

Politics

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Accuses Akpabio Of Sexual Advances, Victimisation

February 28, 2025

Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of making sexual advances towards her. Akpoti-Uduaghan and Akpabio had a heated exchange last week Thursday, 20 February 2025, over

Politics

Lagos Assembly Speakership Tussle: Police Restore Meranda’s Security Amid Obasa’s Resumption

February 28, 2025

In a surprising turn of events, Lagos State Police Command has restored security aides to Mojisola Meranda, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly. The State Commissioner of Police, Moshood

Politics

Tinubu Pledges To Work Harder As APC Passes Vote Of confidence

February 26, 2025

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has pledged to work harder for the country’s greater good, assuring that the Nigerian economy was on the path of recovery. The President made the promise in

Opinion

INEC Needs House Cleaning Before An Electoral Offences Tribunal

February 24, 2025

Nigeria’s electoral system is at a crossroads. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been marred by allegations of corruption, inefficiency, and partisanship, eroding public trust in democratic processes. As INEC renews

Anambra Guber 2025: INEC Gives Timeline For Political Parties To Conduct Primaries

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Anambra Guber 2025: INEC Gives Political Parties Timeline To Conduct Primaries

January 23, 2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced timeline for political parties to conduct primary election for the 2025 Anambra governorship election. The Commission directed political parties to conduct the exercise within 20

Opinion

Ikenga: The Contemporary Legislator

January 22, 2025

An excerpt from www.smarthistory.org summed up the concept of “ikenga” in Igbo cosmology by drawing extensive citations from one of the most distinguished literary works of one of the most respected writers

Politics

Rivers Crisis: HURIWA Berates Wike For Accusing Fubara Of Betraying Tinubu’s Peace Accord

January 21, 2025

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has berated Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for accusing Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara of betraying a presidential peace accord. HURIWA argued

Opinion

Nigerian Leaders And Their Advisers

December 30, 2024

President Bola Tinubu’s Maiden Presidential Media Chat on 23 December 2024, elicited understandable eclectic reactions. There were rave reviews and some unfavourable judgments. As 2024 ends and Nigerians behold 2025, there will

HURIWA Condemns Security Agencies Clampdown On Media, Protesters

News·Politics

Rivers Crisis: HURIWA Calls For Visa Ban On Judges Over ‘Politically Motivated’ Judgements

November 3, 2024

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Farouk Lawan Breaths Fresh Air Again, Regains Freedom From Kuje Prison

October 22, 2024

Former member of the House of Representatives representing the Bagwai/Shanono constituency of Kano State, Farouk Lawan, has regained freedom after serving a five-year jail term. Lawan, who was convicted and sentenced to

News·Politics

Why I Congratulated Gowon At 90 – Obi

October 20, 2024

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has explained why he congratulated former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon, on his 90th birthday anniversary.

News·Politics

Rivers LG Polls: Voting Ongoing Despite Explosion, Protests

October 5, 2024

The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has begun the the conduct of local government election in the state as scheduled for today, October 5. Prime Business Africa observed that sensitive and

Opinion

Federal Might, Edo Politics And Jubilations In Akwa Ibom

September 29, 2024

Many Nigerians have never heard of the expression “federal might’’ as an important factor in gubernatorial elections until Gov. Godwin Obaseki started talking about it in the weeks leading to the September

News·Politics

Edo Election: PDP’s Ighodalo Hails Supporters, Says Mandate Brazenly Stolen

September 24, 2024

Asue Ighodalo the People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday, 21 September has commended his supporters for believing in his vision for the development of

Opinion·Politics

Three-dimensional Challenges Before Edo Voters

September 20, 2024

By Ozioma Ubabukoh About this time four years ago, Edo State was preparing to enter the governorship election, just as it is today. Coming barely a year after the 2019 general election,

Oshiomhole, Obaseki Power Struggles As Edo People Go To The Polls

News·Politics

Oshiomhole, Obaseki Power Struggle Resonates As Edo People Go To The Polls

September 18, 2024

As the people of Edo State warm up for the Saturday, 21st September gubernatorial election, one prominent thing is power struggle between the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole.

Politics

Edo Election: Atiku Joins Obaseki In Calling For Release Of PDP Chieftains Detained In Abuja

September 12, 2024

Former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to release chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State who were arrested and

News·Politics

APC Postpones National Caucus, NEC Meetings

September 10, 2024

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the national caucus and National Executive Committee meetings indefinitely. Prime Business Africa had reported that the ruling party had earlier scheduled the national caucus meeting

How Community Policing Can Solve Nigeria’s Internal Security Problem - Utomi

Opinion

The Danger Of Stupid Idiots

September 8, 2024

Before I get badgered by those unwilling to read or lacking in the discipline to digest concepts let me announce upfront that no insults are intended by either the title or the

Opinion

Deconstructing Nigeria

September 4, 2024

Bad leadership and its consequence, bad governance, are dismembering Nigeria. Both are repetends in current Nigerian political discourse. Both are also indicative that rather than focus progressively on nation building, Nigerians are

Opinion·Politics

Looming Danger Of Docile Political Opposition

August 26, 2024

It has become necessary to draw the attention of opposition political leaders in the country that the current care-free or unserious disposition could produce a disastrous outcome whereby Nigerians may be unable

Politics

Beyond Policy: The New Tribe Mission And State Of The Motherland

August 26, 2024

Of the 14 intervention cohorts of The New Tribe, eight of the cohort leadership teams have been quite active pre-inauguration scheduled for October 1, 2024. A report on the goals and activities

Proposed VAT, Petrol Price Hike Will Deepen Cost-of-living Crisis – Atiku

News·Politics

NNPC Hijacked By Tinubu’s Cabals, Atiku Alleges

August 22, 2024

Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has been hijacked by “corporate cabals” that surround President Bola Tinubu. Atiku accused President Tinubu of

Chidoka's Athena Centre Call For Prosecution Of Electoral Offenders Other Reforms To Ensure Electoral Process Integrity

News·Politics

Chidoka’s Athena Centre Calls For Prosecution Of Electoral Offenders, Other Reforms To Ensure Electoral Process Integrity

August 19, 2024

Athena Centre for Public Policy and Leadership, a non-partisan think tank, has called for major reforms on Nigeria’s electoral process to guarantee the integrity of future elections. Founder and Chancellor of Athena

Opinion

Saving Our Dysfunctional Federation

July 21, 2024

(Remarks to Diaspora group stylized from a chapter in forthcoming Book: How Politics Impoverished Nigeria) Starting out with faith in Federalism as the best form of political organisational structure for plural

Opinion

Fanatical Mindset

July 19, 2024

On Wednesday, 17 July 2024, Sen. Ali Ndume was removed as Chief Whip of the Senate and replaced with Sen. Tahir Monguno following a directive contained in a letter sent to APC

Opinion

Nyesom Wike: The Dance Of A Man

Millions across Nigeria get palpably entertained virtually every day by the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike. His project commissioning-based methodical dance steps cutting through the treacherous Nigerian political pathways speak so much to the present predicaments of the nation. Much

July 18, 2024

Opinion·Politics

Anioma State: Reason Above Sentiments

Aristotle, one of the fathers of Ancient philosophy, famously says that practical reason grasps our ends, deliberately about how to achieve those ends in a more-or-less specific situation, then makes a decision about what to do. In Pluto’s conception, by contrast, reason

July 15, 2024

Opinion

Against Nnamdi Kanu’s Echoing Detention

Maazi Nnamdi Kanu, supposed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been facing a second wave of court cases since 2021 for his part in the activities of IPOB, a group seeking to achieve the secession of the South-east region

July 6, 2024

Satanic Leadership And Nigeria’s Boiling Point

Opinion

Explosive North: Open Letter To Northern Politicians

The living reality in Northern Nigeria is very explosive. If anyone is interested in finding the practical meaning of the Hobbesian description of life being ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short’, just look at what life is in Northern Nigeria. Indices of

July 2, 2024

Opinion·Politics

Optimism, Fears Trail FG’s Insistence On LG Autonomy

When the British colonial government introduced the Local Government Ordinance in 1914, the aim was to create a tier of government that would reach to the grassroots. Until independence and beyond, the idea of local government (LG) subsisted, with at least five

July 1, 2024

FEATURES·Politics

Between Creation Of More States And Regional Govt, Which Do We Really Need?

Sixty three years after independence and 25 years of uninterrupted democracy, Nigeria has a litany of developmental challenges caused by leadership failure. Many equally attribute it to poor configuration of the governance architect and attitude of political leaders. This has over the

June 14, 2024

Presidency Foreign Trips: Tinubu Fiddles While Nigeria Burns – Atiku

Opinion·Politics

Nigeria Not Working: One Year Of Tinubu Is A Cocktail Of Trial-and-error Economic Policies – Atiku

On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu raised the hopes of Nigerians with his pledge to “remodel our economy to bring about growth and development through job creation, food security and an end of extreme poverty.” Since then, Tinubu has also spoken

May 28, 2024

Anarchy: 17 State Governors Won't Allow Elections For Local Govt Chairmen, Councillors

FEATURES·Politics

Anarchy: 18 State Governors Won’t Allow Elections For Local Govt Chairmen, Councillors

At the last count, 18 out of 36 states in Nigeria do not have elected local government chairmen and councilors. Instead, they have caretakers appointed by state governors.

May 26, 2024

PDP Passing Off Peter Obi, Should Be Sanctioned By INEC - Utomi

Opinion·Politics

Re-thinking Nigeria: Beyond Myths, Illusions And Selt-deceit

Nigeria is a mess right now. A huge mess. Even the blind can see it. And the deaf can hear the cry of anguish of Nigeria’s children. Can the country be rescued? Possibly. But the myths, years of delusions of grandeur and

May 21, 2024

Rivers Elders Counter Fubara, Declare Aso Villa Resolutions With Wike Death Sentence

Opinion·Politics

Rivers Crisis: Presidency Has Already Taken Sides

Ajuri Ngelale, informed Nigerians that the presidency would not take sides in the ongoing feud between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged godfather and minster of the FCT, Nyesome Wike.

May 14, 2024

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