By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, known as Democracy Watch Nigeria has called on security agencies to brace up to the challenges of fishing out perpetrators responsible for the incessant attacks on INEC facilities in the country. The Convener of the group, Dr. Nwambu...
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By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The National Secretariat of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has congratulated the Lagos State Chapter of the association for the successful conduct of fresh election into its executive committee. President of SWAN, Sir Honour Sirawoo while reacting to the outcome of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on successful conclusion of its elections, which brought about the emergence of Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, SAN, as the new leader of the legal body. President Buhari also congratulated Mr. Maikyau for emerging...
It is highly disturbing to persistently have the eardrums of Nigerians jarred by the inanities of choosing a political candidate, specifically, as dominating our recent discourses, presidential running mate, on the basis of religion. It is even more disturbing that our mainstream media hosts have recently given too much...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone D, on Monday threatened to shutdown major airports if the face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government continued. NANS South West Zone Coordinator, Mr Adegboye Olatunji, made this known in Abuja on Monday, at a...
Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has urged the Nigerian electorate to vote the right people into positions of authority, to salvage the country from its current challenges. Amaechi, who was a Special Guest of Honour at the 2022 World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Uyo on Tuesday, urged...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says a total of 1322 ad-hoc staff have been trained in readiness for elections in Kuje Council of the FCT. The INEC Electoral Officer (EO), Mrs Zainab Gbefwi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kuje, after...
The Founder, Joint Professional Training Support International, Prof.Christopher Imumolen, has declared his intention to run for the 2023 presidential election. The frontline academic and philanthropist, declaring his intention at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, said he was out to address the`leadership deficit’ affecting the development of the...
The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has urged Nigerians to support candidates who are God-fearing and have respect for humanity, in their quest for public offices. The governor made the call at the General Assembly of Catholics in Politics and Catholic Business Leaders in Abuja as contained in a...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has explained that thePermanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) issued by the Commission in 2011 and after do not need any revalidation for use in subsequent elections. In a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD in Abuja on Friday, Mr....
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, has said that the entrance of a former Lagos State Governor, Sen. Bola Tinubu, into the 2023 presidential race will “bring light at the end of the tunnel“. He said this on Monday in Abuja at...
New Tribe Nigeria, a support group, says support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to run for presidency in 2023 is a collective task. It said everyone should support Osinbajo to become president, irrespective of tribal or religious affiliation. The call is contained in a communique issued at the end...
A group of women activists, under the aegis of “Women for Secured Nation”, has urged the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, to run for the office of Nigerian President in 2023. The group made the call in a statement by its Media and Publicity...
Yes, they are great politicians in Ijawland; many have groomed followers with the gospel of hatred, those who managed our poverty with one salary divided to seven. Those that only want to see you serve their children and take over from them while their servants service their grandchildren and...
Chief Kenneth Gbagi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Gubernatorial aspirant for Delta 2023, has tasked the leadership of the party to ensure transparency in the governorship primaries. Gbagi, an industrialist, gave the advice on Wednesday while declaring his intention to run for the governorship position known to the State...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) pressure group in Cross River State, The Renaissance Movement has called on the leadership of the party to give its ticket to Governor Nyesom Wike of River State. The leader of the group, Gabriel...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has arrived in Akwa, the capital of Anambra State, ahead of the November 6 governorship election in the state. Upon arrival, Prof. Mahmood immediately went into consultation with the Anambra State Commissioner of...
Dr Nkem Okeke, Anambra Deputy Governor, said that security challenges facing Anambra residents would be tackled as a core need for peaceful co-existence of the all persons in Anambra. Okeke said that the All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Sen. Andy Uba, has reassured him that security of lives...
In 1984 – 85, I had the misfortune of reporting events at the Special Military Tribunal sitting in Kaduna. The Second Republic had just come to grief and one state governor after another were put on trial for crimes against the Nigerian state. The governors had like all political...