Atiku’s alert on imminent one-party system
Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar | File Image By Emeka Alex Duru (08054103327, nwaukpala@yahoo.com) The recent alert by the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, can only make meanings if taken from what would have been the lot of Nigeria’s democracy, had the then Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his allies, not taken strategic steps […]
Northern region’s problems self-inflicted – Yusuf
Prof. Usman Yusuf at the event. Yusuf: It is unbelievable that a president from the North for eight years could not complete the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road By Ahmed Kaigama Former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has advised Northerners to take responsibility for the region’s current economic and security challenges. […]
Why I committed N1.5b on humanitarian services in 2024 – Obi
Peter Obi | File Image By Valentine Amanze Anambra State former Governor and Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has said that he commited over N1.5 billion to humanitarian services in 2024 because of his genuine concern for humanity. The amount, he explained, was spent mainly on education, […]
Why Lagos Assembly impeached Speaker Obasa
Mudashiru Obasa | File Image. Obasa was accused of allegedly spending N17 billion to fix a gate that leads to the assembly By Valentine Amanze Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have finally impeached the speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa, whose tenure had survived many stormy sessions, was sacked on Monday January 13, 2025. […]
Peter Obi is not the issue
Peter Obi | File Image By Emeka Alex Duru (08054103327, nwaukpala@yahoo.com) In my article of November 3, 2023 on, ‘How democracy dies in Nigeria’, I made extrapolations from the 2018 publication on comparative politics by Harvard University political scientists, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, titled; ‘How Democracies Die’. The book alerts on how leaders can […]
What Obi told Ohanaeze leadership
Peter Gregory Obi | File Image Obi: Work for peace, unity of Nigeria By Valentine Amanze Labour Party (LP) leader and the 2023 Presidential flagbearer, Mr. Peter Obi, has admonished the newly elected leadership of the Pan-Igbo organization –Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide led by Senator John Azuta Mbata – to work towards peace and unity of […]
Abia ex-Governor Orji forfeits N228.4m to govt
Abia State former Governor Theodore Orji | File Image By Valentine Amanze Abia State former Governor Theodore Orji is to forfeit to the Federal Government the N228.4 million traced to his account on allegations of money laundering. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja gave the order of interim freezing and forfeiture of […]
Why APC governors can’t help el-Rufai, by Sule
A photo combo of ex-Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai (left) and Nasarawa governor Abdullahi Sule. By Valentine Amanze Nigeria’s Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) can’t do nothing about the ministerial nomination ordeal of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai. Nasarawa State Governor and member of the ruling party’s PGF, Abdullahi Sule, who made the disclosure, further revealed […]
Alcibiades reborn: The sycophantic journey of Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri | File Image Reno’s transformation from a sharp critic of Tinubu to one of his most enthusiastic apologists is nothing short of remarkable By Valentine Obienyem I read Reno Omokri’s article recently, titled, “Why Peter Obi Has No Moral Authority to Criticise President Tinubu.” Predictably, it felt like navigating through a sycophant’s asylum […]
Tinubu’s crude oil sales financial disclosure doubtful – CNPP
CNPP logo | File Image Advocates transparency in oil sales CNPP: It does not make any business sense to resort to borrowing, especially given Nigeria’s increasing debt profile, when oil revenues are reportedly left in the coffers of NNPC Limited By Valentine Amanze Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has expressed worry over President Bola […]
