Tag Archives: Politics

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Mathew Kukah, yesterday deplored what he called nepotism by the Buhari Administration and accused the government of institutionalizing northern hegemony while reducing other parts of the country to second class status. Kukah in ...

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Anambra State, Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, has said the trouble with Nigeria is that many of its leaders have expired. Ezeokafor, who spoke at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Awka, while delivering his Christmas message, wondered why ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with Nigerians to once again invest their trust in his administration’s commitment to restore peace, security and prosperity to all parts of the country. President Buhari made the plea in his Christmas message to Nigerians, ...

The former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, has said that there is no better time for Nigeria to have a President of Igbo extraction than now. Senator Anyim made the declaration in his speech at the sixth World Igbo Summit ...

ABUJA – VICE President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring rather prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly.Osinbajo also said prudent management of the nation’s resources and the provision ...

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced to the State House of Assembly his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007) which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and ...

The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has expressed support for the attempt by the Nigeria government to regulate social media. He said he was “strongly” in support of the move.He spoke when he received the Inspector General of Police, ...

Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has suspended its planned nationwide strike that would have started today, Monday, September 28, in protest against the hike in pump price of fuel and electricity tariff. Earlier, there were indications that the Federal Government and ...

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has disbanded the Sokoto State Hisbah police and halted all its activities over alleged power tuzzle and factionalization. The Hisbah board in the state has been rocked by crisis for so many years as three persons ...

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West has called on northern leaders to speak up in support of southern Nigeria getting the presidency in 2023 in the interest of equity, justice, fairness and stability of the country. The zonal ...