BY GODWIN OBI Professor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has swept to victory in the Anambra governorship elections, winning 19 of the 21 local government areas of the state. “That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe on Tuesday said the forthcoming Anambra elections will be safe amid fears that the poll may be marred by a low turnout of voters. Senator Abaribe gave the assurance while speaking to newsmen yesterday “I don’t think low voter turnout is pecuiliarContinue Reading
is BY GODWIN OBI Six young Nigerians on Friday shared their thoughts on the participation of youths in politics and leadership in the country. They include actress Kate Henshaw; political strategist Moremi Ojudu; anti-corruption activist, Hamzat Lawal; CEO, Sujimoto Properties, Sijibomi Ogundele; Sponsor, Not Too Young To Run Bill, TonyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chairman of the South-South Governors’ Forum and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, blamed the National Assembly members from the region for the three per cent approved for the oil-producing communities. Okowa, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olise Ifeajika, said, “They (South-South NationalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Bichi, Kano State, called on emerging leaders in the country to rid the nation of divisiveness and unite the people. This is according to a statement signed by presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu. The President was addressing the audience at the coronationContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A frontline politician and community leader in Uli, Anambra state, Ogbuehi Franklin Igwe has described Nigeria as a failed nation state, even as he maintained that Nigeria’s sorry situation would remain irredeemable until the present Nigerian constitution is jettisoned and replaced with one that will reflect theContinue Reading
By Godwin Obi The Borno State government has enrolled thousands of school children without parents in Monguno – one of the towns worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. Governor Babagana Zulum, who has been undertaking a series of humanitarian and developmental activities in northern BornoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has lambasted the Director-General of All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum Director-General, Salihu Lukman for saying his lethargic responses and his health counterpart, culminated in the strikes in the Health Sector and consequent loss of lives. The Minister who expressedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governor Aminu Masari Governor Aminu Masari has presented a letter to the state’s House of Assembly, seeking the review of the state’s 2021 budget to accommodate it. Governor Masari, forwarded the letter to the house, following the approval of 6.25 billion Naira by President Muhammadu Buhari forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI An Appeal Court sitting in Kano has set aside a ruling by the Jigawa State High Court, that declared one Jude Okeke, as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. The three-man panel unanimously agreed that the case is dismissed, as the High CourtContinue Reading