The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has said those calling for coup d’etat are enemies of Nigeria, saying the law will catch up with them. The military had earlier revealed that there were pressure from certain unnamed quarters…
Presidency fumes, tackles Obasanjo over democracy comment
The Presidency, on Monday, blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the current state of Nigeria’s democracy. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who spoke to The PUNCH, noted that the democracy the country currently…
Nigeria’s self-inflicted moral burden of shame — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigeria has reduced itself to the butt of the crudest jokes all over the world. Forgery at the highest echelon of power in the land has put a bad patch on Nigeria in the eyes of astonished commentators across the…
Dancing to the music of a ticking time-bomb — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It’s a terrible Nigerian fate that every so-called democratic election is delivered like a ticking time-bomb primed to explode with fatal menace. The unfathomable aspect of the matter is that some Nigerians dance to the ticking of the time-bomb thinking…
Peter Obi identifies key measures for ECOWAS in Niger Republic
The presidential candidate on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to allow Niger return to democracy via its national institutions. In a statement…
Options before ECOWAS — Ehi Braimah
It’s been over three weeks since the military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani sacked the administration of democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic – our next door neighbor – on July 26. During the period, leaders and…
The Governor of Enugu State — Chuks Iloegbunam
There is this social media skit on democracy that is forever entertaining. In it, a teacher tells his students that, despite Abraham Lincoln’s classic definition, democracy was actually “the government of some people by some people and for some people.”…
Poland protest: Hundreds of thousands demand change in Warsaw
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have gathered in Warsaw for one of Poland’s largest demonstrators since the fall of communism in 1989. Most opposition parties have called on supporters to join the march against the nationalist Law and Justice party…
Lagos LG chairman assures citizens of rapid development under Tinubu’s administration
Mr Emmanuel Bamigboye, the Executive Chairman of Mushin Local Government in Lagos State, assures Nigerians of hopeful economic development in the administration of Sen. Bola Tinubu. According to him, this is because of his antecedents as Governor of Lagos State.…
Subversion of democracy in Adamawa — Ehi Braimah
What played out last weekend in Adamawa State during the supplementary gubernatorial poll can best be described as attempts by desperate politicians to subvert democracy and undermine the will of the people. The electoral heist must be totally condemned in…
