I dare anyone to suspend me from PDP — Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dared the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to suspend or discipline him. Wike, who spoke exclusively on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday, said…

Kano protesters dare police, take to the streets

Some protesters are currently on the streets in defiance to the ban on demonstrations by the police. The state commissioner of police, Mohammed Usain Gumel, had banned protests after members of the ruling New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and the…

5 reasons why Wike is the best dressed politician in Nigeria

The news trending on the blogosphere is that Nyesom Wike has finally joined the APC after describing the party as “worse than cancer”. The news began trending after the former governor of Rivers State led a delegation to visit the…

Shall we tell the president? — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer, Jeffery Archer, but I am in no mood to discuss that disgraced man’s book. Nigeria is in dire straits, and I cannot in good conscience be tackling the trashy fiction written…

Peter Obi never asked for shift of May 29 swearing-in date — Labour Party 

The Labour Party (LP) has said that the fear of making it to Eagle Square for the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu was causing sleepless nights for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). It also pointed out that the…

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…

Confusion trails declaration of Binani as winner of Adamawa governorship supplementary election

Confusion has trailed the declaration of Senator Aishatu Binani, as the governor-elect after the supplementary election held on Saturday in Adamawa State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Hudu Yunusa, the Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), announced…

Counting between the votes of the 2023 polls — Isidore Emeka Uzoatu

Though the sound of 2023 general elections appear to have come and gone, the decibel of its fury is definitely yet to abate. There is no doubt that by the time this Easter holiday sidles by, it cannot but come…

Obidients, give us a break — Ehi Braimah

Nigeria’s political environment has assumed a new but disappointing and frightening mob culture over an election that has been won and lost. In a previous article, I pleaded for peace and asked that we should stand together as we await…

Atiku Abubakar disclaims press statement that he validated presidential election result

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the February 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday denied validating its outcome. INEC returned Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election. “I…

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