About three weeks after the controversial local government elections in Plateau State, the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday said it had lined up 20 lawyers, including Senior Advocates of Nigeria, to challenge irregularities at the Local Government Election Appeals Tribunal.…
Why Peter Obi will make a good running mate to Atiku – Toni Kan
Who will Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and PDP presidential nominee pick as his running mate. Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, accomplished businessman and billionaire and respected businessman has been touted as a favourite. Others say Okonjo Iweala. Obi…
Primaries: Aisha Buhari says impunity reigns under Oshiomhole’s watch (Punch)
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Sunday faulted the manner in which some of the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress was conducted. She particularly took a swipe at the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who she…
Kogi youths protest imposition of candidates by Governor Yahaya Bello (Daily Times)
Youths of Kogi state extraction under the umbrella of Kogi APC Youth Rebirth took to the streets of Abuja and later the headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday to protest the imposition of candidates by Governor Yahaya…
We can’t have peace without equity, justice and fairness – Kabiru Tanimu Turaki
Frontline PDP presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has warned that there cannot be peace as long as any section of the country was being treated as second class citizens while others were being treated as first class citizens. He…
Kabiru Tanimu Turaki on last leg of national consultations
Frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, begins the last leg of his nationwide consultations on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, with a trip to Kwara State. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki…
I am not fronting, I am not stepping down – Tanimu Turaki
Frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has laughed off insinuations in some quarters that he is fronting for another aspirant and would eventually step aside from the race. “There is nothing like that. He will…
Getting rid of Robert Mugabe wasn’t enough to change Zimbabwe’s election habits (QZ)
This week, Zimbabweans voted in an election deemed historic because for the first time since independence in 1980, Robert Mugabe would not be on the ballot. It was meant to be a watershed moment for the country, and yet this…
Twale to “Lazy Nigerian Youths” – Lucia Edafioka
On Tuesday, I was waiting for a bus to take me to Obalende when I saw a woman calling “Obalende, Obalende.” She was in the bus a few feet away from me but I could not imagine a woman doing…
I’ll vote Buhari again and again by FEMI ADESINA
The greatest talking point in our country this week has been the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari that he would seek a second term in office next year. And naturally so. Desire by any President, whether positive or negative, should…
