The prevalence of the comic spirit is one of those distinctive features of Nigerian life and society – one of those things that make us who we are – our capacity to turn every season, every occasion, serious, not so … Read the rest
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to organise what would be known as the freest and fairest election in Africa, in Nigeria in 2023.
Festus Okoye, National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, said this at the 2022 … Read the rest
Charles Aniagwu, spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, has boasted that Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate, will defeat Peter Obi, Labour Party candidate in the South East.
Aniagwu said the turn out for the party’s … Read the rest
“Omo, this thing is getting serious oh. E be like say make man begin prepare for war in this our obodo Nigeria”
“Which war? Go and calm down, my friend. It is only children that talk about war. The one … Read the rest
One of the major problems that we have had to contend with since the return to civilian rule in 1999, and even long before then in previous electoral cycles and subsequently – 1959, 1979, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, … Read the rest
By Farooq Kperogi
Several weeks ago, my 80-year-old paternal uncle, who is a community leader, called me to ask whom between Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu he should vote and canvass support for. That was a strange request considering that … Read the rest
Over 130 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in Abejukolo Ward 11, in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The defection ceremony took place at Echa/Ogoh Nursery and Primary School, … Read the rest
I have never physically met APC Vice Presidential candidate Kashim Shettima, but I have communicated with him for extended periods over the past seven years. I’ve found him to be a man of vast and versatile erudition and a bibliophile … Read the rest
Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says her father will consolidate President Muhammadu Buhari’s achievements and use his experience as a former Lagos governor to develop Nigeria.
Tinubu-Ojo, the head of … Read the rest
Ahmed Markafi
Ahmed Markafi, A former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Markafi is warning Nigerian youths not to waste their votes out of anger. According to him, frustrated youths, especially from the southern part of the country have taken Peter Obi, presidential … Read the rest
