By Abiola Olawale A former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark has written an open letter to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, tasking him to wade into the political crisis rocking Rivers state before it escalates into a full-blown anarchy. The elder statesman said the letter became…
By Agency Report Former National Vice Chairman, North West of the All Progressives Congress, Salihu Lukman, has expressed concern over what he called the indifference of most leaders to the economic hardship facing Nigerians, occasioned by the economic policies of the present administration. The former Director General of the Progressives Governors Forum, in a statement…
Beijing’s Global Assault on Transparency and Open Government By Christopher Walker China thrives on secrecy. Beijing’s approach to governance, which relies on surveillance and control rather than openness and deliberation, requires secrecy. And to sustain it, the Chinese government suppresses independent journalism, censors digital information, and closely guards the kind of information that democracies freely…
By Yemi Yusuf The Free Nigeria Movement has described as “disgraceful and unfortunate” the attempts to deny the All Progressives Congress, APC, access to the electoral materials used in the just concluded governorship polls in the state. The group accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of a plan to cover up its alleged manipulation of…
...Says Apapa has Nothing to Offer The battle between the two factions of the Labour Party, LP, escalated Friday when the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Julius Abure, called members of the Apapa-led faction “charlatans” and apologised for admitting dubious persons into the party when LP was in a hurry to grow its membership…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, plans to influence the election petitions currently pending before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. In a press conference by the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Debo Ologunagba, on Sunday, the party explained that “The PDP has invited…
By Agency Report The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has dissociated itself from the endorsement of Godswill Akpabio for Senate Presidency by the Coalition of Northern groups. Musa Saidu, a member of the ACF, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Saidu, also the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, said…
Says Election Outcome A 'Travesty' Insists 'Justice will be obtained affirmatively' The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka has vowed that the party will pursue justice to ensure they retrieve the peoples' mandate given to the Delta State governorship candidate and Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege…
The Senator representing Enugu East, Chimaroke Nnamani, has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This comes barely 24 hours after he lost his senatorial bid. Nnamani, a former Senate President, was defeated by the senatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Kelvin Chukwu. Chukwu, who is newbie in Enugu politics, won…