My attention has just been drawn to the article written by our revered Professor Wole Soyinka under the title: The Challenge of Change-A Burden of Choice in which he seemingly made a cautious endorsement of General Buhari. My concern with the article is the part that reads thus “When I read the statement attributed to a scion of a political ... Read More »
It has come to the attention of the Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign Organization the wicked, baseless and cowardly lies being circulated about our candidate for the Lagos State Governorship Position, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. The jittery opposition will stop at nothing in its smear campaign having failed to contain the soaring popularity of the APC Governorship candidate. But we are neither bothered ... Read More »
My attention has been drawn to a report in This Day newspaper that quoted me to have said that the Senate President Senator David Mark called Senators to request for their support for the extention of the regime’s tenure. I never said that. What I said was that when we came back from last year’s summer break the president gave ... Read More »
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has said that Nigeria’s constitution has no provision for interim national government. Adoke, who stated this in a statement in Abuja, said his clarification became necessary in view of calls by some Nigerians for interim national government. He stated, “For avoidance of doubt, it is pertinent ... Read More »
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says contrary to reports, he has not yet endorsed any presidential candidate. Obasanjo had said during an interview with the Financial Times at a book launch on Monday that he would support the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). He had said, “The circumstances he (Buhari) will be working under if ... Read More »
The 11th National Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Labour Congress was on Thursday abruptly disrupted as aggrieved parties hijack, and smash ballot boxes being used to elect incoming leaders of the organisation, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting. The International Conference Centre’s venue of the conference was thrown into confusion as delegates ran for dear lives after some aggrieved ... Read More »
This is perhaps the best guarded secret in the Nigerian political circuit. It is so closely and conscientiously guarded because if leaked, it is potent enough to rupture all calculations in the run up to the general election and ruin many political dynasties. However, as guarded as it is, a number of persons, especially influential and disgruntled politicians in the ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan last night held his 8th Presidential Media Chat since assuming office, he took time out to speaks on issues surrounding the economy, insecurity, corruption, election postponement and more. Below is the full text: On postponed elections: The president sought the understanding of the international community over the postponed elections. He said the kind of scenarios where elections ... Read More »
As at February 4, according to Jega, of the 68,833,476 Nigerians registered to vote, 45,098,876 persons had collected their PVCs representing 65.81 percent. Here is the breakdown of INEC Lopsided Distribution of PVCs in each state as given by Jega at the council of state meeting: of the 1,396,162 registered voters in Abia State, 1,073,799 had collected their PVCs, representing ... Read More »
by Damilola Akindojoye I was having a chat with Damilovers recently and was talking about the funny things I find attractive in a woman that aren’t that obvious. I realized there are probably a lot of things that women do without even realizing how sexy they are. Now don’t get me wrong ladies I’m not suggesting that you go around ... Read More »
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