Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has inaugurated an 18-member Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) committee saddled with the responsibility of ascertaining the perceivable problems and constraints faced by the party during the 2015 elections. The committee was set up with a view to proffering solutions capable of leading to improved performance in future polls. The […]
The president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has sent a goodwill message to David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Britain, congratulating him on his victory in the just concluded elections in his country. In a statement released in Abuja on Saturday, May 9, General Buhari said he looked forward to collaborating with the British government led by […]
Apart from a culture of impunity, imposition of candidates, indiscipline and the likes, more facts have emerged on why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded general election. Sources told Daily Times that chieftains most especially those from the North, engaged in acts that contributed […]
The President General of Orisun Igbomina, Chief Gbenga Awoyale, has disclosed that in democracy the opposition has as a great role to play stressing that we can’t wait until 2019 to play such roles. Awoyale said that in view of this, the opposition has to start playing its rightful role adding that the arbitrary and […]
The National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in charge of Ogun, Oyo and Ekiti states, Professor Lai Olorode, has said that the commission was not happy with the conduct of the just concluded general elections. Olorode also identified indiscipline of political party leaders, security challenges and voter apathy as threats to electoral […]
Few days to the conduct of the governorship elections across the country, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has accused the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) of bribing officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 23 Local Government Areas of the state in a bid to manipulate Saturday’s Governorship and State […]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Owere Dickson Imasogie, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of rigging the March 28 presidential election. Speaking to Daily Times in Benin City, he said that if the election were to be free and fair, PDP would have won with a wide margin, […]
The build up to the 2015 presidential election was akin to that of a nation preparing for war. The two main political parties threw in everything into the battle: name calling, character assassination, loads of criticisms most of which were completely unnecessary. Tension was high and it was obvious that the country was sitting on […]
The successful outcome of Nigeria’s recent Presidential election has, no doubt, received a flurry of endorsements especially by Western countries and groups. There is an urgent need for the incoming administration to be wary as such endorsements may not be without strings attached. Leading the endorsements are the United States of America and countries in […]
The Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has described the victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday election as a fulfilment of the vision of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. This was just as Aregbesola described the outcome of the poll as a watershed in the annals of democratic elections […]
It is election season in Nigeria. Testosterone- charged and power-hungry politicians are on the rampage seeking political offices to implement their vile agendas. The scramble is on. Political horns are clashing; hooves are kicking, as they seek every avenue to get to power. Proponents of evolutionary democracy, Nigerian style, might argue that in accordance with […]
Political scheming over who gets what in the next dispensation has become intense in oil-rich Delta State, reports JOE OGBODU. One thing is clear as the next election date draws near: all the ethnic nationalities in Delta State are scheming for one position or the other. So, it is now a game of interest. While […]
Legendary British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill carried his nation on his shoulders at the lowest point in their history during the Battle of Britain. He achieved this feat by the sheer power of his oratory, stirring the hearts and minds of his people to patriotism when the all-conquering German Third Reich Armies swept across […]
Every right and left thinking Nigerian surely knows who to vote for and why they have to vote. Not because of the repeated stories and promises we read and hear every day. Nigerians should take their political decisions based on previous and present actions of the candidates and their characters. Unfortunately, we cannot judge them, […]
• President-elect renews pledge to tackle corruption AT exactly 2.35pm on Tuesday, the Presidentelect, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), was formally presented with his certificate of return by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega. General Buhari was accompanied to the podium by the Vice- President-elect, Prof. Yemi […]
Now that the presidential election has ended on a remarkably peaceful note, it is time to tell the hordes of Doomsday prophets who had predicted an implosion in the country: You were dead wrong! Feelers from across the country show that rather than boil, Nigeria has witnessed remarkable peace — the camps of both the […]
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos, on Wednesday, celebrated the victory of all their candidates for the Presidential, Senate and House of Representatives, in the just concluded election at the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota. Newly elected member, representing Kosofe Federal Constituency, Prince Rotimi Agusoye, told Daily Times that “we all gather here […]
In the history of democratic Nigeria, at least from 1999 to date, no President can assail Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, when it comes to commitment to free, fair and credible elections. This was demonstrated early in his administration when as acting President, Jonathan appointed Professor Attahiru Jega, a professor of Political Science and Vice Chancellor of […]
In the keenest electoral result Nigeria has ever witnessed, Major General Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday emerged Nigeria’s next president on Tuesday even before the last votecount arrived. The emergence threw many parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa and Lagos, among others, into wild jubilation. Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples […]
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, Bayelsa chapter, has said that only Nigerians can sustain democracy in the country by their collective resolve. The chairman of the congress, Mr. Tari Dounana, in Yenagoa, has urged politicians to play politics by the rules of the game. Dounana said that the 16-year-old democratic rule had been […]