Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Mike Ozekhome has lambasted the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing it of being corrupt and lacking focus, stressing that the administration as presently constituted can never deliver the much needed dividend of democracy to Nigerians. In a release to newsmen, the Edo born […]
…Security operatives beefed up …Ellen Johnson Sirleaf writes name in gold With the emergence of George Weah as Liberia’s president elect in the runoff presidential pool held on 26th December, the flood gate has opened for world leaders and football icons to converge in Liberia to celebrate the latest Africa’s symbol of democracy. The inauguration […]
The media is a powerful tool in sustaining democracy. The Western media is ideologically based and stands for what it believes. It stands to offer the best obtainable news to the people. The media is the voice of the masses. When the politicians tell the people what they want to hear, the sugar-coated speeches, the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State has expressed confidence in its ability to win the 2019 general elections including the governorship election in the state. Mr Mens Ikpeme, the APC Publicity Secretary in the state, expressed the confidence in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Ikpeme said […]
Dr. Konrad Ekiyor-Welson is a university don and Executive Director, Campaign for Development and Democracy in Bayelsa, (CDDB), an NGO fighting for the political emancipation of Bayelsa people. In this interview with our Correspondent, CHRIS EZE in Yenagoa, he says CDDB has raised the bar of political awareness among Bayelsans such that politicians are scared […]
Kunle Ojo, a constitutional lawyer and human rights activist is also a political commentator. In this interview with INIOBONG IWOK, Ojo assesses the democratic journey in the country, the Buhari anti graft war and the state of the judiciary among others. How would you assess democracy in Nigeria, amidst concerns that progress has been slow? […]
Moses Iloh, a cleric, political commentator and social critic is the founder of Soul Winning Chapel in Yaba, Lagos. In this interview, he speaks on issues as they affect the polity. PATRICK OKOHUE reports. Nigeria recently marked 57th year of its independence, how will you describe Nigeria at 57? Nigeria at 57 is a country […]
The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has charged leaders in emerging democracies to introduce policies that will deepen democracy through effective administrative reforms aimed at galvanising all stakeholders towards achieving national development goals. A press release signed by the University of Abuja Deputy Director, Information, Malam Garba Waziri, said the Sultan, who […]
Maverick priest and situations analyst of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, The Very Reverend Monsignor Livinus Onwuamaizu Ukah was on top of the celebration of the New Yam Festival in Lagos last week where he declared with nostalgia that he is “very glad” he is an Igbo man. In this exclusive interview with GBUBEMI GOD’S […]
..Jonathan should be honoured by accepting election defeat – Iwuanyanwu. President Muhammadu Buhari has described the frontline entrepreneur and board member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu as a pillar of democracy. But Iwuanyanwu has also made a case for former President Goodluck Jonathan, insisting that he should be celebrated and honoured […]
A serving senator of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Shehu Sani, has kicked against the Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO regulatory bill which is currently before the House of Representatives. The controversial bill seeks to set up a federal agency to be known as the NGO Regulatory Commission to regulate activities of NGO’s and civil society organisations, […]
Wants UN to stop ISIS infiltration in Lake Chad Basin FG rakes in N2.5trn in 8 months through FIRS Corruption, biggest challenge in Nigeria –Magu President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the world that Nigeria’s faith in democracy is firm and unshaken, saying that the development can be seen from the 18 years of unbroken democracy […]
……….heads for Supreme Court. ,,,,,,,,,,,as FG releases Ekiti seized allocation Party organs to meet over crisis Tuesday—BoT The Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Governors’ Forum on Friday rejected the outcome of the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt,Rivers State that reinstated Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as as the National Chairman of the Party,describing it as […]
…Assures Cameroun of technical assistance over poll The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said that Nigeria has one of the most sophisticated and largest biometric register in the world made up of 70 million voters. Yakubu stated that Nigeria’s presidential democracy is second largest in the world, coming after America He […]
…Urges vigilance among Ondo people Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has raised the alarm that democracy has been placed on trial in Ondo State, alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has merged with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the Ondo State governorship election. Governor Fayose, who made this known in […]
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 […]
While many are moving towards it, Hon. Dauda Kako Are, defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to Accord Party and clinched the Mushin Federal Constituency 1 sit, despite stiff opposition. In this interview, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Information, spoke why he left APC when others are rushing in, party politics and other […]
The Presidential and legislative elections have come and gone and will go down in our history as one of the most unprecedented in terms of its peaceful outcome. It has been categorised as the most free and fair since the return of democracy in 1999. Without mincing words, the elections have not only proved doubting […]
A human rights group, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has described President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as hero of democracy in Africa, particularly, in Nigeria. In a statement, the group said after the late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the hero free education and late business mogul, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, the hero of June […]
Following fears across the country over the ongoing suits against the eligibility of President-Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, has declared that the judiciary would not succumb to the plot by desperate politicians to use the courts to truncate democracy. His declaration came as he raised the alarm over […]