Nigeria Politics

2019: We are not interested in coalitions, merger – APDA

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2018 0

The Advanced Peoples’ Democratic Alliance (APDA) has said the party will not enter into any pact with other political parties or groups ahead of the 2019 general elections. The Party’s National Chairman, Shittu Mohammed Kabir, made this known when he received a delegation of political youth

News

2019: Press Council charges journalists on fairness

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2018 0

Ahead the 2019 general elections, Journalists have been urged to strictly adhere to their professional callings and shun any report that may bring division and crisis while reporting electoral issues. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Press Council, Mr. Nnamdi Njemanze made the appeal in his welcome address at a workshop organized for Journalists in the Southwest […]

Nigeria Politics

Enugu: Ugwuanyi support group cautions aspirants against political mudslinging

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2018 0

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a socio-political group in Enugu State, the Gburugburu Continuity Network (GCN) has called on politicians in the state to avoid engaging in campaigns of calumny and character assassination in a bid to score cheap political points. GCN is one of the groups formed to drum support for the re-election […]

Politics

Mantu’s confession a call for electoral offences commission – Adegboruwa, Ogunye

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2018 0

…CACOL wants Mantu to name accomplices Renowned lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has reacted to a confessional statement by former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Mantu that he rigged elections in the past. Mantu, had admitted that he helped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rig elections in the past. Adegboruwa speaking to newsmen over the weekend said […]

Politics

How I helped to rig elections, Sen Mantu confesses

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2018 0

A former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Mantu, has revealed how he helped his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win elections in the past. Senator Mantu, who was elected on the platform of the PDP, ‘confessed the truth’ during a programme monitored in his interview on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme on […]

News

2019 Elections Will Be Better Than 2015 – Jega

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2018 0

Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said the current leadership of the Commission has made significant and commendable progress since taking over in November 2015. Jega who spoke as a keynote speaker at the National Judicial Institute in a paper titled, “Towards Elections with Integrity in 2019, Challenges and

Nigeria Politics

2019: Atiku Launches 60 Seconds Worldwide Media Campaign

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2018 0

A new media outfit, Inabali Media, has launched an independent but specialised global campaign on behalf of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2019 presidential elections. Speaking to a team of select media organisations at the launch, CEO of Inabali, Phrank Shaibu, declared that the time had come for Nigerians to know the […]

Opinion

PDP, APC and Third Force

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2018 0

THE political behaviour which may govern next year’s General Elections is taking better shape. The PDP has apologised for gross misdeeds of 16 years in power which have left Nigeria this prostate. At the same time, President Mohammadu Buhari admitted Nigeria has been turbulent under his leadership in the past three years. By its apology, […]

Politics

River APC vows to form security outfit to rival state Neighbourhood Watch

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2018 0

As preparations for the 2019 general elections begin, Rivers State may be heading for another round of political uprising, as the state may witness new wave of violence if the chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state make bold their threat to float a parallel local security organisation. A Pro-APC group, Free […]

Politics

How Ganduje/ Kwankwaso fight led to Kano underage voting saga

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2018 0

…The Intrigues, Manipulations , Lies and Blackmail Exposed The political rift between Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje and his predecessor, and enstranged godfather, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is behind the now famous Kano underage voting saga which is also threatening the integrity of the 2019 General Elections. Though many Nigerians are aware of the infighting between

Editorial

2019 Election: INEC, voters and reluctant optimism

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2018 0

As the nation races toward 2019 general election, many strange things are happening daily in our political space; some heartening and others, undesirable. Particularly echoing on this wavelength is the demand for a robust political partisanship. A move that is aimed at terminating the dearth of leadership that has bedeviled our nation for too long […]

Headlines News

Jonathan shared N150bn 2 weeks to 2015 elections- Osinbajo

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2018 0

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been alleged to have “essentially shared” N150billion two weeks to the 2015 general elections. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Monday during the 7th presidential quarterly business forum for private sector stakeholders at the old banquet hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The forum provides a platform for private

Politics

Election Reordering: NASS targeting Buhari, says Ango Abdullahi

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2018 0

The leader of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi has said that the re-ordering of 2019 elections time-table by the National Assembly was based on selfish reasons. He stated that NASS members were trying to reintroduce what the military did when they were handing over to the civilian. Speaking in an interview with […]

Politics

PDP, lawyer, others back June 16 date fixed by RSIEC for local govt. elections as APC kicks

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2018 0

As the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State vehemently kicks against the June 16, 2018 date fixed by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, for the conduct of local government election in the state, many stakeholders have welcomed the planned election. Recall that the Chairman of the APC in Rivers State, Dr. Davies […]

News Nigeria

Money will not determine 2019 Polls – Imo Rec

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2018 0

The Imo state Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC), Professor Francis Ezeonu, Tuesday said that money would not determine the outcome of 2019 general elections saying that, the commission is determined to conduct credible polls. Professor Ezeonu who stated this during a Town Hall Meeting with Traditional Rulers and other

Nigeria Politics

APC group accuses Tinubu of turning against Buhari, having secret deal with PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2018 0

The APC national vanguard, a coalition under the APC has alleged that the national leader of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed a secret deal with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to oust President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections. In a communiqué issued during an emergency meeting in Abuja, the APC vanguard […]

Headlines Politics

Elections sequence takes new dimension in Senate

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2018 0

…Senators move to suspend Sen Omo- Agege …Refer him to Privileges Committee over attack on Red Chamber …I will defect to PDP if APC denies me ticket in Zamfara- Sen Marafa For challenging the new sequence of elections which the Senate last week adopted for the 2019 polls, the Senate on Tuesday committed its Committee […]

Politics

Corruption Resides in APC – PDP Replies Amaechi

Ihesiulo Grace 17 February 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has counselled the Minister of Transportation and Director-General of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election campaign, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to face his luckless task of marketing a bad product and stop arrogating sainthood to anybody, as Nigerians now know the real champions of corruption in the country. PDP National Publicity

Law Opinion

Why the NBA Eastern Bar Forum’s latest moves are a futile exercise

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2018 0

Last Saturday, the Eastern Bar Forum (the EBF) held its quarterly meeting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Amongst other things, it resolved to reject the proposed amendment of the Constitution for the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and subsequently issued directives to all branches of the NBA in the East to withdraw any memoranda they must have […]

Headlines Politics

2019: NIM to launch Third Force in February

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2018 0

Following the treatise from Obasanjo on the need for a Coalition to wrestle power from the hands of the ruling party, the Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) has concluded plans to launch its third force at the end of February. The group also expressed its willingness to work with the Obasanjo’s movement known as Coalition for […]