Planned pro-restructuring rally : South, M-Belt leaders blast FG for aborting Benue trip

There was drama at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, yesterday, as leaders  under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, had their flight to Makurdi allegedly aborted by the Nigerian Air Force, which denied the flight landing rights in the Benue State capital. Members of the leadership of the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, including the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Afenifere, Middle Belt and South South Forums with Governor Samuel Ortom(middle) after a condolence visit to the people and Government of Benue State in Makurdi, yesterday. Photo: Peter Duru.File photo The leaders were to travel to Makurdi to participate in the Middle Belt conference which held

Dutch Prime Minister promises to help Nigeria fight terrorism

PRIME Minister of The Netherlands Mark Rutte has promised to support Nigeria in the fight against terrorism, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. President Buhari in a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mr Mark Rutte in The Hague on 16th July 2018 This is as President Buhari addresses the International Criminal Court (ICC), in the Hague, Netherlands today. The Nigerian leader is the only President invited to grace the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the ICC Rome Statute. President Buhari will share his thoughts on the values and ideals of the Court, which was established to prevent impunity, and try cases of genocide, war crimes, aggression, and crimes

Herdsmen killings undesirable, we must end the crisis – Buhari

THE Federal Government on Monday said that President Muhammadu Buhari was committed to finding a lasting solution to the frequent clashes between herders and farmers in the country. President Buhari with Mr Roland Primez CEO Heineken shortly after a Roundtable meeting with Dutch CEOs in Rotterdam on 16th July 2018 with them are Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong and Ambassador of Netherlands to Nigeria Amb. Robert Petri This is as Nigerians in the Netherlands have told the President to do everything within his power to end the mindless killings of Nigerians by the cattle herdsmen in the North Central part of the country. Speaking in an interactive session with Nigerian post graduate students studying in Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR),

2019: Alignments without 2023 Igbo presidency will not stand—APGA chieftain

A member of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has warned that any alignment or re-alignment being made by political parties in the country which is not based on giving Ndigbo a presidential slot in 2023 would not stand. He believed that if Buhari’s second term can guarantee Igbo presidency in 2023, it could be managed and seen as a better option than following other sweet-tongued political parties and politicians who do not have the interest of Ndigbo at heart. Speaking to newsmen yesterday at Oba, Idemili South Local

Wizkid ready to collaborate with soccer star, Drogba

 London- based, Ivorian Afrobeat act, Afro B, featured Wizkid on the remix of his song ‘Joanna.’ This remix is titled Drogba. It was named after Ivorian soccer legend, Didier Drogba who is now set to appear in the video. The soccer star reportedly shared a connection with the song- the song is named after him and it is believed that his brilliant displays on the soccer field inspired the song. The song itself is about a hard-to-get lady whose neat rejections of the singers’ advances is metaphorically compared to Didier Drogba’s skillful displays on the soccer field, particularly in the line, “how you gonna do me like Drogba o, Drogba o Ooooo.”

Why we want Buhari out— Galadima, Okoye, others

Chieftains of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) have continued to advance reasons for coming together to fight “a common enemy” in the 2019 general elections. On Monday, a coalition of 39 political parties converged in Abuja to sign a memorandum of understanding that would see them field a joint Presidential Candidate in 2019 to confront the All Progressives Congress (APC) likely candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari. For Alhaji Buba Galadima, national chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Buhari’s inability to make a positive difference in the lives of Nigerians three years after taking over the reins of government, informed the decision of his group to join the CUPP in its bid to form a government of national unity. Buba Galadima, chairman of the R-APC Galadima, a long-time associate of the President is not only worried by what he called the lack of vision for a nation struggling to catch up with the rest of the world but also by what he

Ekiti election: Snatch ballot box, lose your hand; run with it, lose your legs

Ekiti election: Today, 667,064 eligible voters who have collected their PVCs out of 913, 334 registered voters are expected to file out across the 2,195 polling units spread across 177 wards in 16 local government areas of Ekiti State to elect a governor who would be saddled with the mandate of running the state for the next four years. 35 governorship candidates from different political parties are jostling to occupy the governorship seat. Adequate security has been assured as no fewer than 4, 390 combined forces of soldiers and other paramilitary personnel will be deployed to complement the 30,000 policemen who have been drafted to Ekiti to monitor the election. Police The atmosphere in the Ekiti election week has been charged, anxiety is beginning to set in, the fear of the unknown is palpable,   intrigues, permutation, alignment and realignment of political friends and foes are becoming very noticeable. Interest, the determinant factor is beginning to take the front burner. No

Shift From Stomarch Infrastructure To Cash Inducement Rules Ekiti Guber Poll

As the residents of Ekiti state go to the polls today to elect their governor out of the 35 governorship candidates, the two leading political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, were yesterday engaged in a battle of the survival of the fittest as both parties showered prospective voters with cash. INEC ready for Ekiti election Prospective voters were

moving in their numbers yesterday to collection points set up by the PDP and the APC to collect cash in lieu of their votes today in the Ekiti election. The PDP was dispensing its cash to voters from the Government House, Ado Ekiti while the APC set up its own money base in a plush hotel along University Road (name withheld) from where party agents collected money for onward distribution to sub-distribution centres across the state. The governor of a nearby APC controlled state has been

I was duly Nominated As APGA Senatorial Candidate-Senator Umeh Testify in Court

The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone has denied that he indulged in any form of malpractice to win his election into the Senate in January this year.

OMATA (World Wide) DRUMS MASSIVE SUPPORT FOR MBONU

The chairman, Amalgamated Nigerian Market Unions World Wide, Ambassador Chidi Nnanbugwu has called on all well meaning progessive Nigerians to rally round the presidential aspirant on the Labour Party platform, Sam Okey Mbonu.