Abia LG Poll: We’ll Resist Any Fraudulently Written Result — Sen. Kalu Vows
Senator representing Abia North district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has insisted that this party will reject results that do not reflect the people's will in the upcoming local government election. The Senate Chief Whip and former Abia governor told ABN TV on Friday that times are gone when local government election results are written even before the actual contest. He called...
Nigerians Will Get Used To Deregulation Of Petrol -Sylva
Timipre Sylva, the minister of state for petroleum resources, says Nigerians will get used to the deregulation of the pump price of petrol the same way they adjusted to similar actions with diesel and kerosene. Sylva was addressing state house correspondents on Monday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Monday. The minister said petrol is mostly used...
Nigeria Won’t Prosper With Large Number Of Poor People – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says Nigeria will not develop and prosper with a large rising poor population. According to a report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in May, 82.9 million Nigerians are living in poverty. This figure represents 40.09 per cent of the total population and excludes Borno which has been ravaged by insurgency. In a statement to...
Judges Should Inspect Police Stations & Detention Centers Monthly – Falana
Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer, has appealed to judges and chief magistrates to conduct a monthly inspection of all police stations and detention centres across the country. The appeal was contained in a letter dated November 12, 2020, in which the legal practitioner noted that “incessant arrest, detention and torture of poor citizens” by security agencies have become the...
Nigeria’s Problem Is Not Restructuring – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring rather prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly. Osinbajo also said prudent management of the nation’s resources and the provision of essential needs of the people were better ways of addressing Nigeria’s development challenges. The Vice President stated this while fielding questions...
Nigerians No Longer Trust FG – Former APC Legal Adviser
Muiz Banire, a former All Progressives Congress National Legal Adviser, has said Nigerians no longer trust the federal government. Banire made the remark while faulting the court order that froze the bank accounts of some End SARS protesters across the country. Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Banire wondered why a judge will grant an order for freezing of accounts before...
#EndSARS: The Need To Adhere To The Call For Youth Inclusiveness In Ohafia LGA, X-raying The Aspirants Under PDP
It is on record that the nationwide #EndSARS protest was not just an agitation for an end to police brutality against the youths, bad governance but also a call for youths' inclusiveness in governance. It is important that the leaders and stakeholders in Ohafia LGA politics alongside the delegates, seize this opportunity presented by the forthcoming LGA elections to gratify...
Ikwere People Are Not Igbo – Wabali
An opinion leader in the Niger Delta, Mr Andy Wabali, has clarified that the Ikwere of Rivers State, are not Igbo irrespective of language similarities. He also said it is wrong to describe the Ikwere as Igbo, saying the ethnic group is distinct from the Igbo ethnic group. In a chat with Vanguard, Wabali, backed his argument with contemporary...
It Is Better To Lose Power And Gain Honour – Jonathan
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, says it is better to lose power and gain honour. Jonathan, who made this known in a Facebook post on Friday, recommended this ‘philosophy’ to all leaders facing ‘challenging situations at the polls’. He wrote, “Nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any citizen. It is better to gain honour at the cost of losing power...
Army Carrying Out Genocide In Oyigbo – MASSOB
The Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused the Nigerian army of carrying out a genocide in Oyigbo, Rivers state. At the posthumous birthday anniversary of Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, the late Biafran leader, the group also accused Nyesom Wike, the state governor, of being complicit in the alleged killings. The Nigerian army deployed soldiers in the town...
