Comrade Sunny Ofehe, an environmental and human rights activist and the Executive Director of the Hope for Niger Delta Campaign (HNDC), speaks on the June 12, 1993 presidential election and Nigeria’s democracy. TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE reports It is 24 years since Nigeria held what has been described as the freest and fairest election in her political […] Read more
WALE ELEGBEDE reports on the move by the House of Representatives and some civil society organisations to give the whistle blowing policy legal teeth by way of enacting a law to back it According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception of 2016, Nigeria ranked Nigeria 136 out of 176 countries. Although the organisation moved Nigeria to […] Read more
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Chief Lanre Razak, believes that the Senate should take a second look at the Lagos Status Bill sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu, which was rejected by the upper legislative chamber. ESTHER OZORDI spoke with him What is your reaction to the rejection of the […] Read more
On June 9, 2015, the Eighth Assembly was inaugurated and following a keenly contested election which left many viewers on the edge of their seats, barrister-at-law and Bauchi-born lawmaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara, emerged as the 14th Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives. The very first thing he did was to table the Eighth Assembly’s […] Read more
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress committee for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo and his Deputy Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, have commended the APC governorship aspirants for an exemplary conduct they have exhibited so far. The duo were also quick to remind them that only one of them can […] Read more
Adeseun must be produced, judge orders Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Olajumoke Akinjide and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olanrewaju Otiti were on Thursday arraigned before a Federal High Court, Ibadan over alleged illegal possession and disbursement of N650 million without lawful authority an without going through […] Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on July 3 announce the date and venue for the verification of signature of electorate who signed for the recall of the senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye. People from the district had last Wednesday submitted seven bags of petitions from seven local […] Read more
Hon. Linus Okorie is the member representing Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State in the House of Representatives. He speaks, in this interview with KENNETH OFOMA and UCHENNA INYA, on the activities of the National Assembly in the last two years, registration of new political parties and the report of the 2014 National Conference […] Read more
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has charged governors of the 36 states of the federation to speak forcefully against all manners of hate and inflammatory statements that threaten the unity of Nigeria. The Acting President stated this yesterday, when he met with the governors as part of consultations with leaders of thought to address the tension […] Read more
Hon. Charles Odedo, a former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Idemili North and South Federal Constituency between 2007 and 2015, is an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Anambra State. He speaks on why he wants to govern the state. TEMITOPE OGUNBANKE reports You recently declared your interest […] Read more
FIVE HOURS WITH EVANSHow he built his crime empire .….- More deadly kidnappers, assassins hide in Alaba, say tradersHis arrest puts to rest mounting .….
