Former governor of Anambra state and Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi has withdrawn from the contest and resigned his membership of the party. In a letter dated May 24, 2022 and addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP, Obi said recent developments within the party made it practically impossible…
Concerned about the state of the nation, I returned over the weekend to Professor Adam Przeworski’s seminal work, Crises of Democracy, to make sense of the present, the prospects of democracy and the portents of the democratic order, and to answer the questions citizens ask across the length and breadth of our country- what democracy…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has given Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)Limited and other stakeholders in the downstream sector 48 hours to end the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. Addressing journalists at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said they held a closed door meeting with stakeholders who…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state has charged newly elected council chairmen to be transparent and accountable in handling of public finances. The gave the charged on Friday at the Government House, Kaduna while swearing in the council officials. He urged them ro distribute dividends of democracy equitably, without prejudice to political affiliation, gender, religious…
The Taraba state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the explosion that rocked Jalingo, the state capital on Friday. State chairman of the association, Isaiah Jirapye, said in a statement on Saturday in Jalingo noted that the explosion occurred four days after the one at Iware, Ardo Kola Local Government Area…
The Arewa Defence League (ADL) has lamented what it described as the “persistent and worsening political, economic, and infrastructural marginalisation” of Northern Nigeria, vowing to galvanise the region into a unified force ahead of the 2027 general election. In a communique issued on Wednesday at the end of its roundtable discussion held at the Arewa…
