History made as Buhari appoints Nigeria’s first female ambassador to U.S. Mrs Emenike was among the 52 non-career and 43 career ambassadors whose deployment was recently approved by Mr Buhari In a history making week when Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first-ever African American and Asian American female Vice President of … [Read more…]
I say this with tears of joy, that if we must get this country right, we should look for people like Governor David Nweze Umahi—-Hon. Barr. Uchenna Orji Hon. Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji is the Honorable Commissioner for Information in Ebonyi State. He had previously served the state in different capacities. In this chat with … [Read more…]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed worry over a survey report that highlights persistent corruption, duplicity of functions, poor service orientation and other anti-business disposition in some of the Federal Government’s regulatory agencies. Osinbajo and the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council therefore resolved to make the report available to … [Read more…]
A former Governor of Plateau state, Jonah Jang on Tuesday said amending Nigeria’s constitution without restructuring will be a waste of time. He blamed the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As amended) for the nation’s current socio-economic problems. Jang said this while speaking on the state of the nation in … [Read more…]
The pronouncement by former Imo State Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha that a new political platform is in the offing to wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday elicited a mixed reaction from several opposition politicians. While some most of those spoken to in separate interviews … [Read more…]
′THE Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled the Anambra State governorship elections for November 6, 2021. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, made the announcement in a statement issued on Tuesday after its meeting in Abuja. According to him, the meeting deliberated on a wide range of … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission is considering making the National Identity Number a precondition for registering voters when the continuous voter registration exercise commences in a few weeks, The PUNCH has learnt. A national commissioner at INEC disclosed this during an interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday. He said the NIN would help tackle … [Read more…]
CITY GUARDS By Onochie Igwesi In May 2015, the country had, few months back, concluded and announced the results of her general elections. Incumbents were already de-dusting their shelves and files, preparing documents to hand over to the Elects come May 29, 2015. Most elects, with the exception of the President-Elect, as we would later … [Read more…]
The Senate Public Account Committee has described as unacceptable the payment of N98.4m by the Petroleum Resources Ministry for the printing of leaflets. The flyers, according to the 2015 Auditor-General for the Federation’s report, was meant to create awareness campaign for the Petroleum Industrial Bill. The report, currently being scrutinised by the National … [Read more…]
The immediate past President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural group, Chief John Nwodo, has called on the Federal Government to initiate and conclude the process of restructuring the country before the 2023 elections to avoid a situation where some sections of the country may boycott the exercise. He said Nigeria used to be … [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday clashed over the worsening insecurity in Nigeria. This was as the nation marked the 2021 edition of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. While the APC urged Nigerians to avoid playing politics with the issue of security, the PDP advised the APC to end propaganda … [Read more…]
Conference of Nigerian Elders (CONES) has warned that the insecurity situation in the country would cost President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) the 2023 elections. The group, in a statement, yesterday, by its representatives, Tunde Banjo, Achike Nwachukwu and four others, said security of lives and property was deteriorating daily and expressed shock … [Read more…]