GIVEN the bitter exchange of brick bats and allegations of graft between the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh, and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions, Hon Herman Hembe, on March 15, it was obvious that the matter would end in the law court.
ONLY in Niger, a state that styles itself as the Power State could such power play be imagined. Before now the Niger State House of Assembly had already won the dubious record of having elected a Speaker that served for only two days. That was Ndako Kpaki. His predecessor, Mohammed Alkali spent a lengthy three months.
In the latest intrigue to cloud the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State, one of the major parties issues a caveat emptor on the election. Should democracy stakeholders beware?
It was different strokes on Monday in Enugu as the judgment of the Federal High Court on the pre-election candidature of Governor Sullivan Chime distilled in the Coal City State.
It is barely 100 days that erstwhile member of the House of Representatives, former Commissioner for Justice and former policeman turned lawyer, Serikae Dickson, was inaugurated as governor of Bayelsa State. Dickson’s path to the Government House was laced with intrigues, physical and mental combats among other challenges. Passing through Lagos last weekend, Dickson took out time to share his experiences in the political fray with a group of newsmen. Excerpts:
Given the hitherto dominance of the North in the nation’s polity, it was not surprising that the region’s 19 governors would seek a reawakening of that culture of northern political superiority when they met last week. At the end of the meeting, the governors pledged to unify behind a northern presidential candidate in the 2015 elections.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State recently announced his plan to establish a fourth-tier government. According to him, the government will be made up of traditional rulers, town union executives, government appointed speakers and civil servants. These people will oversee the development of the local communities.
Pharm. Matthew Urhoghide, one of the most prominent political personalities to have arisen since the advent of civilian rule in Edo State is presently the State Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state. Urhoghide is indisputably well informed in the politics of the state having passed through the major political parties in the state.
When Governor Seriake Dickson was sworn into office on February 14, 2012, he vowed to wage war against corruption and other social vices especially cultism in line with his restoration agenda for Bayelsa State.
For the Special Committee of the House of Representatives on the review of the 1999 constitution, the retreat for its members on the 24th of May, 2012, would mark a big leap in the quest of the National Assembly to again attempt to amend the 1999 constitution.
The serene village of Mayo Kalaye in Jada local government area of Adamawa State came to life when the rural dwellers honoured their son.
In this interview, the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Works, Hon. Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi, speaks on the imperatives of constructing the Second Niger Bridge not only to ease transportation in the South East but also as a strategic national asset. He also speaks on why some Federal Government roads are abandoned.
Unbundling of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is underway, according to the FCT Authorities. In this interview, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister, Hajia Jemilat Tangaza, speaks on efforts on the part of the FCT ministry to make the federal capital a better place for all.
WHEN Governor Raji Fashola of Lagos State made a pledge to review his government’s activities every one hundred days at the beginning of his first term in 2007 few would have believed him. Even then few would have believed the achievements the governor has set in his more than 1,800 days in office.
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