Prince Adewole Adebayo, international lawyer and businessman, is the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP. In this interview, Adebayo believes that the Ideology of most people who had come to government since 1999 is to capture power, institutions, and national assets, commercialise and privatise the assets for themselves. For him, the only way […]

By SOLA EBISENI ‘POLITICS is  war by other means” is a statement credited to Carl Philip Gottfried von Clausewitz but which is yet fiercely disputed among scholars who believe it is actually a corruption of the real statement and intendment of the Prussian General (1780 -1831). His intention and preoccupation, as a military strategist, was […]

BARRING any last-minute change of mind, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, will, this week, embark on a nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has been on strike for more than six months forcing students to stay at home endlessly. The planned protest by the mother of all labour […]

By Henry Ojelu A businessman, Kenneth Amadi, has told Justice Ambrose Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos that he did not steal N2.9 billion from Eunisell Ltd as alleged by the Federal Government. Amadi clarified when he opened his defence in an alleged N2.9 billion fraud charges filed against him by the office of […]

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi A chieftain of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), who is also House of Representatives hopeful of Birnin Kebbi, Kalgo and Bunza in Kebbi state, Abubakar Aliyu Dangaladima (Tukuran Gwandu) has dismissed the ruling party APC and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as no threat to the emergence and electoral […]

By Emma Una, Calabar ASUQUO Ekpenyong, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial candidate for Cross River South district, on Monday visited the Bacoco, Calabar Municipal landslide scene and extended a hand of goodwill to the victims. Ekpenyong, who was emotionally touched by the sheer scale of the disaster, gave financial assistance to the victim, Ndifreke […]

Bibi said people in the riverine areas are very much interested on the ongoing INEC registration and want to register as well in order for them to exercise their franchise in voting their leaders of choice including choice of President in 2023 general elections

ImpactHER, an impact-driven non-governmental organization that has impacted over 45,000 female SMEs across 53 African countries was awarded “Best Women SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) Support Organization in Africa” at the just concluded African Union Forum in Egypt. The event themed “Economic Empowerment of SMEs, Women and Youth Entrepreneurs to Realize Africa’s Industrialization in the […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Nnewi THE Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Anambra State Branch, has elected new officers, with Dr Jane Ezeonu, as Chairman, to pilot the affairs of association for the next two years. The association has equally expressed her profound gratitude to Governor Chukukwuma Soludo-led Anambra State Government for the role they played in promptly […]

By Ochuko Akuopha UGHELLI—PRESIDENT of Ijaw National Congress, INC, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has lamented that Nigeria was progressively gravitating towards a failed state. He said: “The Nigerian nation from all critical indications, talking about the policies, economy and security is abysmally bankrupt despite the huge natural and human resources God has given us.”  Okaba spoke […]