2027: Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, others sign peace accord, vow issue-based campaigns
The accord, described by the organisers as more than a ceremonial document, is anchored in the Constitution, the Electoral Act, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines.
How betrayal by political allies has paved way for Atiku’s return to PDP
Perceived insincerity by those he thought were on the same platform with him to form the once hyped Mega Party may have been the real reason why former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is going back to PDP, according to sources that spoke with Saturday Vanguard.
Yar’Adua: Will new FEC invoke Section 144 ?
Before Acting President Goodluck Jonathan eventually dissolved the divided house that was the Executive Council of the Federation, he inherited, there had been sustained pressure on him to do so.
How 38 ministerial nominees scaled Senate’s screening
The screening of the thirty_eight ministerial nominees proposed by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan by the Senate may have been an improvement in the unmelodious praise singing ritual associated with past Senate screening exercises in the past.
Yar’Adua: FEC should be courageous to invoke Section 144, says Lai Mohammed
ALHAJI Lai Mohammed is the National Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress, AC. In this interview with Vanguard, he expressed optimism that the new Federal Executive Council, FEC, will be courageous enough to invoke Section 144 to declare ailing President Yar’Adua unfit to continue in office as a way of putting an end to the constitutional crisis. Excerpts:
Underscoring Tanko Yakassai’s patriotism
There is no doubt that as an elder statesman in his mid eighties, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, deserves our respect both as a political activist, in the same class with the likes of Chief Anthony Enahoro, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, and Alhaji Balarabe Musa.
