Senate Presidency: Before APC repeats 2015 blunder
By Ismail Omipidan Zoning is usually done before going into the contest. But APC appears not to have learnt any lesson from the 2015 mistakes. Let me however add that even with zoning, there is no guarantee that some persons will not try to thwart it. This explains why in 2007, despite zoning the Senate […]
How Europeans Join Global Jihad
They Are Coming Back, But What Made Them Go In The First Place? President Trump‘s recent call on the European Allies“to take back over 800 ISIS fighters that we [the US] captured in Syria and put them on trial,” rejuvenated the debate on how Western nations should address the problem of returning foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs). Even if concerned states would […]
Sokoto polls: Coalition of political parties reject guber results, supports legal step taken by APC
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto A Coalition of 28 registered political parties in Sokoto state have declared with vehemence a total rejection of outcome of the gubernatorial elections results by INEC as it extends formidable support to the action of the APC seeking legal redress for the injustices to its candidate and his running mate. It […]
Ninth Assembly: Buhari’s Move To Handpick Leaders, Cripple NASS Must Be Stopped – HURIWA
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has expressed fears that the coming ninth session of the National Assembly is at the verge of being hijacked by the All Progressives Congress, APC-led executive arm of government. HURIWA called on all lovers of democracy to monitor the activities of their elected legislators at all levels. This […]
Onnoghen: Powerful Buhari Minister On The Run As Court Case Backfires, Might Land in Jail Over False Claims
A suit has been filed against the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, by an Abuja based lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi, over an alleged ‘false’ claim he made on the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen – that he ran a suspicious transaction running into dollars. The suit, which was filed by the plaintiff has […]
Over 230,000 Girls Get HPV Vaccine in Malawi
By Yamikani Yapuwa Ministry of Health has said it has managed to vaccinate over 230,000 girls with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine since the campaign was rolled out in January. Ministry of Health Spokesperson, Joshua Malango told Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Thursday that currently there is an overwhelming demand for the vaccine among […]
Tambuwal: ” I am yet to receive call from my opponent congratulating me” …as governor pledges to revolutionise Sokoto
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Monday said he is yet to receive phone call from his opponent, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto nor his Principal, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko congratulating him over his victory last Saturday. Similarly, Tambuwal said anything in the contrary, should be within the realm of public speculation just […]
Scrap supplementary poll, Situation Room tells INEC
The practice of conducting supplementary elections has become a weapon for manipulating the electoral process in Nigeria and should be jettisoned, the Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room, said on Sunday. The organisation was expressing concern over widespread irregularities, especially violence in supplementary elections held on Saturday in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Plateau and Sokoto states. […]
INEC Declares Ganduje Of APC Winner Of Kano Governorship Election
Governor Umar Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the controversial Kano State governorship election. Ganduje won with a margin of less than 9,000 votes after the collation of figures for the supplementary elections held on March 23, 2019. Kibiya and Nasarawa Local Government Areas had delayed the final collation till now. The […]
SOKOTO RERUN: Tambuwal Wins Re-election By 341 Votes
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Sunday survived the tough challenge of Ahmed Aliyu and his godfather Senator Aliyu Wamakko of the All Progressives Congress to win re-election for a second term. Although he lost in the collated result for 35 polling units in Kebbe LGA, he was able to edge his opponent, his […]