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Two big wigs including governors of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC have thrown their weight behind the candidacy of former governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for the national chairmanship position of the party ahead of its June 23 national convention. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a national leader of the party, and Chief Bisi Akande, a former interim National chairman of the party, endorsed Oshiomhole. Already, two other aspirants- Clement Ebri, one-time Cross River State governor and Professor Oserheimen Osunbor, the then Edo State governor, home state of Oshiomhole- are also in the race. “My…

Tony Anenih, who was the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) when the June 12, 1993 election was held, has brought out many claims behind the crisis.  Ibrahim Babangida, then military president, annulled the results of the presidential election presumed to have been won by M.K.O Abiola, the SDP candidate. Anenih, in his book, ‘My Life and Nigerian Politics’, launched in 2016, said Abiola told him repeatedly that Babangida was trying to embarrass him. “On the issue of June 12, Chief MKO Abiola had called me on the phone to come for an urgent meeting in Ikeja. I…

Nigerian governments have been urged to provide conducive atmosphere for journalists to ply their trade as well as to provide them with working tools to enable them to contribute meaningfully to the task of nation building. A one-time Chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council,  Israel Umoh, who stated this while unveiling a new flat screen television acquired by the correspondents chapel, expressed sadness that most journalists in the state were not enjoying much support from the state as being done in other states of the federation. Umoh who is also the publisher of…

As June 12 is observed today as public holiday by states in the South West Region of the country to mark Democracy Day, some people in Akwa Ibom State have lent their voice for the Federal Government to set up an independent panel of enquiry to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of M. K. O. Abiola. Abiola, the presumed winner of June 12 presidential elections, died in 1998 after he was alleged to have drunk tea in a meeting called for aggrieved partied to reach truce and to accept conditions for his release. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari in…

Ahead of the completion of the Dangote Oil Refinery, petroleum importing African nations and Bulk Oil Distributors in Ghana have expressed eagerness to patronise the Nigerian Refinery when production starts. The oil buyers said arrangements had been put in place to import petroleum products from the world’s largest single-train refinery, situated, Lekki, Lagos State, owned by the foremost industrialist. Hints of eager expectation and hopes on the Dangote Refinery were revealed at this year’s Ghanaian International Petroleum conference (Ghipcon 2018) held in Accra, Ghana. Participants at the international Conference as well as oil distributors and marketers from various countries were…

A recent study conducted on the voting pattern of Nigerian electorates in the 2015 general elections shows that the source of the change of party in power was driven by voters and issues voters cared about. Presenting the report, entitled ”Nigerian Party Competition During a Time of Transition and Terror”, at a public lecture organized by Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, at the weekend, Prof. Carl Levan of American University, stated that issues that bothered voters and not those negatively framed against opposite parties informed the choice of voters in the election. The study, which led the researcher into…

Desire Oparanozie and Asisat Oshoala were in sparkling form as the Super Falcons soundly defeated their Gambian counterparts. The team after defeating Gambia 1-0 away from home completed the double over their opponents as they waltzed to a 6-0 victory. Nigeria didn’t waste any time in asserting their dominance as Oparanozie opened the scoring from the spot in the third minute after Francisca Ordega was fouled in the box. Thomas Dennerby’s side looked very comfortable playing the Queen Scorpions off the turf at the Agege Stadium, Lagos. Amarachi Okonkwo almost doubled the lead in the 30th minute but her long…

The Super Eagles players have departed for Russia for the 2018 World Cup. The eagles could not hide their excitement as they head to Russia for the World Cup. Already, since Iran blazed the trail, other countries have been arriving in ones and twos and the Super Eagles are expected on Monday night. The Super Eagles World Cup group opponents, Argentina, Iceland, and Croatia have all arrived in Russia as the Mundial kicks off on Thursday. Nigeria’s first match at the World Cup is against Croatia on Saturday, with the Eagles logging a balanced record of having won their opening…

The Federal Government, Monday, bemoaned the paucity of funds required to undertake significant investments in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. This is even as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, emerged the new President of African Petroleum Producers Organisation, APPO. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of APPO in Abuja, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed that due to the fact that the oil and gas industry was very capital intensive, individual African countries do not have the resources required to make…

Ahead of presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, billed for the last quarter of 2018, the trio of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Gombe State governor,  and Kabiru Turaki, erstwhile Minister of Special Duties, are the leading contenders to the presidential nod. The three have made no secret of their determination to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its likely candidate for the 2019 Presidential election, Muhammadu Buhari. Although other chieftains of the party, including the immediate past acting national chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido and his…