Despite many peace moves, warring parties in the ruling All Progressives Congress have stuck to their guns on leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly …
RTag: Constitution
Synagogue Engineers Challenge Coroner’s Verdict in Court
Engineers, who were indicted by the Lagos State coroner because of their involvement in building the collapsed guest house belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, which killed 116 persons, have gone to court to stop their prosecution …
Supreme Court Stops Constitution Amendment
THE Supreme Court on Thursday, May 7, stopped the National Assembly from taking steps to override President Goodluck Jonathan’s veto of the constitutional amendment. …
SGF: Ngige Is the Best Man
IT IS now certain that someone from the Southeast will be appointed the next secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) when Major General Muhamadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) assumes office as Nigeria’s president on May 29. Already, three names have been …
FG, Legislators Fight over Constitution Amendment Bill
The executive and legislative arms of government are in a tussle at the Supreme Court over the passage of the amended Constitution into law …
Why Buhari Will Fail Again – Fasehun
BY his own admission, Frederick Fasehun, a medical doctor, politician and human rights activist, is a democracy addict. In the past 25 to 30 years, Fasehun has taken centre stage in every issue of democracy, even at the expense of his own life. Little wonder he has had brushes with each succeeding military …
Can Governor Elechi Be Impeached?
Some members of the group of 15 Ebonyi State House of Assembly legislators are vacillating over their decision to impeach Governor Martin Elechi because of what posterity will say of them. Can they get the needed majority to achieve their objective? …
Mixed Reactions Greet Shift in Elections Dates
Since Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission announced new dates for the general elections, there have been arguments for or against the move; but the Southern Peoples Assembly is insisting that INEC boss should resign …
Nigerian Politicians Are Thieves – Osundare
IN the literary circles, he hardly needs any introduction. For several years, his column in Newswatch magazine was a delightful must read for who would want to drink from his fountain of knowledge and enjoy his beautiful use of language. That notwithstanding, Niyi Osundare, a professor of English …
I Insisted on APC Presidential Primaries – Odigie-Oyegun
IT WAS a milestone that would have been missed. This was the verdict of John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who disclosed on Wednesday, December 17, that he had to ignore several attempts by some stakeholders to adopt a consensus presidential candidate …
What Igbos Lost to Jonathan
Professor Anya O. Anya, former director general, Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, who has made worthy contributions to the development of Nigeria. He has chaired many committees who made many recommendations to uplift the country. He was a member of the presidential panel on …
Nigeria’s Long and Tortuous Journey
– Nigeria which started its political journey during the colonial era about 100 years ago is still an infant crawling […]