How much progress has Nigeria made with its ethnic-motility politics? Since 1999, we have had presidents of different ethnic extractions – Yoruba, Fulani, and Ijaw – who were largely elected on the portfolio of ethnicity and religion rather than on the content of their minds? But how have we fared? The Obasanjo administration despite investing billions of dollars, estimated to be around $16 billion, in the power sector, did not crack a fire; the country is still trolled by the undersupply of electricity. And subsequent administrations, including the current one are yet to find the X of the power problem.…
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Gunmen suspected to be sponsored by the Kogi State Government on Wednesday attacked staff of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Sahara Reporters reports. It was gathered that the staff were planning a press conference to pressure the Federal Government into establishing a COVID-19 screening centre in the state when the incident took place. The gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare people away, then went to the records and admin department where they seized laptops and destroyed a few things. They ransacked the Medical Director’s office, too. Speaking at a prayer session for the late Nasir Ajana, Kogi Chief…
I think the Yobe State governor, Mai-Mala Buni is currently the acting chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). For those of us who follow Nigerian politics on a day-by-day basis, it has been a whirlwind of a week. A few days ago, the party chairman was Adams Oshiomhole. Then a court threw him out. And we all know that courts have no basis in determining who runs parties; but this is Nigeria. Another court then decided that the acting assistant general secretary, one Victor Giadom, is the new acting chairman, which was rather confusing, as the party has…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Instagram socialite, Raymond Abbas, populaly known as Hushpuppi, as “Nigeria’s most-wanted hacker, The Cable reports. In a statement by Dele Oyewale, EFCC spokesperson, on Thursday, the commission said it is now tracking other fraudsters directly involved with Hushpuppi, adding that “he has a case to answer.” The statement partly reads: “The EFCC is familiar with grisly details of his money laundering transactions, involving many high-profile cybercriminals facing trial in Nigeria. “The Commission is engaging with the FBI in tracking victims of his fraudulent transactions and other fraudsters having direct involvement with…
Prominent Nigerian-American Radio Host, Dan Foster has passed away. A source revealed the veteran radio host died around 1pm on Wednesday. “He died today around 1pm. His wife is currently at the isolation centre in Yaba as we speak,” said the source. The cause of Foster’s death is yet unknown, but, The Cable suspects he died of COVID-19. Prior to his demise, Foster worked with Cool FM, Inspiration FM , City FM and Classic FM.
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has formally announced his resignation from the All Progressive Congress (APC). Obaseki made the announcement this morning after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. The announcement has laid to rest the wide speculations of his planned exit from the party. Recall the governor was disqualified from participating in the APC state gubernatorial primaries by the party’s screening committee over defects in his High School and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificates. More details soon.
One of the many contraptions that have defied contrivance and evolution in Nigeria is our politics. We still practise the basest, vilest and crudest kind of politics. In fact, there is a more transparent and disciplined political system in the animal kingdom than there is in our country. Some studies have shown that baboons have an ordered democratic system – not based on social dominance but on purpose, merit and importance. Baboons will not follow any member of their troupe based on his rank or social significance but squarely on if that member has direction and purpose. Also, honey bees…
A delegation of the Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) condoled with the family of late Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a University of Benin (UNIBEN) undergraduate who died after she was gang-raped by unknown men inside a church in Benin. The delegation was received by the mother of the deceased, Mrs Omozuwa and other members of the family, at their residence, on Monday. The NYP House Minority Leader, Hon. Uwadia Daniel Didi who led the delegation, expressed his sadness over the death of Miss Vera and promised to ensure the Parliament does everything within its powers to get justice for the deceased.…
Egypt has opposed against President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of former Niggeria’s finance minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). MERIDIAN SPY reported earlier, President Buhari wrote, in a letter dated June 4, 2020, to all member countries of the African Union (AU), embassies and permanent missions, announcing his decision to withdraw the candidacy of Yonov Frederick Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to WTO and request their support to favour the candidacy of the former Nigeria economic minister. But in a letter dated June 5, 2020 addressed to the candidature committee, the North African country…
The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Baba Tela has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus disease. According to a statement by his media aide, Mukhtar Gidado, on Tuesday, Tela, who also is the chairman of the state task force on COVID-19 is now in isolation as samples of all his primary contacts have been taken by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for test. “This is to inform the General public that His Excellency Sen. Baba Tela, Deputy Governor of Bauchi State who is also the Chairman, State Task Force on COVID-19 was confirmed positive of coronavirus,” Gidado stated. “Consequently,…
While Nigerians are busy with the management of COVID-19 and its many fall-outs, fire has been burning in other aspects of national life which require equal attention both now and after COVID-19 – the increasing spate of insecurity in the country is one, the crisis in the country’s electricity sector is another, but COVID-19 is such an all-consuming pre-occupation that other issues have been pushed to the back-burner. More people have died in Nigeria from attacks on communities by terrorists nicely referred to as bandits since January raising a question about the country’s capacity to win the war against terror…
A former governor of Anambra state, Chukwemeka Ezeife says only a Nigeria president of Igbo extraction can fix the many challenges facing the country. The elder statesman made the statement while commenting on the influx of northern youth, particularly the almajiri kids into Southern Nigeria in an interview with The Sun. “I have told you my view about Almajiri. Not only Almajirai, but also the Talakawas. Talakawas and Almajarai, I think what they should pray for is Nigeria’s president of Southeast origin,” he said in the interview. “A president of Igbo origin will end Almajarai by effective training of the…