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(Special Report) NCC: Giving digital boost to President Muhammadu Buhari’s Next Level Agenda

By Dr Henry Nkemadu (NCC) On June 12, Nigeria will be celebrating “Democracy Day” and Twenty-one (21) years of uninterrupted democratic rule. And the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) riding on its mandate to connect Nigeria and create an information rich…

Records: Remarkable quotes by APC chieftains ahead of winning election in 2015

“A serious government will fix power problem in six months.” – Babatunde Raji Fashola (November 12, 2014)* “Stone us [APC] if we do not perform after two years.” – Tony Momoh (April 3, 2016, The Guardian)* “The only way to…

How the ongoing northernisation of Nigeria may escalate agitation

By Tony Ademiluyi During the British colonial rule, the agitation for independence was largely a southern affair. The southerners who had the earlier benefit of western education courtesy of the noble activities of the missionaries largely spearheaded the agitation for…

Borrow leadership to drive economy than $30bn to avoid mortgaging the nation

By Atiku Abubakar John Quincy Adams once said “there are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.” He may have very well been referring to Nigeria of the last…

Just in: Presidency gives insights on sack of VP’s aides, says Buhari’s aides fewer

Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu, today, Friday, November 8, 2019, provided some levels of explanation on why over 30 aides to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were eased out of office, linking the exercise to…

Just in: Buhari abandons ‘Next Level,’ says ‘Change does not just happen’

…As leaders of though express discordant voices on Nigeria @59 More interpretations and reactions have continued to emerge from the October 1, 2019, presidential broadcast to the nation by President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria clocks 59 today. Whereas several listeners…

Aside S’Court ruling, PDP lead petition still in Election Tribunal

Very clear clarification has been made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) concerning Supreme Court ruling Tuesday by Justice Dattijio Mohammed led five man panel. According to the party, the said ruling was only on an appeal filed by the…

Just in: Obasanjo writes open letter on killings, unbearable insecurity to FG

Having observed what he described as sustained disquiet in the security of lives and property across the federation in recent times following rising killings, former president Olusegun Obasanjo today (Monday July 15, 2019), wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu…

Atiku, PDP file fresh application to examine smart card readers for presidential election

As a way of insisting on their earlier claims of having accessed true results of the 2019 presidential elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed an application at the ongoing presidential election tribunal…

Nigeria taken over by foreign bandits, kidnappers, PDP tells yet to return PMB

As May 29 presidential inauguration day is getting closer amidst galloping urban criminality, banditry and kidnapping, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday alleged that some of the bandits arrested in states such as Katsina, are not Nigerians but aliens,…