Nigeria Political news

• Late President Kennedy thought Nigeria would be like the US in 12 years – Mike Igni

  23-09-2017 22:18
  By Dapo AkinrefonA lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Mike Igini was the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Cross River State before his reappointment and redeployment to Akwa Ibom State.
  Mike IginiIn this interview, Igini joins the list of Nigerians agitating for the restructuring of the country. He, however, opines that Nigeria may not record rapid success except there is a return to the1960 arrangement that brought about competition for development among then regional governments. Exc
  
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• Ambode to unveil new Awolowo statue Tuesday

  23-09-2017 22:09
  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will on Tuesday September 26, 2017 unveil a new iconic statue of the late sage and nationalist, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
  Obafemi AwolowoThe imposing bust located on Obafemi Awolowo Way by the Lagos Television (LTV) junction in Ikeja, is a befitting replacement to the old Awolowo statue that was removed from the Allen Avenue round-about in Ikeja.
  Standing at 20 feet, the new Awo bust will be unveiled by Governor Ambode alongside notable dignitaries across
  
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• Anambra: What I Will Do Differently as Governor — Obaze

  23-09-2017 22:06
  By Yinka Ajayi
  Mr. Oseloka Obaze is the PDP candidate in the   forthcoming Anambra State gubernatorial election. In this interview, Obaze speaks on the condition of labour in Nigeria and Anambra State, prescribing what should be done to improve the condition of workers.
  As somebody who has worked before, can you tell us your conception of work and of labourers?
  ObazeThere is a philosophical and practical dimension to work.   Work and labour have similar meanings. We have many
  
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• 2019: Katsina APC endorsed Buhari, Masari for second term

  23-09-2017 19:53
  By Bashir BelloKATSINA – All Progressive Congress, APC, Katsina State chapter of the President’s homestate has on Saturday endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari and the State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari for second term.
  Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, addresses the United Nations General Assembly September 19, 2017 at the United Nations in New York. / AFP PHOTOThis was even as its said the party in totality did not recognize any faction, APC AKIDA withi
  
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• Biafra: It’s too late to pull out of Nigeria, says Igbo lawmaker

  23-09-2017 19:50
  A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu, on Saturday, said it was too late for the Igbo nation to pull out of Nigeria.
  Idimogu, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that secession would be injurious to the Igbos.
  He said: “As a full blooded Igbo man and a Nigerian, I believe, Igbo staying in Nigeria as an entity will prosper the Igbo nation better than pulling out.
  “After the 1967 Civil war, the Igbo
  
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• Nnamdi Kanu has used the language of the beasts to galvanize Nigerians … – Ubani

  23-09-2017 18:14
  BY UGOCHUKWU ALARIBEABA- Following the agitations for referendum by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a security consultant, Chigozie Onyeukwu Ubani, has said that IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has reawakened national consciousness on the urgent need to restructure Nigeria on the path on peace and justice.Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
  In an interview with Vanguard in Aba, Ubani who is a security consultant, condemned the proscription and branding of IPOB as a ter
  
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• How can anyone say George should step down for a more youthful candidate? – Babatope

  23-09-2017 17:28
  Lagos – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said former National Vice-Chairman of the party (South), Chief Olabode George, remained the best candidate for the party’s national chairman.
  Babatope, who is leading George’s campaign organisation for his aspiration in the Dec. 9 convention of the party, in Lagos on Friday saod that George had the ability to lead the party.
  Bode GeorgeHe described as “improper” the call by a group w
  
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• Nigeria sinking, APC support group alerts Buhari, Tinubu

  23-09-2017 16:16
  By Emma AmaizeTHE All Progressives Congress, APC Rebirth 2019, a support group within the party, has raised the alarm that the country was sinking, warning that the party has only two options before it to save the country. Oyegun, Tinubu and Buhari
  The group in a letter by national president, Prince Tony Akeni and six others, to President Muhammadu Buhari, national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and others, said: “There is anguish of unprecedented scale and depth among the poor and lower midd
  
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• Wisconsin, Ohio, California among states targeted by Russian hackers in 2016 race

  23-09-2017 15:55
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wisconsin, Ohio, California and 10 other states said on Friday they were among 21 states that Russian government hackers targeted in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election in favor of Donald Trump though no votes were changed.
  
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• OSUN 2018 ELECTION: WE WILL SUE OSUN INEC, CP, APC and PDP IF... - HDP

  23-09-2017 13:25
  The Osun State Chapter of Hope Democratic Party (HDP) has observed with downright disgust the political tautness and campaigns on social media and streets in the state to the build-up of 2018 gubernatorial election in the state following series of ch ...
  
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• PDP Chairmanship: Bode George will not step down – Babatope

  23-09-2017 10:15
  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said former National Vice-Chairman of the party (South), Chief Olabode George, remained the best candidate for the party’s national chairman.
  Babatope, who is leading George’s campaign organisation for his aspiration in the Dec. 9 convention of the party, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday that George had the ability to lead the party.
  He described as “improper” the call by a
  
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• Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential Gamble

  23-09-2017 09:32
  Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has practically been on the soapbox in recent time criticising the administration of President Muhammdu Buhari, which he played a major role in electing into office and offering himself as a better alternati ...
  
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• Gov. Udom canvasses for Governors, wants tenure elongation

  23-09-2017 09:00
  By Bashir BelloKATSINA – Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has on Friday canvassed for tenure elongation of the present crop of Governors at the helm of affairs in the states of the federation.Gov Emmanuel Udom
  This was as he said if the country can be blessed with the crop of Governors who are at the helm of affairs and beyond 10 to 15 years, the country will be developed.
  Emmanuel stated this when he visited Katsina State as part of activities to mark the 30th anniversary of the creati
  
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• Trump takes center stage in fractious Senate race in Alabama

  23-09-2017 07:36
  HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) - President Donald Trump injected himself into a bitter U.S. Senate primary fight in Alabama on Friday, putting to the test his ability to enlist his anti-establishment voters to come to the aid of an endangered Republican incumbent.
  
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• How APC is desperately trying to reclaim the debate on restructuring

  23-09-2017 07:10
  By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor
  The country’s ruling party is running against time in a bid to reclaim the debate on power devolution after the agitation initially caused confused its top leadership.
  If anything had embarrassed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC since it came to power, it was unarguably the party’s dithering procrastination on restructuring. For a party parading some of the country’s most progressive and pro-democracy enthusiasts, the APC should hav
  
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• Senator Saraki: Sly or survivor

  23-09-2017 07:00
  By Emmanuel Aziken
  Those who opposed Senator Bukola Saraki’s bid for the office of Senate President had rationalised their opposition on the premise that any man who could openly fight his father should be feared.
  Saying that Bukola fought his father is an understatement; he demystified Oloye as his father was popularly known.
  Oloye, had from the creation of Kwara State unilaterally determined all the civilian governors of the state until that epic confrontation with his son 2011.
  Bukola S
  
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• INEC, police, APC conspiracy threatening Nigeria’s democracy –Wike

  23-09-2017 06:15
  Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt
  Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that the conspiracy among Independent National Electoral Commission, All Progressives Congress and the Police remains a threat to the nation’s democracy.
  Speaking on Friday to the Inter-Party Advisory Council at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike stated that following the use of the police to deny the people of Rivers East Senatorial District their mandate, the APC had made it their official policy.
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• Day Sultan lost friends, Dambazau blinked a tear, Ijebu-Igbo Royals wept

  23-09-2017 06:11
  By Emeka Obasi
  Dark clouds enveloped the blue sky that fatal Saturday evening. Life was ebbing as a big bird dropped from the air into the swamps of Isheri – Osun around the Ejigbo area of Lagos. White navy uniforms soon turned crimson red, Airforce blue was bruised and military camouflage mixed with the greenery of the mud.
  Sultan 
  The nation was thrown into mourning as news of the disappearance of a Nigeria Airforce Hercules C -130 filtered in from the airspace. Flight 911 had crash
  
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• Race for Anambra Govt House getting to high pitch

  23-09-2017 06:00
  By Vincent Ujumadu
  CONTENDERS in the race to the Anambra State Government House have emerged after the intrigues that trailed the rigorous governorship primaries of the various political parties. Except for the Progressives Peoples’ Alliance, PPA, whose candidate, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo remained the only aspirant since the politicians started nursing the governorship ambition some years back, other aspirants in the other major parties faced stiff opposition before they secured their parties&rsq
  
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• Trump, Republicans to showcase tax cut for businesses

  23-09-2017 01:43
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and top Republicans in Congress are about to show how aggressively they intend to cut the corporate tax rate, while trying to avoid the appearance of favoring the wealthy.
  
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• IPOB: Buhari and the burden of handling agitations

  23-09-2017 01:05
  In the midst of agitations by different groups in the country, political analysts say the response of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has been devoid of the much-needed intellectualism, writes JESUSEGUN ALAGBE
  One of the major intellectual forces behind the women’s rights movement in the 19th century America, Ernestine Rose [1810-1892], once said, “Agitate! Agitate! [It] ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation — the one
  
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• McCain torpedos Republican effort to repeal Obamacare

  23-09-2017 00:33
  US Senator John McCain Friday announced his opposition to the latest Republican attempt to replace Barack Obama’s signature health care law, likely dooming the repeal effort.McCain
  It is the second time in two months that he has defied his party and President Donald Trump over efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as “Obamacare,” which has long been in Republicans’ sights.
  “I cannot in good conscience vote for the Graham-Cassidy proposal,&rdq
  
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• How Saraki saved Buhari from being embarrassed in court by IPOB – Northern Elders

  23-09-2017 00:05
  By Anthony Ogbonna
  Northern elders under the aegis, North Elders’ Forum (NEF) have said that the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki saved Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari from being embarrassed in court by the secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, over its proscription and categorisation as a terrorist group by the Nigerian government.
  Dinner with Senators 1: President Buhari exchanging compliments with Senate President Bukola Saraki as he hosted Sen
  
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