Ondo state governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN said the decision by governors in the region to ban open grazing will stand. Akeredolu was reacting to a statement made by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), who described the move as unconstitutional. However, …
The Chief of Army Staff, LT. Gen Attahiru has died in a plane crash enroute Kaduna. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 appointed new service chiefs, finally letting go of the Chief of Defence Chief, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete …
Africa’s struggle for development led to determination for self rule and eventual independence from colonial masters who managed the ruins of slavery and ethnic rivalries in each nation.
Nigeria will be the world’s focus, come February 2019 as estimated 80 million registered voters file out to elect their President, 109 Senators, 360 Representatives, 34 State Governors, 191 State Legislators and 68 Area Councilors of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. This will be the 6th general election in Nigeria since the return to democracy …
The name Ayo Adebanjo rings a bell in Nigeria politics. A Chieftain of AFENIFERE and First Republic renowned politician, in an interview, speaks on what Afenifere stands for, Nigeria’s underdevelopment and other critical national issues. Excerpts. WHAT IS AFENIFERE? AFENIFERE is not a Pan Yoruba Socio-Political-Cultural organization as generally conceived and equated but offshoot of …
Democracy is the government of the people by the people , for the people and in Africa’s match to democratic system of government a lot has happened which today makes the continent lucidly determined to dump military rule and support civil rule as practiced in Europe, America, Asia and other continents of the world. Historically …
Some African leaders with 20 years in power, from top left to bottom right: Omar al – Bashir, Sudan; Idress Deby Itno, Chad; Yoweri Museveni, Uganda; King Mswati III, Swaziland; Denis Sassous Ngueso, Repulic of the Congo; Paul Biya, Cameroon; Robert Mugabe, Zambabwe, Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, Angola; Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasongo, Equatorial Guinea. The …
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Former Chief Economic Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Philip Asiodu has attributed the economic challenges facing the country to lack of articulated and clear long term vision on the part of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Asiodu described Buhari as a man with impeccable personal credentials for probity elected on the promise of …
