Politics
15 Dec 2015
The ambiguity and the political mire surrounding the Kogi governorship election could have been avoided if the violence that attended the November 21 election that necessitated the cancelation of the poll in 91 of the over 2,400 polling units, was nipped in the bud. But while the Bayelsa governorship election has not been enmeshed in…
14 Dec 2015
FROM the crevice of Aso Villa, Abuja, and now, from Lokoja to Yenagoa, the not-so-hidden desire of the North to maintain its hold on power that returned to the region through the 2015 elections is showing. It is indeed taking some roots.
14 Dec 2015
One of the mistakes people make is saying that the strength of votes from Akoko, compared to other areas of Ondo State, is weak. This is not true.
13 Dec 2015
THE cancellation of election in Southern Ijaw local government council underpinned the truism in the saying that when the cat is away, the mice will play.
13 Dec 2015
COMING barely four days to her 45th birthday, the decision by the Court of Appeal, nullifying the election of Senator Uche Ekwunife as the winner of the March 28, 2015 senatorial poll for Anambra Central District...
12 Dec 2015
How does the recent ruling by the Appeal Court nullifying the election of Mrs. Uche Ekwunife in Anambra Central senatorial district affect your case challenging the conduct of primaries in Anambra?
12 Dec 2015
GOING by the activities of the self-styled Islamic States and the gruesome sectarian conflicts engulfing a number of Arab countries, actions which are some of the uncomfortable offshoots of the December 2010 Arab Springs, the fifth anniversary of the famous uprising may call for less clinging of glasses and backslappings.
12 Dec 2015
LAWYERS in Defence of Democracy has called on the Federal Government to properly investigate the alleged role of the military and Police in the anarchy that led to the cancellation of the Southern Ijaw Local Government election in the Bayelsa guber election by the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC).
11 Dec 2015
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole recently celebrated his seventh anniversary as governor of Edo State. His tenure ends next year.
11 Dec 2015
FOURTEEN Political Parties in Bayelsa state have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be unbiased, neutral, and transparent by providing a level playing ground for all parties in the rescheduled governorship election in Southern Ijaw.
11 Dec 2015
THE House of Representatives yesterday stunned National Assembly monitors when the chamber presented a total of 130 bills at a single session presided over by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara at Thursday plenary.
11 Dec 2015
The ambiguity and the political miry surrounding the Kogi governorship election could have been avoided if the violence that attended the November 21 election that necessitated the cancelation of the poll in 91 of the over 2,400 polling units, was nipped in the bud.