‘No Land For Ranches In The South East’ – Governors
South-East Governors’ Forum (SEGF) on Sunday rejected the proposal by the Federal Government to establish cattle ranches in some states in the country to solve the frequent clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The forum also condemned the recent killings in Plateau State linked to Fulani herdsmen. Dave Umahi, the... Read more
Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee and Governor of Bayelsa State,  the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has commended former PDP National Chairmanship Aspirant, Prof Taoheed Adedoja for withdrawing his suit challenging the party’s national convention, which produced Prince Uche Seconds as National Chairman in the party’s December... Read more
Governor Dickson Visits Prof Ango Abdullahi, Harps On Need To Save Nigeria Through Restructuring
Bayelsa State Governor,  the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson on Monday, visited a leading member of the Northern Elders Forum and former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University,  Zaria,  Prof.  Ango Abdullahi in Abuja,  to consult with him on the need to restructure Nigeria. A press statement by the... Read more
APC National Legal Adviser, Babatunde Reacts to Purported Formation of Reformed APC
Press Statement   Background: Two days ago, on July 4, 2018, we witnessed a Press Conference by one Mr. Buba Galadima speaking allegedly on behalf of a group of politicians who claim to be of our Party the All Progressives Congress (APC). His very act (as we will show... Read more
Felix Houphouet-Boigny And The Nigerian Civil War: Between Foresight And Contemporary Realism
By Akin A. Ajose-Adeogun President Houphouet-Boigny of the Ivory Coast was more astute than the leaders of the non-Igbo South and Central Nigeria in 1967, the critical juncture in post-colonial Nigerian history when the power of the Fulani ethnic nationality over the Nigerian state was entrenched. We have suffered... Read more
PDP Demands Adeosun’s Immediate Sack, Trial Over Certificate Forgery
PRESS STATEMENT The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack, arrest and arraign his minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun for alleged criminal forgery of her NYSC certificate. PDP urges President Buhari not to provide a cover for Adeosun in the character of his... Read more
The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has called on the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to declare the office of the President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria vacant. In a statement made available to the press on Monday and signed by its Director... Read more
By O’Seun John On June 20th, 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria represented by the Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reforms, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, disclosed the intention of the Federal Government of Nigeria to disburse the repatriated $322,000,000 Abacha loot from Switzerland to poor and vulnerable Nigerians in... Read more
Apex Igbo Group, Ohaneze Mends Fences With IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has agreed to reconcile with the leadership of Pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The agreement followed a peace meeting held in Enugu and brokered by the Chairman of the Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN. By the agreement, the IPOB... Read more
2019: R-APC Negotiates With PDP, 4 Issues Still In Contention
Ahead of their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC), leaders of Reformed All Progressives Congress(R-APC) have tabled tough demands before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While some of the demands have been accepted, there are four other knotty issues yet to be settled. The four pegs of negotiation... Read more