By Professor Atahiru Jega THERE is currently an upsurge of passionate demands for “restructuring”, “true federalism” and “actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra”. These demands are intricately intertwined and interconnected, and so vociferous that they are overheating the polity. Sooner than later, these matters have to be addressed... Read more

  By Wale Akinola With three years away to the expiration of the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari as President of Nigeria, intense jostling over his successor has begun in rabid earnest. Here are the issues at play, the major players to watch and the shape of things to... Read more

    Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo was sighted on Sunday at Government House Port Harcourt on a visit to Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, perhaps to explore some political survival strategies. Reasons for the visit were not disclosed, but both Governors thereafter proceeded to hold a closed door... Read more

By Charles Ogbu (Twitter @Realcharlesogbu)   The warning from people like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Chief of Army staff, rtd general TY Danjuma and a host of others about Buhari’s Islamisation and Fulanisation agenda is a little too late, I’m afraid. Those warnings are as useless as a... Read more

• Calls for the resignation of Oshiomhole over failure to stop the swearing-in of Bayelsa State Governor • Says he remains an unrepentant PDP member The Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole and his... Read more

Supreme Court judgement on Imo governorship election is groundless and should be reversed, says Uche Secondus, chairman, People Democratic Party The National Working Committee of our great party, after a thorough examination of all the issues relating to the miscarriage of justice by the Supreme Court on the Imo... Read more

Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Tuesday voided the election of Emeka Ihedioha’s as the governor of Imo State. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, unanimously declared Senator Hope Uzodinma as the winner of the March 9, 2019 governorship election and... Read more

The Search for Common Ground , an election process advocacy civil society group on Tuesday decried the tense political atmosphere capable of threatening a peaceful governorship elections on Nov. 16, 2019. Ms Joy Baiye, Media Advocacy Cordinator of the Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) made the observation at a press... Read more

Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has urged the people of Bayelsa to keep faith with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as they go to the polls on Nov 16 to elect his successor. Dickson who made the call in a radio broadcast on Sunday night monitored by in Yenagoa... Read more

From Dianabasi Effiong Sen. Magnus Abe, former Senator representing Rivers South-East in the National Assembly, has appealed to those calling for the removal of Sen. Godswill Akpabio, the Minister, Niger Delta Affairs (MNDA), to tread with caution. He made the call on Tuesday in Port Harcourt while speaking with... Read more