Make Govt Accountable, PRP Candidate Tasks Citizens

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Edo, Patience Key, has charged Nigerians to entrench Nigeria’s democracy by ensuring that leaders are held accountable. Key, in her democracy day message, said the significance of the celebration is in its call to action. She said, “It challenges us to look beyond the mere exercise of voting and to demand accountability from those we elect. “It is a day that underscores the power of the…

Nigeria Yet To Attain Democracy We Sacrificed For, Agbakoba, Ozekhome

Prominent civil rights activists, who played key roles in the agitation for the return of democratic rule in Nigeria, have lamented that political leaders have not lived up to expectations. They noted that despite the sacrifices made to ensure democratic rule, the country’s situation has worsened. Former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), said that although the gains of the struggle for the actualisation of the June 12 mandate freely given…

Democracy Day: Nigeria Needs Compassionate Leaders – ACC

The Allied Conservative Congress (ACC) yesterday said Nigerians need compassionate leaders with the milk of human kindness and conservative ideology. The party stated this while commending Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Democracy Day and 25 years of uninterrupted democracy. The party said June 12 is a testament of Nigerians faith in democracy and resolve to consolidate, deepen and strengthen it. The national secretary of ACC, Alhaji Lawal Mohammed, in a statement, said it is…

June 12: Nigerians Are Angry Over Hardship – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said Nigerians are angry over the hardship in the country. The opposition party also said All Progressives Congress (APC) administrations since 2015 has desecrated the democratic principles, legacies and values which the late Chief MKO Abiola laboured and died for. PDP, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, to mark the Democracy Day,  charged Nigerians to speak against the anti-democratic tendencies of the APC which, according…

Edo: NNPP Elders Overrule Guber Candidate’s Suspension

Leaders of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), led by the former Vice Presidential candidate, Bishop Isaac Idahosa, in Edo State have intervened in the impasse within the party ahead of the forthcoming governorship poll in the state. The impasse had led to the suspension of the party’s governorship candidate Pastor Azemhe Azena by his ward. However, at a meeting of the elders, held in Etsako East Local Government, it was unanimously agreed that the suspension…

Speaker Abbas Reshuffles House Committees

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has reshuffled Committees and appointed Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin as chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Habit. Jibrin who before this appointment was chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and had chaired the Appropriation and Finance Committees in preceding assemblies. The new chairman who served as executive director of the Federal Housing Authority is expected to lead the committee for efficient oversight of the…

It’s Difficult For APC To Win In 2027 – Ex-vice Chair

A former national vice chairman, North-west of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman has resigned his membership of the ruling party, adding that it would be difficult for the party to win the 2027 presidential election. Lukman conveyed his decision in a letter to selected party leaders titled: ‘APC and The Future of Nigerian Democracy’ made available to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. The former director general of the Progressives Governors’ Forum said his decision…

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