Nigeria Archives - Page 274 of 334

Sep

07

2022

My Commitment to the less privileged will be prioritized – Mazi Jonas Chibuike

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, Politics2023, Abia State, Chibuike Jonas, Comr Amos Kalu, Metro, Nigeria, Politics

The Abia 2023 Gubernatorial Candidate of Action Democratic Party, ADP, Mazi Jonas Chibuike has re-emphasized the need for leaders and well-privileged citizens to take the welfare of the widows, motherless ones, physically challenged people, handicapped individuals among us as a priority that must be given every attention it deserves because that is the only way they can belong and not feel abandoned by the society because their condition was not a product of their choosing. The former Arochukwu Local Government Boss made this call when he recently marked his birthday as a special gift from God that we all must…

Sep

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: PANDEF threatens chaos, should next president emerge from the North

News, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, PANDEF, Politics

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has vowed that it will mobilize Nigerians to reject the emergence of another northern president in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The National Publicity Secretary PANDEF, Ken Robinson, made this known when the Leadership of the organization paid the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Prince Adewole Adebayo a consultative visit on Tuesday in Abuja. PANDEF planned to organize people from Niger Delta creeks to clampdown on the alleged injustice against Southern Nigeria. He said that under the current administration some sections of the country have been treated as if they do not…

Sep

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

FFK vs Dino: Kayode calls Atiku’s candidacy Illegal, Bogus, Corrupt…

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Dino Melaye, Femi Fani-Kayode, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Senator Dino Melaye, the spokesman of the Atiku Abubakar PCO, said, "All the PDP Governors spent money at our party's National Convention to get Senator Iyorcha Ayu elected as National Chairman". This is a grave and serious matter. It is a public confession of a criminal offence made by a senior figure within the PDP cabal that committed the said offence. It follows that Ayu's election was a product of corruption and criminality and so was Waziri Atiku Abubakar's as their party's presidential flagbearer at a later convention which was conducted by him. A National Chairman that is a product…

Sep

06

2022

By Chimamanda

ASUU responds to Osuntokun over ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy

Education, PoliticsASUU, Education, Nigeria, Politics

In a massive response approach, the surprising Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has taken on its critics, including Jide Osuntokun, professor emeritus and former Nigerian ambassador to Germany, and ThisDay newspaper columnist Yemi Adebowale. The various rebuttals, put forward by members of the newly formed union’s Rapid Response Team, accused critics of lacking the necessary understanding of the structure and functioning of Nigerian universities. They said that the government’s “No Work, No Pay” policy being pushed by the government is inconsistent with the nature of the lecturers’ work. According to the authors of the rejoinders, Ade Adejumo of Ladoke…

Sep

06

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: Group accuses INEC of violating Electoral Law

News2023, INEC, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with violating some aspects of the Electoral Law of 2022. The group, in a statement on Monday, said that the INEC has not complied with Section 19 (1) of the Act which deals with the display of voter registration throughout the country. The section requires the commission to set aside “a seven-day period during which a copy of each local government, area council, or district voter registry shall be displayed or published for public scrutiny in each registration area and on its website.” or any website established by…