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5 min read In terms of wealth, Nigeria’s economic hub, Lagos, is the richest state in the country. Also arguably the most populous, Lagos is prided to have a burgeoning educated population and is considered Nigeria’s most cosmopolitan city. But all these do not translate to civic responsiveness for the state’s residents as data has shown that an overwhelming majority of eligible voters among Lagosians, as people who live in Lagos are often called, have a penchant for boyco...

TODAY January 3, 2021 A federal lawmaker, Chief Sylvester Ogbaga, says Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi remains the leader and friend of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, notwithstanding his defection to the All Progressives Congress. Ogbaga, representing Abakaliki/Izzi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, stated this at Isu, Onicha Local Government Area on Sunday. Newsmen report that the lawmaker spoke, while interacting with newsmen on the sidelines of the distribution o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sodiq Oyeleke Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, says it declared support for the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 and 2019 presidential elections due to promises by its candidates that they would restructure the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Yinka Odumakin, made this known on a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable, on Wednesday. He said this when asked if Afenifere had turned to an arm of the PDP. Barely two ...

TODAY YouTube The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Inland Water Ways (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu has told the Igbo to widen their horizon to convince other ethnic nationalities, if a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction must be realized. The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant for Anambra 2021 election, Chief Moghalu said this during an interactive session with journalists in Nnewi on Saturday. He noted that the Igbo known for work hard should appl...

Wike too empty to be compared to Amaechi — Rivers ex-commissioner, Bazia Published 27 December 2020 John Bazia was a lawmaker for eight years in the Rivers State House of Assembly, and he served as the Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs in Governor Nyesom Wike’s first tenure. He shares with DENNIS NAKU his reasons for dumping the People’s Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress, just as he compares Wike’s administration with that of ex-governor Rotimi Amaech...

The house razed by the thugs As the family of the deceased kicks, security agencies charged with the task of fishing out her killers seem not to have done enough in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Husband of the late politician, Elder Simeon Babani Seidu Abuh, who spoke with our correspondent, said the family was still in trauma over the gruesome murder of his wife. According to him, the family is deeply pained that justice was yet to be served in the  matter. He said that he has written...

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Nigeria Thursday 24 December 2020, by Baba Aye Scores of thousands of young people took over dozens of cities and towns in Nigeria for two weeks. This rebellion, with the slogan and hashtag #EndSARS, was sparked by the reported killing of a young man by the special anti-robbery squad (SARS), in Ughelli, a town in the Niger delta region on 3 October. With each passing day, the supposedly “leaderless” movement waxed stronger. And while #EndSARS remained the primary and binding demand, calls ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Last week Thursday, a group of politicians converged at the presentation of a book about former President Goodluck Jonathan. While there was nothing quite out of the ordinary about the gathering, there was still an interesting moment where the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, went on a self-justificatory spree to explain why he removed the immediate past Kano Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Ganduje said he fired Sanusi for pretty much the same reason Jonathan did: to...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has expressed confidence that he would emerge governor at the end of ongoing litigation over the outcome of the polls. Jegede, who lost to the incumbent Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu during the October 10 election, said, evidence before the election petition tribunal was sufficient to nullify the victory of the All Progressives Congress. This...