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August 13, 2013

Opinion: Why I want to grow to be like Tony Anenih

by Ose Oyamendan They call him Mr. Fix-it. And, boy – did he fix that birthday! If I have a birthday like that, I’m sending a picture to TIME magazine because that definitely makes me a Top 100 influential person rather than one of those Nollywood actresses who can’t even get their fellow actresses to... Read More

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August 12, 2013

Opinion: But what else does Buhari want?

by Adewale Maja-Pearce Buhari is merely one of the many distractions we allow ourselves in the hope (always hope) that things will somehow get better without our own volition. God will do it, as we like to say; God will touch their hearts. Big mistake. One might have guessed it. No sooner was the new... Read More

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August 11, 2013

Henry Okelue: 8 things to ponder as 2015 draws near

by Henry Okelue Fellow Nigerians… You are innately smart. Let politicians tell us how they will improve our lives when we vote them in, not how Okoro is a threat to Adamu & Babatunde. Let us demand that every time. Compatriots, lets us for a second ponder on these: 1. The single biggest reason why... Read More

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August 11, 2013

War of words: Respect your age and don’t be rude – Jonathan fires back at Bisi Akande, APC

by Isi Esene The Presidency has taken exception to statements made by leaders of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) describing it as not only rude, but also false. In a statement released today and signed by the president’s special adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati saying Bisi Akande, the APC Interim Chairman “has... Read More

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August 11, 2013

Opinion: APC – Still waiting for the Messiah

by Muheez Busari The nation needs no regional party, myopic characters, mendicants foraging for daily bread, usurpers and vendetta boys brigade, old men parading as youth leaders, intellectually bankrupt messiah, re-cycled politicians and a host of other political highway men. I have been away on what I term a spiritual rehab, as I believe that... Read More

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August 11, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Winning the war against terror

by Simon Kolawole How can we contain this religious hate in Nigeria in the face of the Boko Haram insurgency? How can we make sure it doesn’t spread to more states? How may we wage the war in a lasting way? Quite amusing. The almighty United States recently closed 19 embassies in the Middle East... Read More

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August 10, 2013

2015: Why the PDP will beat APC – Presidency

The Presidency has said that if the newly registered All Progressives Congress picks a former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as its presidential candidate, the 2015 election will be a walkover for the Peoples Democratic Party. The Presidency was apparently hitting back at the APC, which earlier said that it would be a disaster... Read More

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Opinion: The government and opposition in a tight environment

by Adisa Adeleye As it is being noted, the political atmosphere has been dominated for a long time by a strong party (ruling with impunity) and a few scattered opposition parties, weak and ineffective. Now, what should Nigeria expect from the new APC? It is gratifying that after several false alarms, the voluntarily merging parties... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi: Just send them away

by Olusegun Adeniyi It is rather unfortunate that many otherwise respected people would always see ethnicity in every problem and that is why I hesitate to comment on this issue until the madness that is going on subsides. When last year the Lagos State Government put some people considered destitute in a bus and dumped... Read More

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Opinion: I shed hot tears for Nigeria’s future

by Akan Imoh Our students are at home, our poor lecturers are hungry, yet it is the least of worries for those in power. How can the education of our future leaders be important when there are other important issues like the Rivers State Crisis, PDP, APC and the others, a permanent secretary on sabbatical... Read More

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Opinion: Lessons learnt from the Igbo deportation saga

by Ochereome Nnanna If the Governors’ Forum focused on the right things, Mr Peter Obi of Anambra State would answer the phone when Fashola calls him. Obi would not only come to Lagos and join with Fashola when he wants a grand national burial for Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and shut his phone on Fashola... Read More

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“Come and join us”: Bisi Akande extends APC invitation to Jonathan

by Oge Okonkwo The interim national chairman of the APC, Bisi Akande stated in Abuja yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan is welcome to the All Progressives Congress (APC), if he is tired of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disclosing that the presidential candidate of the party for 2015 general election will emerge after the... Read More

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2015 elections: I will run if APC approves – Buhari

by Isi Esene Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) yesterday said he will run on the platform of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) if fielded. Buhari commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for deeming it fit to register the party praising it for its impartiality. The retired army general who... Read More

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Eric Osagie: Can this APC kill our pains?

by Eric Osagie However, for many Nigerians, who do not belong to any political party, the nagging questions have been: Can they? Can this APC kill our pains, cure our headaches? Do they have what it takes to take us to Eldorado as they have promised? Like in the case of a new baby, joy... Read More

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Opinion: The timely arrival of the APC

by Ahmad B. Kaita One thing that should not be lost people is the fact that APC, just like PDP is going to be a party that will be managed by the same people with Nigerian blood and background. Torrents of accolades from politicians and desperate Nigerians welcomes the news of the birth of the... Read More

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Bola Tinubu goes for knee surgery

by Isi Esene Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the leaders of the newly registered All Progressives Congress is scheduled to have a knee surgery in the United State of America according to aa statement by his media office. Tinubu who has been out of the country for some weeks has stayed away from official... Read More

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APC remains the best political vehicle – Gov. Okorocha

by Oge Okonkwo Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said does not regret leaving the party which brought him to power, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for the newly registered party All Progressives Congress (APC). The expulsion of Rochas Okorocha over alleged anti-party activities was announced last Friday by APGA chairman, Chief Victor Umeh. Nigerian Eye... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: Now that the APC has been registered

by Simon Kolawole With the fusion of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the emergent APC is still less than half of PDP. As things stand today, PDP has 23 governors, compared to APC’s 11. In the Senate, PDP has 75, more than twice... Read More

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Dele Momodu: Now that the APC has come alive…!

by Dele Momodu But APC should not be over-confident. What binds PDP together is very strong, access to power and money, a surfeit of it for that matter. Fellow Nigerians, let me start by congratulating the leaders and members of the newly registered political party, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Nigeria, on their well-deserved victory.... Read More

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Game on: APC leaders visit IBB, hold closed-door meeting

by Isi Esene Members of the newly formed All for Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday visited the former president, General Ibrahim Babangida at his Hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger state. This is coming barely two days after its registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after a protracted battle to be recognised as a political... Read More

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The Lagos ‘deportation’ controversy is political – Fashola

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Thursday said the ongoing controversy trailing the decision of the government to send some Igbos back to their villages is political. The governor said this after inspecting the ongoing light rail project and jetties at Mile 12 area of the state. He added that the propaganda was meant to... Read More

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Pius Adesanmi: APC – Memo to a new party

by Pius Adesanmi Why is Tom Ikimi, a former Chairman of the National Republican Convention who subsequently helped General Sani Abacha to rape the potential of Nigeria, so ideologically comfortable in the APC? Buddy, you were born today a product of the protracted pregnancy of multiple mothers. Happy birthday. I do not come to rob... Read More

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Opinion: Nigerian politicians and the trust factor

by Adefenwa Adeshina The youths need people we can trust not those screaming for change when all they really want is a chance to loot their share of the national treasure, we’ve seen many partisan activists cloaking their selfish interests under the auspices of change movement just to realise their ambitions. The ruling party has... Read More

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APC registration: “Nigeria’s democratic journey has just begun” – Tinubu speaks, pats INEC on the back

by Isi Esene Bola Tinubu, the leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), one of the merging opposition parties, has reacted to the registration of the newly formed party, the Alliance for Progressive Change (APC) by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) today. Tinubu who was the former governor of Lagos State said the registration... Read More

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“This is the beginning of the end of misrule” – Nuhu Ribadu reacts to APC’s registration

A chieftain of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has joined other Nigerians in expressing happiness over the emergence of the mega opposition party, even as he charged members of the party to strive harder for the ultimate goal of dislodging the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ribadu, in a statement in... Read More

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It’s official: INEC registers APC

by Isi Esene The Independent National Electoral Commission has given a nod for the merger of three leading opposition parties – the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), an the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Reports say the certificates of the individual parties had been withdrawn and a new... Read More

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Opinion: Why INEC should reject APC’s application for registration

by Faruq Abbas In view of the above, I respectfully implore INEC as a law abiding body to refuse the registration of the All Progressive Congress as to do otherwise would amount to ridiculing the judiciary and it would also run contrary to the settled doctrine of lis pendens. Introduction The Independent National Electoral Commission... Read More

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Acronym war: APC may be forced to change name, CPC reacts

by Rachel Ogbu The Independent National Electoral Commission may suspend the registration of opposition party, All Progressives Congress, new reports say. The reason remains the controversy surrounding the acronym, APC with separate suits filed by the African Peoples Party and the All Progressive Congress of Nigeria at a Federal High Court, Abuja. Sources claim that... Read More

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Opinion: Child marriage and the hypocrisy of ‘progressives’

by Adekoya Boladale Who are the Yerimanians? These are men and women… who are psychologically traumatized due to excessive exposure to corruption, overdosed with geometric fraud and enslaved by impurity to such an extent that they lust after babies and infants. Let me start by commending men and women, old and young, able-bodied and physically... Read More

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Opinion: Tambuwal and his 2015 presidential ambition

by Theophilus Ilevbare Tambuwal must not feign ignorance of Speaker predecessors, how they fell eventually to the booby trap the PDP laid patiently in waiting. It is no longer news that Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the House of Representatives is been courted to hoist the northern flag in the 2015 presidential contest as he is... Read More

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