#SOE: Buhari faults military crackdown on Boko Haram

by Isi Esene Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari has spoken against the emergency rule declared in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa accusing the military of killing innocent civilians. He said the maximum force used in the affected areas is in sharp contrast to the “special treatment” given to the Niger Delta militants by the Federal... Read More

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June 2, 2013

2015 ticket: 8 governors, senators may dump PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears headed for major turbulence, this time sparked by last Thursday’s call for automatic tickets at the 2015 elections for President Goodluck Jonathan, ‘performing’ first term governors and legislators. The idea was floated by Chief Tony Anenih, chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT). Many in the party view... Read More

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June 2, 2013

NGF crisis: We supported Amaechi to disgrace Jonathan – APC

by Isi Esene The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that they supported Governor Rotimi Amaechi against the President Goodlcuk Jonathan in the acrimonious Nigeria Governors Forum election to disgrace the president. The Party spokesman, Rotimi Fashakin likened it to position the opposition parties took in the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu... Read More

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May 29, 2013

Opinion: Saint Amaechi, please pray for us

by Saatah Nubari Can saint Amaechi say he has not seized the allocations of local government councils before? Amaechi is enjoying making people believe that he is been persecuted by the presidency, hence making people think the president is a dictator. Today as we celebrate our beloved Rotimi Amaechi attaining “sainthood” lets pause and take a... Read More

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May 28, 2013

Opinion: Presidential candidate options before the APC for 2015

by Makua Eyisi The All Progressives Congress (APC) is a formidable merger plan because it has in its fold, some of the few who actually bark and bite. They enjoy massive followership and they intend wrestling power from the ruling PDP… Change is essential and desperately needed especially for a country like ours, having had a... Read More

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May 25, 2013

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Amaechi’s victory and its effect on Jonathan’s 2015 ambition (Y! Politico)

by Salihu Tanko Yakasai Though Governor Amaechi isn’t a saint, it became a case of ‘lesser of two evils’. His victory is seen as a huge blow to President Goodluck Jonathan’s ambition to seek re-election in 2015. Yesterday, the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), consisting of all the 36 state governors of the federation held its... Read More

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May 23, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Sen. Bola Tinubu and Gen. Buhari meeting in Kaduna

by Akan Ido The former governor of Lagos and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu visits former president Muhammadu Buhari in Kaduna over the Daura incident and talks on the All Progressives Congress merger. The 2015 race for the presidency has started in earnest.

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May 15, 2013

Bola Tinubu: State of emergency – President Jonathan’s ploy to subvert constitutional democracy

by Bola Tinubu If development is about the people, all measures put in place for the sustenance and maintenance of the super-structure of the society must take into cognisance local contents. It is now abundantly clear that President Jonathan has finally bared his fangs confirming what was widely speculated. By declaring a state of emergency... Read More

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May 13, 2013

The APC will collapse soon – Tony Anenih boasts, blames opposition for NGF troubles

by Isi Esene The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are not taking the looming challenge of the coalition parties under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lightly as it is works assiduously to maintain its dominance nationwide. In a meeting with governors, federal lawmakers and state chairmen of the PDP from the South-South geo-political zone,... Read More

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May 12, 2013

“Anarchy is knocking on the door” – Buhari warns at party convention

by Isi Esene The leader of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) yesterday accused the People s Democratic Party led federal government of a lack of capacity to handle the security crisis in the country. Buhari said this at the special national convention of the party convened as part of the requirements for... Read More

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May 10, 2013

Opinion: The APC is becoming a reality – and the PDP is running scared

by Segun Gbadegesin Since the announcement of the mega merger to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), there has been a new art of scaremongering and there is something paradoxical about it. Let me substantiate. Various spokesmen of the ruling party have gone from demonising the leaders of the proposed merger to scaring one segment... Read More

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May 8, 2013

12 PDP governors ready to join the opposition – Gov. Okorocha boasts as he defects to unregistered APC

by Akan Ido By the time the political dust settles as the country moves towards the 2015 elections the ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states may have swollen to twenty three. In a bold political move, the governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), yesterday defected to... Read More

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May 8, 2013

Ife Adebayo: The hunger for change is the power of the APC (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo What we have now is a national shift in political advisers; Nigerians are tired of listening to their empty stomach for political advice and are instead hungry for a change. Albert Einstein said – “An empty stomach is not a good political adviser”. This has been the strongest weapon of most Nigerian... Read More

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May 7, 2013

How the Yoruba will determine who becomes President in 2015

by Azuka Onwuka The combination that will likely attract the highest number of votes from the North and South-West may be that of Buhari-Fashola or Buhari-Tinubu. The voting pattern of the Yoruba people of South-West geopolitical zone in the 2015 presidential election may determine who wins and who loses. In 2011, even though the zone... Read More

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May 5, 2013

“People are tired of PDP” – Captain Obvious explains why his party joined APC

by Ogunyemi Bukola The Democratic People’s Party has said it decided to join the All Progressives Congress to ‘correct the failures of the Peoples Democratic Party and strengthen the opposition.’ The acting Chairman of the DPP, Mr. Olisaemeka Akamukali, said this during the party’s 2013 special convention held in Abuja on Wednesday. “People are tired... Read More

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May 5, 2013

Call it a tsunami: Amaechi, Aliyu, Lamido, and 7 other PDP governors are “on their way to APC”

by Ogunyemi Bukola If reports available to us are anything to go by, no fewer than 10 serving governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party may be on their way out of the ruling party to join APC. A key member of the merger committee, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised... Read More

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May 3, 2013

Opinion: Leave the President alone

by Abdullahi Garba It is desperate opposition politicians who have a problem of presenting a credible track-record and an impressive score-sheet that Nigerian voters can rely on in deciding who the best candidate is. In the typical Nigerian fashion, the political scene gets more charged with desperation and desperadoes as the election year approaches and... Read More

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May 2, 2013

Opinion: When governors sneeze…

by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed “It is certainly more agreeable to have power to give than to receive.” – Winston Churchill An amusing report in one of the dailies last week claimed that PDP governors are demanding N46b worth of projects for their states for voting for President Jonathan in 2015. Apparently, the new leadership of the PDP... Read More

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April 30, 2013

Gbenga Olorunpomi: The birth of APC – INEC’s moment in the sun

by Gbenga Olorunpomi Now, the ACN has shown its hand. It is time for the other partners to follow suit. On Thursday, April 18th, the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) took one of the biggest gambles in the history of Nigerian politics. Determined to play the Big Brother role in the proposed... Read More

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April 21, 2013

Why APC will never rule Nigeria – Bauchi governor, Isa Yuguda

by Akan Ido In this interview with the Vanguard Newspapers, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State talks about his party, the race for the 2015 elections, the opposition parties, Boko Haram and more. Read excerpts of the interview below. What do you think of Boko Haram amnesty being planned by Federal Government? The extension of... Read More

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April 20, 2013

Opinion: Bola Tinubu and the speech that may be his ‘Barack Obama 2004’ moment

by Mayowa Salami I must start by confessing that I am a sucker for good speeches. The fact that we don’t have many speeches that can be considered good, deep, and propelled by deep thinking and vision in Nigeria is a sad commentary on the conviction of our leaders to inspire citizens. As a U.S Illinois... Read More

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April 19, 2013

Expensive sh-t — and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Baba Suwe must have a lot of faith to still go back to the same judiciary which has proven time and again, that it has no bite to support its bark. Imagine being deprived of your liberty, for three weeks, and in those three weeks, being made to do your business in... Read More

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April 19, 2013

APC releases manifesto: Jonathan, Obasanjo to face probe; immunity for president and governors to go (READ)

After weeks of intense debates, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, have finally adopted a manifesto, in which they enunciated plans to tackle corruption in Nigeria. The parties had, in February, announced their... Read More

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April 18, 2013

“A positive storm is brewing” – Bola Tinubu’s rousing speech at the ACN Convention [READ]

SACRIFICING THE PARTY TO SAVE NIGERIA Protocol 1. History is upon us, asking something bold of us. Those who hear must respond to its call because history is impatient. If we tarry, history shall not. If we fail to act as the situation requires, history will still move forward and its pen will write an... Read More

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April 10, 2013

Ife Adebayo: Nigeria – 2015 and youth participation (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber – Plato I’ll start today’s article with two quotes, the first by Winston Churchill “Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once,... Read More

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April 1, 2013

Opinion: APC is the devil’s alternative

by Ojay Kaikai In the same manner, some APC serving Governors strolled into Borno, discarding their escorts, to show that Boko Haram is just about bad government, The structure of Nigeria came crashing down briefly after independence, and ever since, things have gone from bad to worse with every other government, so that by the... Read More

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April 1, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Social media votes and the pitfalls of ignorance (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Personally, I would have loved if “Social Media Votes” translated to actual votes… Sadly, it doesn’t! It means that all our hue and cry will amount to nothing if we don’t dig in and get dirty. I read two short but extremely powerful articles on YNaija two weeks ago. One was written... Read More

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April 1, 2013

Chukwuma Soludo: Is APC really the game changer it claims to be?

by Chukwuma Soludo Unfortunately, the quality of political discourse has deteriorated greatly since the first and second republics. I can still recall what each of the political parties during the second republic stood for. Today, political parties have become mere platforms to grab power. “This is a new dawn for our generation. This is unusual.... Read More

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March 24, 2013

Banky W, Hafsat Abiola-Costello to speak at the Bola Tinubu Colloquium

by Isi Esene The 5th Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium will hold on Thursday March 28, 2013, at the Shell Hall of the Muson Centre, Lagos. The theme for the colloquium is ‘Beyond Mergers: A National Movement for Change, A New Generation Speaks!’ The Annual Bola Tinubu Colloquium was an idea conceived by close friends and... Read More

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March 24, 2013

Power play: Amaechi, 7 other PDP governors move to defect

As political calculations towards the 2015 elections heighten, it has emerged that at least eight Peoples Democratic Party governors are set to leave the party. It is not a question of “if” but of “when”, said a senior political actor familiar with the developing strategy. The governors are those of Rivers (Rotimi Amaechi), Adamawa (Murtala... Read More

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#SOE: Buhari faults military crackdown on Boko Haram

2015 ticket: 8 governors, senators may dump PDP

NGF crisis: We supported Amaechi to disgrace Jonathan – APC

Opinion: Saint Amaechi, please pray for us

Opinion: Presidential candidate options before the APC for 2015

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Amaechi’s victory and its effect on Jonathan’s 2015 ambition (Y! Politico)

SNAPSHOT: Sen. Bola Tinubu and Gen. Buhari meeting in Kaduna

Bola Tinubu: State of emergency – President Jonathan’s ploy to subvert constitutional democracy

The APC will collapse soon – Tony Anenih boasts, blames opposition for NGF troubles

“Anarchy is knocking on the door” – Buhari warns at party convention

Opinion: The APC is becoming a reality – and the PDP is running scared

12 PDP governors ready to join the opposition – Gov. Okorocha boasts as he defects to unregistered APC

Ife Adebayo: The hunger for change is the power of the APC (Y! Politico)

How the Yoruba will determine who becomes President in 2015

“People are tired of PDP” – Captain Obvious explains why his party joined APC

Call it a tsunami: Amaechi, Aliyu, Lamido, and 7 other PDP governors are “on their way to APC”

Opinion: Leave the President alone

Opinion: When governors sneeze…

Gbenga Olorunpomi: The birth of APC – INEC’s moment in the sun

Why APC will never rule Nigeria – Bauchi governor, Isa Yuguda

Opinion: Bola Tinubu and the speech that may be his ‘Barack Obama 2004’ moment

Expensive sh-t — and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

APC releases manifesto: Jonathan, Obasanjo to face probe; immunity for president and governors to go (READ)

“A positive storm is brewing” – Bola Tinubu’s rousing speech at the ACN Convention [READ]

Ife Adebayo: Nigeria – 2015 and youth participation (Y! Politico)

Opinion: APC is the devil’s alternative

Debo Adejugbe: Social media votes and the pitfalls of ignorance (Y! Politico)

Chukwuma Soludo: Is APC really the game changer it claims to be?

Banky W, Hafsat Abiola-Costello to speak at the Bola Tinubu Colloquium

Power play: Amaechi, 7 other PDP governors move to defect

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