December is a festive month marked by Christmas cheer and the birthdays of many Nigerian celebrities and notable personalities. From singers and rappers to politicians and sports icons, several individuals born this month embody traits influenced by the zodiac signs Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21) and Capricorn (December 22 – January 1...
•Obi of Onitsha The Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, Nnaemeka Achebe, has charged the political class and those in leadership positions to put public interest above personal and individualistic interest if Nigeria as a country must grow beyond its current position. In his goodwill, message, yesterday in Abuja at the public presentation of a ...
•General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has warned politicians to end the practice of vote buying. Abdulsalami, who is the Chairman, National Peace Committee (NPC), said this during the signing of Peace Accord for the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State, reports Daily T...
•Rotimi Amaechi A former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed frustration with the general public’s apparent calmness amid severe economic hardship. Speaking during an interview with ABN TV, Amaechi questioned why Nigerians are not more vocal in their outrage, pointing to rising costs and the inability of many to afford basi...
•A polling unit in Edo State today A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR), has observed voter inducement at polling units (PUs) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. “Situation Room observers reported widespread instances of blatant vote buying and selling across se...
•Kanu Agabi A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Kanu Agabi, says those who nurse suspicion against elections in Nigeria have justifiable grounds to seek redress in court. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who was AGF under the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, was a guest on Channels Television yesterday. Agabi, 78...
•Pastor Tunde Bakare The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said Nigerian politicians were not living lean or sacrificing like the rest of the citizens whom they asked to sacrifice for the country by enduring economic hardship. The cleric and politician said this yesterday at the Wilson and Yinka ...
•Prof Chidi Odinkalu A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, has alleged that judges are being used by politicians to destroy Nigeria’s democratic system. He regretted how governors in the country continue to accord priority to donating vehicles to their cronies while being less concerned to the plights of th...
•Buhari, Sani and Tinubu A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said the recent visits by some prominent northern politicians to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, were all plots to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. It was reported that former Vice ...
Youths from Kogi State, today, declared that they had decided not to fold their arms and allow those they described as desperate politicians continue to drag the name of an otherwise great state in the mud. The youths, from the three senatorial districts of the state, under the aegis of Kogi Independent Youths Association, particularly [&helli...

