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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was Nigeria’s ruling party for 16 years before it was unseated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015. PDP lost woefully in the elections because Nigerians had become disenchanted with the Goodluck Jonathan administration and the APC promised them change. Another major factor that contributed to the PDP’s downfall was the division within its ranks which led to the creation of the “New PDP” by some of its prominent members who eventually joined the APC. One would think that the PDP’s woeful loss in the 2015 elections would make it rethink its methods and strategize on new ways to handle politicking and electioneering, but sadly this is not the case. The PDP is continuing on the same path which led to its 2015 defeat and if this doesn’t change, the party might just end up being blown to oblivion in 2019. First of all, the PDP still hasn’t realized that Nigeria is not its property and that the country’s citizens resent...

The Enugu State Government has opposed the creation of grazing reserves across the country following the invasion of Nimbo community in the state by suspected herdsmen. The Deputy Governor of the State, Mrs Cecilia Ezeilo , made the declaration in Enugu on Friday while presenting the government’s position on the incident to the Defence Headquarters Committee on Persistent Clashes between Herdsmen and Farmers in Nigeria. The committee led by Maj.-Gen. Edward Nze was in the state on the mandate of the chief of defence staff to find a lasting solution to menace of herdsmen in the country. Ezeilo recommended that the Federal Government should create ranches to reduce the clashes between herdsmen and farmers. In the document, the state government called for immediate disarmament of the herdsmen across the country and a proper screening by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to repatriate the aliens among them. It also said that in discussi...

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has said that 2,500 women will receive free screening for cancer, diabetes, blood pressure and malaria through her Pet Project, "Future Assumed’’, in Ibadan on Thursday. Buhari made the disclosure in Ibadan on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, when she visited Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Salisu Adetunji, in his palace. She said that the screening had become necessary as it would enable them to know their health status early and improve their health. She said breast and cervical cancer, blood pressure, diabetes and malaria were major killer diseases across the global and could be prevented or managed through regular check-ups. Buhari said she was in the state to introduce her programme on Women and Children Health Screening Initiative, which started last year with a view to improving their health. The President’s wife said the programme which would be introduced in all states of the federation, had begun in some states. ...

The World Bank held talks with the Nigerian president on Wednesday on how it could help Nigeria overcome an economic crisis caused mainly by a sharp fall in crude prices eating into its oil revenues. On her second day of meetings with Nigerian officials, World Bank Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Sri Mulyani Indrawati met President Muhammadu Buhari , who plans to stimulate the flagging economy with a record 6 trillion naira ($31 billion) budget. Nigeria will have to borrow 1.8 trillion naira from abroad and at home to help fund the budget, which has been delayed by several months and wrangling with parliament, if it goes ahead. Although Nigeria has held talks with the World Bank over a possible loan or credit facility in recent months, Indrawati did not address this when speaking to reporters after the meeting. " We would like to know how we can help Nigeria to make the very important decisions, whether on micro economic policy and other se...

The management of Shooting Stars Sports Club, has apologised to the side’s fans, after they were thrashed by Kano Pillars.The Oluyole Warriors lost 6-0 to the former NPFL champions, in Sunday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NFPL) Match Day 13 fixture, at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano. An official of the club, Jubril Arowolo, vowed that they will put the defeat behind them. “It was really a bad day for us but we cannot continue to rue the loss as no amount of regrets will undo the painful result,” he told SuperSport. “We feel the deed has been done we must head straight to the trenches to fight back toward returning to winning way again. “We are deeply sorry mostly to our teeming supporters who strongly believe in us and must have been disappointed by the shocking result. “We have to quickly come up with modalities to make up for the defeat and avert further occurrence in the ongoing league. “We need the supporters understanding now more than ever to help us t...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, yesterday said Nigeria was paying for the level of corruption during the era of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Speaking in Lagos at a town hall meeting, Lai said “I’ve heard many commentators say that this administration is fighting corruption without paying attention to the economy. Of course, this is not true”. “It was corruption that prolonged the war against Boko Haram and sent many soldiers and civilians to their early graves. It was corruption that ensured that while oil was selling for over $100 per barrel, we had nothing to show for the windfall. “It was corruption that gave us darkness instead of light when we supposedly pumped millions of dollars into the power sector. I can tell you today that we are squarely fighting corruption and we are winning. “The situation is serious and no government can fight the battle alone. That explains why we have launched a nationwide sensitization campaign to make N...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki 's motion seeking an order stop the proceeding on his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has been struck out by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The motion was thrown out on Monday, April 25, by a three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice Abdul Aboki , following the withdrawal of the motion by Saraki’s lead counsel, Kanu Agabi , SAN. Agabi, who did not a reason for the withdrawal, however prayed the court for accelerated hearing of the substantive appeal challenging jurisdiction of the CCT to entertain the 13-count criminal charge against Saraki. He apologised to the appellate court panel for the decision to withdraw the stay of proceeding motion. ‎"We sincerely apologise to your lordships for taking the action after you have already read through such a voluminous motion. It is unfair to say we are withdrawing. But we have to. We want to withdraw the motion", Agabi said. ‎The counse...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the Federal Government, Department of State Services (DSS) and Attorney General of Nigeria Federation of frustrating the trial of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu on purpose. The hearing on Kanu's appeal which was scheduled to hold on Monday, April 25, 2016, was shifted to May 5, after a three-man panel of justices found out that the case was not listed on the court’s case list. According to a statement issued by the group's spokesman, Mr Emma Powerful , in Onitsha, Anambra State on Monday, April 25, the DSS, Attorney General and the Judiciary have all ganged up to play hide and seek game with Kanu’s trial, to they can continue to imprison him. The statement read: “The Nigerian Federal Government and its agents have deliberately refused to come to court for the case. They have refused to respect court orders and do not honour court date, and we are wondering why Mr. Kanu is still being held, since, they are no...

The people of Jikai village of Sule-Tankarkar Local Government Area of Jigawa have deserted their community following the loss of five people to malaria, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The deceased included four children and an adult. NAN gathered that residents of the community were apprehensive that the victims might have died of Lassa fever and not malaria, thus prompting their relocation to other villages. Alhaji Sulaiman Doro, the council’s Information Officer, told NAN in Dutse on Friday that the local government’s Caretaker Committee Chairman, Alhaji Nasidi Musa, had visited the village to condole with the bereaved families. According to Doro, the chairman expressed dissatisfaction with the rumour that the victims died of Lassa fever or Ebola disease. The spokesman quoted Musa as saying that the blood samples of the affected persons confirmed that it was malaria that afflicted the village. Musa advised parents in the area to take t...

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on Friday said it would collaborate with the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration to establish the Sierra Leonean Shippers’ Council. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Executive Council of the NSC, Mr Hassan Bello , stated this while receiving a delegation of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration at the Council’s Headquarters’ in Lagos. Bello said that the collaboration would enable both countries to discuss on shipping issues with the hope of strengthening African shipping operations. He said that NSC had been collaborating with the Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) to start with two ships and trade on export products within the West Central Africa sub-region. The executive secretary said that the partnership with NEXIM was to create shipping link in the regional trade. He said that Nigeria was an import-dependent nation, adding that there was need to look inwards on exportation to diversify the economy a...