Tag: Politicians
What makes Nigerians go into politics?
Muyiwa Adetiba
I once had an interview with a Miss World. I asked her why she felt she was beautiful enough to be considered the...
Policy elites should not leave politics for politicians – Osinbajo
Osinbajo who is also the chairman of the NIPSS governing council, emphasised on the need for the contributions of the nation’s policy elites to...
Mob in Ebonyi community beats alleged goat thief to death
A young man identified simply as Emmanuel has been beaten to
death by youths of Ugwuegu, a community in Afikpo North local government area
of Ebonyi...
Akwa Ibom REC: They want me removed because I’ve refused to...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa Ibom State, Mike
Igini, has accused those trying to compromise the electoral process in the
state of calling for his...
Politicians recruit food vendors as vote-buying agents -INEC
Ime Akpan
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said
that it had uncovered plans by some political politicians to use food vendors
around polling units for...
Mercantile politicians ‘bid’ for unclaimed 914, 529 PVCs in Oyo State
The resident electoral commissioner of Oyo State, Mr. Mutiu
Agboke has alleged that some politicians in the state were putting pressure on
him to sell unclaimed...
Eight politicians with N232bn corruption cases working for Buhari’s re-election
At least eight out of the politicians working for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 2019 election have pending corruption cases...
Politicians with no ideology shouldn’t pilot Nigeria’s affairs–Mshelia
A Labour Party governorship aspirant in Borno State, Capt. Ibrahim Mshelia, has said that Nigeria cannot afford to allow people who have no ideology...
FAAN warns politicians against violating safety rules
As the 2019 general election nears, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised politicians and their supporters to always comply with the...