WHY GOV UZODIMMA DISSOLVED HIS CABINET

By Gloria Acholonu (Imo State Correspondent)

Facts have emerged that internal sabotage and allegations of bribery were the major reasons for the sudden sack of 20 Commissioners out of the 27 member cabinet Commissioners in Imo state on Wednesday, by governor Hope Uzodimma.

WHY I AM RUNNING FOR ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP......Soludo

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

Renowned Development Economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has, once again, explained that he would run for the 2021 Anambra state governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 6.

WHY I DECAMPED TO APC.....Baba, Bauchi SDP Senatorial Candidate

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

A senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the Bauchi North district in the 2023 general elections, Hon. Ibrahim Mohammed Baba, popularly known as 'IMBA', has dumped the SDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

WHY I JOINED THE LABOUR PARTY.....Peter Obi

By Desmond Ukandu (Politics Editor)

Barely 48 hours after he bade farewell to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former governor of Anambra state and 2023 presidential aspirant, Mr Peter Obi (known as Okwute), has joined the Labour Party (LP) on the platform of which he intends to pursue his presidential ambition.

WHY I SLAPPED POLICE OFFICER......Seun Kuti, Afro Beat Singer

Afrobeat artiste, Seun Kuti, has explained why he slapped a police officer in a recent viral video.

WHY I WANT TO DIVORCE ATIKU .....Wife, Jennifer

• * Relocates To UK, Sell Atiku's Dubai Properties

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is currently enmeshed in a divorce saga with his Igbo wife, Jennifer.

WHY IS AFRICA PLAYING WITH FIRE?

By Azu Ishiekwene

There is fire in Ouagadougou. And who’s to say where it’s catching next? For the second time in eight months, the military in Burkina Faso struck in a palace coup that removed military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

WHY IS THE NORTH ALWAYS COMING IN LATE?

By Bolanle Bolawole

The news media were awash last week that the North’s governors and traditional rulers have come around to support state police after a meeting they held in Abuja; the reason for their about turn was given as the worsening security situation in the North. These are the same leaders that have often risen in stout defence of the administration of Muhammadu Buhari, threatening critics with mayhem and insisting, against the grains of evidence and acting like the ostrich, that the North is more secured under their own son, Buhari, than it was under his predecessor, the Ijaw man Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

WHY JONATHAN WON'T CONTEST, WHATEVER THE COURTS SAY

By Azu Ishiekwene

After the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) announced last week that it would zone the presidency to the South in 2027, some names have been widely mentioned as possible frontrunners.

WHY MUSEVENI VIDEO SHAMES AFRICA

By Azu Ishiekwene

There’s a trending video from nine years ago. If you watched it casually, you might in fact think that it was done yesterday. It was a clip of Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, narrating what happened in 2014 when a delegation of African heads of state was asked by AU to mediate the Libyan crisis at the time.

WHY NAIRA IS AMONG WORST PERFORMING CURRENCIES IN THE WORLD

The Nigerian currency has been ranked as one of the world’s worst-performing currencies, with the naira losing 37 per cent of its value against the dollar.

WHY NIGERIA IS NOT MOVING FORWARD

By Bola Bolawale

There are as many reasons as discussants as to why Nigeria is not moving forward, why it is under-performing in the views of many, and why it is not fulfilling its potential. I will discuss only three of these reasons here today and, to do this, I will draw on three recent examples. The first is that of the suspended Humanitarian Affairs minister, Betta Edu.

WHY ODUMEGWU OJUKWU VARSITY WITHDREW FROM ON-GOING ASUU STRIKE....Prof Nwakobi, VC

• * Commends Gov Soludo For Providing Good Academic Environment In COOU
• As Anambra NUJ Chapter Pays Solidarity Visit To Commemorate Union's Congress

By Rose Nwankwu (Anambra State Correspondent, in Awka)

The Vice-Chancellor of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, in Anambra state, Professor Greg Nwakobi, has disclosed reason why his institution withdrew from the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

WHY PDP SUSPENDED PIUS ANYIM, FAYOSE, OTHERS

• * Refers Gov Ortom To Disciplinary Committee

By Emmanuel Oloniruha

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has referred Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue to its National Disciplinary Committee over alleged involvement in anti-party activities.

WHY ROCHAS WAS MANHANDLED, ARRESTED, DETAINED AT IMO POLICE CID

• *  Attack On Senator, Unexpected, Unprovoked, Unwarranted....Media Aide

By Gloria Acholonu (Imo State Correspondent, in Owerri)

There was nothing to suggest that former governor of Imo state and Senator representing Orlu zone, Senator Rochas Anayo Okorocha, was going to be allegedly manhandled by some officials of the Imo state government. No inkling too, that he was going to be arrested and taken to the State Police CID for alleged detention.

WHY SENATOR MUSA MUST STEP DOWN....Niger East Constituents

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

The people of Niger-East senatorial district have called for the resignation of Senator Mohammed Sani Musa representing them at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly.

WHY SOUTH EAST MAY PAY MORE FOR FUEL, Says Enugu IPMAN

By Rose Nwankwu (Anambra State Correspondent)

Should the Federal Government of Nigeria fail to reactivate the paralyzed Emene Enugu Petrol Depot, the pump price of petroleum product, otherwise known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) may cost more in the entire Igbo states of the South East geo-political zone.

WHY SOUTHERN NIGERIANS WILL SUPPORT TAMBUWAL PRESIDENCY IN 2023... Northern Youth Group

• * Power Must Shift To South Based On Rotation, Insists South Youth Alliance

By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent) and Dare Ajayi (Oyo State Correspondent)

The northern youth group agitating for Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, to run for the presidency in 2023 have given a reason why they feel southern Nigerians will likely support Tambuwal.

WHY TENNESSEE SONGBIRD, DOLLY PARTON, LODGES IN WORLD'S FINEST HOTELS

Dolly Parton spent her career staying in the world's finest hotels, but her earliest memories of winter were spent sharing a single bed with three or four siblings in the Great Smoky Mountains.

WHY THE AGITATION FOR YORUBA NATION...

By Bolanle Bolawole

I never knew it was an interview; I had thought it was one of those “reactions” that reporters seek from members of the audience or those they think can help them flesh up or throw some insights into a story line they are pursuing – and I have done this on a couple of occasions for The Guardian reporter, Kehinde Olatunji. So I was pleasantly surprised when the last outing turned out as a full-blown interview on the very important topic of the agitation for a Yoruba nation. Titled “Our agitation is for a restructured Nigeria, not Yoruba President, says Bolawole” and published in the Tuesday, 31st January, 2023 edition of The Guardian newspaper at page 14, I felt that the views I expressed in the interview should also be shared with my readers. Please read: