“I thought I will be able to avoid commenting on the disastrous error by my very good friend, Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his choice of a running mate. I will be the very last person to stand in the way of my very good friend Tinubu’s path to the presidency. This is because since 2011 my consuming passion has been for him to succeed Buhari as President of Nigeria. It will not be true if I say that I did not see it coming. I have often read his body language, picked up snippets from several discussions with his…
Author: Spade Nigeria
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has in an affirmative nomination picked foremost political wig and mobilizer, Hon. Isioma Theodora Ndah as House of Representatives candidate for the Aniocha/ Oshimili Federal Constituency ahead of the the 2023 General Election. With this decision, Isioma Ndah will be digging it out with incumbent Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu who is candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The affirmative decision for Hon. Isioma Theodora Ndah, was taken in Asaba by the party’s leadership, following the withdrawal of the APGA’s candidate, Mr Chinedu Frank Isamah. Speaking to newsmen after…
I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. – Ecclesiastes 9:11 Governor Ifeanyi Okowa quietly celebrated his 63rd birthday on Friday, July 8, 2022, in the cool comforting ambiance of his home, with family and close friends and with Thanksgiving, praise, and worship, as he returned all Glory to God Almighty, for the precious gift of life and good health, to see…
By Onome Akpososo As a political analyst and an interested stakeholder in the affairs of the people of Delta central, I have not ceased to ponder on the quality and character of the next senator to represent the people of Delta Central in the senate of the federal republic of Nigeria. Urhobo has just one seat in the senate, the highest law making chamber in Nigeria. The man who should occupy that seat must be such that can represent the interests of the people and not his personal interest or those of some power brokers / paymasters. Urhobo is in…
As the Eid-l-Kabir celebration continues in consistent with age-long practice of royal homage, the Emir of Ilorin, HRH Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR received the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore in his palace shortly after Eid prayer. The royal father thanked the visiting Permanent Secretary while he urged him to continue to make ancient city of Ilorin proud in the course of discharging his selfless service to the nation. He disclosed that the country has benefitted immensely from his experience and wealth of knowledge which the royal father said is evident in his administrative prowess. He said…
The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has felicitated with Senator Kashim Shettima on his emergence as Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 General Elections. In a congratulatory message personally signed by him, Senator Omo-Agege described the APC Vice Presidential candidate as detribalized and visionary, and a major plus for the APC Presidential ticket. He recalled how the former Borno State Governor and lawmaker representing Borno Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, played a key role in his own emergence as Deputy Senate President in 2019. “He was…
By TOCHUKWU ANABA, Esq. Asiwaju did not get to where he is today by playing to the gallary. He has this reputation of taking very tough decisions. First is being a Muslim, with a Pastor wife and an only son who is a Christian. Liberalism! That’s perhaps, what I admire most about him. Against all odds, he remained in the opposition for the 16 years of PDP misrule. He lost all AD states, but only Lagos to the predatory forces of the PDP and OBJ that ran roughshod in the Western states. From AD, AC to ACN. He built…
35 year old Mikel has taken time to hail some grassroot players after he was spotted playing with them on the street as he was going round to promote his new pet project ”Back to Base”. The Ex Chelsea man who was once the captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria is back to the country so as to promote his pet project and also discover raw talents that might end up being the newest stars in town. Mikel Obi was however spotted in EbutteMeta where he engaged some youths in the area in showcasing his Godgiven talent to the…
… ‘Shettima’s nomination personal to me’ … Says Tinubu chose someone who knows Nigeria … Thanks Buhari, Tinubu, APC Governors, Exco Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has described the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as APC’s Vice Presidential candidate, as the wisest choice made by the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed. Zulum stated this in a statement he personally signed, the details of which were released through his media office from Maiduguri. Below is Zulum’s full statement: “Earlier today, I received with the greatest joy, the announcement of my mentor, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima as the…
Kashim Ibrahim Shettima was born on the 2 September, 1966. He is currently a Senator and former governor of Borno State. Senator Kashim Shettima is a very intelligent and outspoken politician from the Kanuri tribe. He is generally seen as extremely hospitable to other faith and ethnic groups. During his time as a Governor, Shettima had amongst his closest aides, an Ibo Christian from Anambra State in the Southeast, an Urhobo Christian from Delta State in the South-South, a Christian from Edo State in the South-South, a Yoruba Christian from the Southwest, a fulani man from Gombe in the northeast…