Professor Humphrey Nwosu’s legacy Domesticating the electoral process As a political scientist, Professor Nwosu understood that the character of electoral competition in Nigeria is such that the outcome of any election will almost always be contested. This is because in societies like ours, political power is the major means of production, distribution and exchange and…
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed George Glass, a former investment banker and diplomat known for criticizing China, as ambassador to Japan, one of several U.S. allies that has asked President Donald Trump to rethink his steep tariffs. The Senate voted 66 to 32 to confirm Glass, who served as ambassador to Portugal during Trump’s…
One Evangelist King Nelson has said that a man’s first marital mistake is not marrying a virgin. The post Your first marital mistake is not marrying a virgin – Nigerian ‘evangelist’ tells men appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday nominated Jude Ezenwafor as its candidate for the 8 November governorship election in Anambra State. Cornell Onwubuya, the chairperson of the Anambra Governorship Election Congress Committee, said Mr Ezenwafor was the sole aspirant and secured 798 ‘yes’ votes. He added that 26 votes were declared invalid, while 853…
House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a familiar jam on Tuesday: Conservative Republican holdouts are stalling action on President Donald Trump’s “big” bill of tax breaks and spending reductions, refusing to accept a Senate GOP budget framework approved over the weekend because it doesn’t cut enough. Trump summoned House Republicans from the conservative Freedom…
The Presidency has responded sharply to recent criticism by Senator Ali Ndume over alleged lopsided appointments by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing the lawmaker’s remarks as hypocritical and divisive. Ndume, representing Borno South, had accused President Tinubu of violating the constitution through appointments that he claimed were unbalanced and unfairly distributed across regions. His…
