Perhaps laying the background for Adamawa State’s metamorphosis is the unexpected unanimity that heralded the election of Ribadu. It will be recalled that the political gladiators who elected him were ready only some few months back to do battle. But by their action, they have sheathed their swords, ready now to allow peace reign
Browsing: Nuhu Ribadu
Mantu said Fintiri was disqualified because he is to midwife the governorship election and not to participate in the election.
Ribadu gave the advice at a retreat organised by the Governor Rotimi Amaechi-led Nigerian Governors’ Forum in Lagos
Ribadu told newsmen that the ongoing defections to the APC was a manifestation that it would be the party to beat in 2015
Since the release of his letter to the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has come under intense scrutiny relating to his motives, rather than the message and this is for a good reason.
He said the major problem facing leadership in Africa was the perception that “nothing good comes out of the government”. He said this had often led to a situation whereby the good and upright people often shunned leadership position.
Kukah, who was a guest speaker at the second NGF retreat holding in Sokoto, made the call on Saturday, saying it was imperative for the forum to remain united
Speaking on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Ribadu opined that the logjam created by the industrial action may deprive the country of the needed quality manpower as students rust away at home
I am yet to see Shell establishing a refinery here that will end the waste of our gas and environmental degradation similar to the Bintulu Gas-to-Liquid Plant in Malaysia or the new plant in Qatar
He said in the past 53 years, Nigeria has recorded significant milestones and “survived severe cold similar to what that saw some countries sneezing to death. We remain standing, though someone wrote that we are standing still!
He is the most senior Nigerian politician to be held to account for the corruption that has for decades held back Africa’s most populous nation and top oil producer
The statement, titled: “EFCC, Farida Waziri and I”, reads in full: “My attention has been drawn to the press statement issued by the immediate past chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri, in a reaction to statements credited to former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
He described the unionists as hardworking and selfless, the virtues he said were proven by the circumstances of their deaths and the encomiums that trailed the incident
Ribadu, in a statement in Abuja, congratulated key players in the merged parties “for shoving their personal interests in order to allow for mutation of a pan-Nigerian party that can provide credible alternative to the ruling party”
To the credit of President Olusegun Obasanjo, he let us do the work even at a time we were going against some elements that were extremely close to him. It is therefore amusing when I hear people these days charge me of “selective justice”
Corruption profile of Nigeria, according to him, is rising to a worrisome level as many convicts go largely unpunished or given a mild sentence for monumental theft
With all due respect to the revered Presidency, the way and manner in which the Presidential Adviser came out and launched his characteristic campaign of calumny against perceived opponents of his boss, this time against Mallam Nuhu Ribadu in the national dailies, is very disheartening. It is also instructive to note that he did so on account of total misconstruction and deliberate distortion of the contents the speech delivered by Ribadu
Who we are… in democracy
The biggest illusion we have lived in as a people is believing the cry heard from various corners that Nigeria is an unnatural entity coerced together—a sort of Frankenstein state. I have no doubt that this is a very, very inaccurate judgment. The truth is far simpler—there is not a single region in what is now Nigeria that was home to just a single ethnic group living all by themselves before the coming of the colonialists. Exclusive ethnic identities are inventions of our political advocacies and relevancies.
It was learnt that the major aim of the group is the unity of the country
A new book, written by the Media Office of Abubakar, said alleged that Obasanjo used all available means to corner Nigeria’s wealth during his eight years in office