Browsing: President Umaru Yar’Adua

The years of the PDP in power showed that formal democratic rule could very easily degenerate into dictatorial party rule.

But this is 2022 Nigeria and these are not normal times. The political process that is unveiling which will ultimately lead to the election of a new president that will steer the ship of the nation for another four years cannot be a tea-party affair. 

Lawan made the remark as a guest lecturer at the first Distinguished Parliamentarians’ Lecture Series which was facilitated by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies.

This was after the PDP faulted the caution issued by the National Broadcasting Commission to Channels TV for interviewing the spokesman of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful.

Turai noted that the issue of the Niger Delta region was of great concern to her late husband hence his commitment to restoring peace in the area, which culminated in the granting of amnesty to the militants

The publisher of the Abuja-based newspaper told The Eagle Online that the officials of the ICPC were in his office on Friday to invite him for the questioning