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Hon Samson Osagie represented the Uhumwonde/Orhiomwon Federal constituency in the House of Representatives between 2007-2015 and was one of the most vibrant lawmakers in that Assembly. He ran for the Edo South senatorial seat of Edo state in the last election but lost to the PDP candidate, Pharm. Matthew Urhoghide. In this interview with Vanguard, he spoke on the leadership crisis which befell his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the National Assembly, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and other national issues . Excerpts: By Simon Ebegbulem What is your take on the crisis that bedevilled and National Assembly over choice of leaders?  I believe it is a challenge and the party will find a way around it like you saw the way the House of Representatives case was resolved. I did say then that those you see that are fighting today in parliament are not enemies, it is just a difference of opinion, difference of political tendency. In future, there ...

In a bid to bolster itself against difficult tides, the former ruling party resurrects the online registration of members project. It is a scheme that would inevitably strip the party’s governors of direct control of the party. Will it fly? It was in admission of the tight grip its governors hold on the party, that the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Prince Uche Secondus said last Wednesday that the e-registration of party members would open the party to all Nigerians. Even more remarkable, Secondus said that all members would through the process have equal rights. That is, ordinary party members would have a say contrary to the present situation where the powerful governors dominate. “This party belongs to all. They will have equal rights to vote and to be voted for. Nobody will be excluded,” Secondus said at the inauguration of the committee to enforce the project. The committee is headed by media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi. The chairman...

BENIN CITY —GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, has described Mr Godsday Orubebe, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, as an elevated thug and a political jobber, who is out to make noise as a means of getting his next meal ticket. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Peter Okhiria, the governor in reaction to Orubebe’s fresh attack on him, said: “Reading Godsday Orubebe’s infantile outburst saying that the governor of Edo State is a “garage boy,”  easily exposes the boondocks orientation and lowly mind of someone, who almost plunged the country into political anarchy in the last general election. It easily underscores one of the reasons why the Goodluck Jonathan administration failed abysmally to understand the nexus between promise and performance, between problems and solutions, and above all between prosperity and poverty. “Orubebe is no more than a common tout and political thug, too illiterate to know the difference between a “garage” and ...

Amaju Pinnick admits that Nigeria is passing through difficult times but he is very hopeful that the country will be a better place for all with time. His meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari has triggered some tremendous hope in the project Nigeria. “Nothing good comes easy. Repairing Nigeria will not be easy for Buhari but I see him ending up like a Mandela,” Pinnick said after he accompanied Alhassan Yakmut to Aso Villa, last Monday. The National Sports Commission was at the Villa to brief the President on next month’s All Africa Games in Congo and other sports matters and Pinnick, who is the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was in the team led by Yakmut, the Director-General. Pinnick left the Villa with a huge impression of the President, who has made more news fighting corruption than any other aspect of governance. “Based on what I have seen of the President,” Amaju continues, “he is passionate about righting the wrongs in Nigeria and I don’t see h...