Donald Trump left Washington DC almost a week ago, but he continues to cast a long shadow over the Republican Party in Congress. In the first on-the-record test of support for conviction on impeachment charges that Trump incited his supporters to mount an insurrection at the US Capitol, 45 out of 50 Senate Republicans voted to stop the trial before it even starts. After the vote Rand Paul, who pushed for the dismissal, crowed that the impeachment article delivered by the House on Monday was "dead on arrival". He's probably right. It would take 17 Republican senators breaking ranks and…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the quest for restructuring may not work until issues that divide Nigerians are resolved. Jonathan stated this on Thursday at the 18th Daily Trust Dialogue. He lamented how divisive politics and mistrust have retarded the progress of the country. The former president, whose administration convened the 2014 National Conference, prioritised restructuring as a way forward for the country but not without love and unifying leaders. Against the country’s prevailing ethnic and religious borderlines, he urged Nigerian leaders to encourage a “healthy conversation on restructuring and reforms that stir national pride and love and faith…

Anambra State governorship election will hold on November 6, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. INEC released the timetable and schedule of activities for the election. The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Festus Okoye, in a statement, said: “INEC met on January 19 and deliberated on many issues, including the issuance of timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of the Anambra State governorship election. “By virtue of Section 178(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, and Section 25(7) and (8) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended), election into the office…

Pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, has said it has no objection to a southerner becoming Nigeria’s president in 2023. It, however, said it would not interfere in a matter that had to do with political parties or support a particular zone or candidate for the presidency or any other office. ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, who made this known to our correspondent, said the impression created that northerners would never support a southerner to become the president of the country was wrong. Yawe said, “ACF has no objection to a southerner becoming the president of Nigeria. In 1999,…