Politics
Riding into sunset By Muyiwa Adetiba
It is exactly six weeks to May 29 today. Six weeks to the end of Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s six year presidency. This, as traditions go all over the world, is called the transition period […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
Chibok Girls and President Jonathan’s Curious Silence, bySteve Ayorinde
On Tuesday when the world remembered the Chibok girls, saddened that one year after more than 200 students were abducted by the Boko Haram sect in Northern Nigeria, they are still in captivity, the only […]
Issues/Policy
MD Yusufu: The spy who loved me By Matthew Hassan Kukah
OK, you guessed right, this reads like a tribute to James Bond. Perhaps, I also exaggerate in my claims, but given the status and age differentials between us, I don’t know how else to […]
Issues/Policy
Kashamu Buruji: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria By Michelle Faul
GOS, Nigeria (AP) — LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A man indicted in America for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a court case that was the basis for the TV hit “Orange Is The New Black,” has […]
CRIME
Orekoya’s kidnapped 3 children found naked in a bag by Evelyn Usman,Vanguard
The Lawanson Road, Itire abode of the Orekoyas, whose three children were kidnapped by a housemaid last Wednesday, 24 hours after she was employed, became a Mecca of sorts yesterday, following news of their discovery. […]
Issues/Policy
2015: Between Buhari And MEND’S Unusual Olive Branch By Ifeanyi Izeze
The report that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is initiating dialogue with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on unresolved issues affecting the region would have otherwise been a welcomed development but […]
Politics
Still On The Shambolic And Bloody Elections In Rivers State By Uche Igwe
A tumultuous celebration erupted in the Mile 1, Mile 4 and town areas of Port Harcourt on Monday. It later extended to the Ogbunabali and UTC areas.One of the APC supporters injured during election related […]
Politics
PREMIUM TIMES EXCLUSIVE: May 29 Handover: Nigerian govt directs Ministers, Service Chiefs, others to prepare handover notes
The Federal Government has directed all ministries, agencies and extra-ministerial departments to prepare their handover briefs ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari. Also asked to prepare handover notes […]
Issues/Policy
Chimamanda, You Got It Wrong On The Oba Of Lagos, by Ijeoma Ozichi Omotade
I was scrolling through twitter to see what was trending especially with regard to Lagos elections, and stumbled upon your write-up on the Oba of Lagos’s disrespectful remarks to the Igbos and their right to […]
Issues/Policy
Chibok kidnapping: stoicism as girls taken by Boko Haram are remembered …. GUARDIAN (UK)
Reverend Enoch Mark waited for his daughter as long as he could. For half a year after Boko Haram gunmen snatched 17-year-old Monica from her dormitory in Chibok, he stayed on in the town even […]
Politics
Oyo: And Ajimobi broke the jinx By Ola Ajayi
Before my assumption of office, there had never been an Ajimobi. I am the first one that bears the name and I will be the first Ajimobi to break the jinx of second term – […]
Politics
Oronto Natei Douglas: The Unbreakable Spirit, By Nnimmo Bassey
My last meeting with Oronto was barely a week before his passing. He had sent me a text message inviting me over to Abuja to discuss some issues. I had been planning to visit him, […]
Politics
BETWEEN AMBODE AND AGBAJE By Tony Ademiluyi
Lagos, the economic nerve centre of arguably the West African sub region is the smallest state in Nigeria. Its gross domestic product is $90 billion which makes it bigger than that of Kenya, $66 billion, […]
Politics
‘Boy’ George’s empty threat By Lawal Ogienagbon
Before the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections, some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains were so sure of victory that they ran their mouths. There was nothing they did not say about President-elect Muhammadu Buhari […]
Politics
Jonathan Responsible for His Election Defeat …. Anabs Sara-Igbe (PDP,Rivers)
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has said contrary to claims that the North and South-west ganged up against President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 election, the […]
Issues/Policy
Buhari and the economy: which way forward? By Henry Boyo
Expectedly, goodwill messages have deservedly, poured in from far and wide to congratulate the clear victor of the 2015 elections and President Elect, Mohammed Buhari, may not be unduly disturbed that President Jonathan’s inspirational and […]
Issues/Policy
Moral victory for Jonathan; an acclaim for Nigeria By Uche Onyebadi(USA)
THERE was an undercurrent of you can’t pull it off in a number of newspaper headlines in U.S. press as Nigerians went to the polls to elect their president. Three examples will suffice, two of […]
Politics
Lagos guber and PDP’s quest for change By Ndubuisi Orji
The dominant word in the ongoing gubernatorial campaigns in Lagos State is ‘Change’. But the word means different things to the two dominant parties in Lagos – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic […]
Economy
What’s Good for Democracy is Good for Business By Tony Elumelu
I am optimistic about Africa and its future. I believe strongly – that a new Africa has begun to emerge – although one cannot dismiss the odd hurdle and challenge along the way. What’s come to […]
Politics
Let’s concede defeat, Anenih tells PDP By Taiwo Amodu
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih, has appealed to candidates of the party, who lost out in the National Assembly election to emulate President Goodluck Jonathan and concede […]