Issues/Policy

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Friday said that the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country might linger till the end of March. The South-West Chairman of the union, Alhaji […]

The decision of Governor Rauf Aregbesola to dissolve the management committees of the existing 30 Local Councils and Area Office in Osun State and the creation of additional 31 Local Council development Areas, LCDA, three […]

LAGOS—THE Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has tongue-lashed the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, over his recent ranking of Yoruba Obas, which is still generating heat in the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday, made good his threat to deal ruthlessly with top civil servants who altered figures in the 2016 budget thereby making nonsense of his zero budget plan.

Being text of the Guest Lecture delivered on the occasion of the Launching of the Endowment Fund for the Oba Sikiru Adetona Professorial Chair in Governance, Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Nigeria’s former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, a N2 billion bail. Judge Okon Abang ruled that Mr. Badeh presents two Abuja-based sureties with N1 billion each, […]

To the objective mind, the Christian religion in Nigeria today seems to embody a story that is yet to be told to a generation that is struggling to identify the goals, functions and aspirations of […]

  Is anyone surprised today that the political soup of Nigeria is literally boiling over the spaces of the mighty cauldron? The foamy substance of the toxic brew is powered by the intensity of the […]

Nigeria is mourning the death of one of her illustrious sons, the Honorable Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN) who died together with his son and wife in a ghastly […]

The directive, the other day, by President Muhammadu Buhari, making it mandatory for all workers in the federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to declare their assets signposts another level of the effort at winning […]

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Wednesday said ‎he won’t stop criticizing the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over its bad policies despite the recent clamp down on state officials by men of the […]

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Governor Nyesom on Saturday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of mapping ways towards making Nigeria an Islamic nation.

Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, retd; yesterday owned up to fathering a love child with the late public relations expert, Princess Edith Ike Okongwu, bringing to an end the 48-year-old paternity dispute […]

The number of recorded attempts to clandestinely enter Britain each month via European ports and the Channel tunnel has more than tripled, according to figures released by the Home Office.

  ‘Great convo w studio execs in LA. Good to hear their perspectives & ideas of how to counter #Daesh narrative,” tweeted John Kerry on 16 February, along with a photo of himself in a […]

WITHOUT consulting widely, President Muhammadu Buhari has committed Nigeria to the Saudi Arabia-promoted military alliance against terrorism. It is a move fraught with danger and reflects the President’s unfamiliarity with consensus-building and nuances of a […]

Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos, yesterday, supported the proposal by the state Assembly for the relocation of the popular Mile 12 market which witnessed isunderstanding between Hausa and Yoruba traders last week. Oba Akiolu Oba […]

13 rescued  Firm admits structural defect Govt blames it on poor materials A five-storey building under construction collapsed early yesterday in Lekki, Lagos, killing 18 people, including a woman and her child. Thirteen people were […]