Issues/Policy

LAGOS— Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan seeking explanations from him on what he knew on the diversion and sharing of over $2 billion meant […]

EKITI—  Two men, who claimed to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s private security aides, were at the weekend, arrested at the Afao-Ekiti country home of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose for presenting themselves as […]

ABEOKUTA—The Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ogun State has broken its silence over the controversial N100 million allegedly collected  by its National Chairman, Chief Olu Falae from the former Chairman Board of Trustees of the […]

Worried by  the deteriorating health of its incarcerated leader and Director of Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, in the cell of the Department of State Service, DSS, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised […]

… remain positive. Do not allow the economic forecast to cast its long shadow over your soul. Be Optimistic. The market cycle that is headed south will eventually head north after hitting rock bottom. Don’t […]

The Ogun State Chapter of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has dissociated itself from the N100 million collected ‎by its national leader, Olu Falae. The Ogun SDP said contrary to Mr. Falae’s claims of distributing […]

There appears to be no backing down by President Muhammadu Buhari on his resolve to make anti-corruption and accountability the  fulcrum of his administration as he issued fresh orders to the Economic and Financial Crimes […]

In an angry retort to a question thrown at him in his recent Media chat, President Muhammadu Buhari asked, “What do they (Igbo) want?” “Who is marginalizing them?” In his own defence, he said the […]

Abuja – Some legal practitioners in Abuja have expressed mixed feelings over the bail conditions issued to defendants by courts in the country. Some of the lawyers said on Friday that the bail conditions were […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan seeking explanations from him on “what you knew or had reason to know on the apparent diversion and sharing […]

Akpan Ekpo, a professor of Economics, is the Director General, West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM). He speaks on issues in 2016 budget, the need for the Federal Government to prevent currency […]

Salihu Mahmud Dantata is the director of publicity, Arewa Youths For Peace and Security, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO). He told ANDREW OOTA that the former National Security Adviser, NSA Sambo Dasuki did not act professionally […]

It is difficult to ignore a visit this week by Christine Lagarde , the boss of the IMF to Nigeria, as I earlier intended, but for the reported remarks of the departing visitor on the […]

Accord Party, one of the political parties which did not sponsor a presidential candidate for the 2015 elections, has confirmed receiving N100 million from a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples […]

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OLU Falae, has given more details on how he disbursed N100million he received from a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Tony Anenih, ahead of the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is blackmailing anti-corruption agencies by its “orchestrated attacks on the hugely successful war against corruption being waged by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration”. The […]

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of single-handedly identifying and prosecuting leading figures of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) without the required evidence. According to the governor, Buhari has […]

IGBO youths on the banner of Igbo Youths Movement, IYM and South East Democratic Coalition, SEDC, have flayed legal icon, Professor Itse Sagay, SAN over his comments that those clamouring for Biafra are doing so […]

FORMER President,Olusegun Obasanjo, yestetrday, said selfish leaders have hindered the growth and progress of the country. Obasanjo, who advised that every leader to make the interest of the governed paramount in his policies, spoke when […]