Issues/Policy

It is not and should not be ‘Business as Usual’. As Nigerians cheerfully look forward to a New Dawn beginning from May 29, 2015, incidentally my very very special birthday, hopes are in high gear […]

The president-elect faces enormous tasks, starting with halting corruption MUHAMMADU BUHARI is fast learning what excessive expectations can do. The former military ruler, who last month handsomely beat the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, in a presidential […]

President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, has hinted that his government would have no place for defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). General Buhari, who said members of his All Progressives Congress (APC) had nothing to […]

Eminent personalities from within and without have been effusive in their praise of President Jonathan since the remarkable concession that gave the electoral victory to General Buhari. And so it should be. Very few men […]

Imo State decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the hope of getting juicy federal appointments may soon be disap­pointed, the Daily Times has learnt. It was learnt […]

President Goodluck Jonathan kept watching so – called zonal rallies of rented crowd organised by Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) and thought that he had won the election for the presidency even before he declared […]

Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has warned Nigerians against making unbecoming comments against the paramount ruler of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu and warned that all those involved should desist from such unbecoming acts forthwith. In a […]

Since Tuesday the 31st of March 2015 when it became obvious that the Presidential election in my home country has been decided, I have been relishing the sense of joy and relief that came upon […]

There is a department in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja. It is called the AFFAIRS OF THE FORMER OF HEADS OF STATE. The present head of the […]

Lagos has always being accommodating to all comers. In its long and rich history there has never been a history of blood letting and inter ethnic discord and strife. Let us hope that this will […]

Until penultimate week’s presidential election was won and lost, one regular face on the campaign stumps of President Goodluck Jonathan was Patrick Ifeanyi Uba, the brain behind the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) – a […]

Shame on you Aribisala for this ungodly ‘analysis’ from a man who claims to represent God.. I dont know what motivated you to write this farcical report but you have clearly demonstrated that you are […]

Have always known that Oba of Lagos will at a point run into trouble waters with his somewhat but obvious level of partisanship and meddlesomeness in the politics of Lagos State. Oba Rilwan did not […]

If you did not see my column last week, it was because I did not want to rain on anyone’s parade. I wanted the euphoria over the bullet we missed by avoiding the riots that […]

We are far from being done, even though it feels like we are. It is a huge relief and a boost to our morale and sense of accomplishment that the conduct, outcome and acceptance of […]

President Goodluck Jonathan’s fierce critic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has warned President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to take urgent steps to flush out political elements from the Nigerian Armed Forces in order to create room for genuine democracy […]

President Buhari should under no circumstances allow himself to be cast as a Fulani President, or a President of northerners or Muslims. Vice President Osinbajo should never succumb to the temptation to see himself as […]

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 […]

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 […]