Issues/Policy

As the countdown to march 28 presidential election begins, Ayodeji Ajayi, a media practitioner, assesses the chances of the two leading candidates, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Muhammadu Buhari of […]

Joseph Mbu is not the first Nigerian to be designated assistant inspector-general (AIG) of police, but he is certainly the first to demean that position in word and deed. Right from his tenure as commissioner […]

A week, a former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson is often quoted as saying, ‘is a long time in politics”. The battle hardened intriguer from his long experience in politics certainly knew what he was […]

A week, a former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson is often quoted as saying, ‘is a long time in politics”.  The battle hardened intriguer from  his long experience in politics certainly knew what he was […]

Some highly placed Nigerians, blinded by their personal interest and the interest of a few of their cronies and benefactors, are striving hard to derail the country’s democracy. The recent call by some well-known supporters of […]

THE hate speech is  everywhere. They are coming from people you expect to be more responsible. The so called campaign adverts do more damage than the young people, on social media, who seem not to […]

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) on Monday, restated its commitment to conducting a free and fair election, saying there is no going back on the use of permanent voter cards(PVCs) and the Card […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo remains one of the luckiest Nigerians that is still transversing the political landscape today, all things considered. He is one General that has ruled Nigeria for almost twelve years – three […]

FA: Mr. General Sir, how long will it take you as president to bring back our girls? GMB: We have all this while ensured their safety, so we will bring them back unfailingly in the first week of […]

POLITICIANS are suddenly awake. The smartest beings in existence think it is time they said a few words to the Nigerians. Power belongs to the people, it is time to wrest it from them democratically. […]

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, on Tuesday described an editorial published by the New York Times on the postponement of the general elections in the country as “biased and ignorant”, adding […]

Mr President Sir, I must thank you for having the courage and the cleverness to tell all your predecessors in office that you truly are in charge and that their time is past. You are […]

Joseph Okoloagu,  a retired Brigadier General, is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) Board of Trustees. He is the senatorial candidate of APC in Enugu North senatorial zone for the rescheduled general elections. In […]

The gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress in Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has promised to ensure that political appointees and top civil servants enrol their children in public schools if elected governor. Mr. El-Rufai, who […]

Strong winds are raging against the credibility of the coming general elections, following reports of moves by some unscrupulous politicians to stop the plan by INEC to use Smart Card Readers to determine the genuineness, […]

At a public lecture delivered at the Chatham House in London last month, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki disclosed that he had “advised” the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the election. […]

A mixture of relief and raging indignation swept through the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, after former President Olusegun Obasanjo publicly tore his membership card of the ruling party. Obasanjo’s theatrical renunciation […]

The Nigerian government was supposed to hold presidential elections this past weekend, which presented voters with the dispiriting choice of keeping a lousy incumbent or returning to power a former autocratic leader. Now they will […]

A William Adams quote has recently gone viral. It reminds that: ‘There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When […]

NIGERIANS may have borne the insult with admirable equanimity, even with some hope that something good would be the outcome of their long wait and delay. But let Professor Attahiru Jega and the Independent National […]