Politics

Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Gov. Rochas Okorocha to leave the party if he so desires. Okechukwu, who spoke with newsmen […]

drtayooke@gmail.com A former Nigerian head of state was asked to comment on the election of the United States President, Donald Trump. He took a deep breath, cleared his throat, then, ruefully delivered a riposte that […]

John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), inaugurated chairmen of the party in states on Monday, leaving out Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states. Those sworn in emerged at the May 19 congress […]

The leadership of a faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), known as nPDP, has announced withdrawal from dialogue with the APC-led federal government. In a statement on Monday, the nPDP chairman, Abubakar Baraje, […]

The 29th of May, 2018 which was Nigeria’s Democracy Day, also marked the third year of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government led by President Muhammadu Buhari, elected on the promise of ‘Change’ from the […]

Slowly but gradually, the relationship between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is deteriorating beyond repairs. Though it is obvious that the two leaders, who share common backgrounds as retired military generals […]

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has ruled out the possibility of seeking a second term in office at the party’s national convention scheduled to hold on June […]

Every October 1st of the year, the nation goes agog with the Independence celebration. October 1st 2017 was not an aberration. This celebratory experience is similar every May 29th when the nation marks her Democracy […]

THE National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has explained his decision not to stand for a re-election in the forthcoming national convention of the party. Speaking Friday night at […]

The most popular game in Nigerian governance is the blame game. Every succeeding administrator in Nigeria goes out of its way to make everybody who cares to listen believe that all governing problems were caused […]

A former governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba, on Wednesday narrated how he and four other governors of the South-west were allegedly ‘rigged’ out of power by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in 2003. Speaking at […]

Hope is described as ‘the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled’. I tend to believe that was the feeling of our forebears (that is, the founding fathers and mothers of Nigeria). They sought […]

In these trying times, it is very necessary for all Nigerians to reflect on and interrogate the notions and practice of democracy, federalism, and what is essentially a fundamental act of deception in the Constitution […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in the State House, Abuja, in his characteristic manner, jokingly said the seat of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was under threat. The president cracked the joke when he received a group of […]

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State in 2015, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has resigned his membership of the party. In his resignation letter dated May 24 and addressed to the […]

Being half literate is like a piece of meat being half-cooked. From the outside, the meat looks cooked. It is only when you taste it that you realize that the cook was not cooked through. […]