Politics

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has blamed the country’s woes on grand corruption in the public space. To buttress his point, Osinbajo identified the so-called strategic alliance contracts with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and […]

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has urged politicians that brought President Muhammadu Buhari as the president of the country to beg God for forgiveness.He alleged that Nigeria’s economy under the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government […]

While his emergence as senate president proved a mastery of political manoeuvrings and cunningness, his manner of control of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber appears clearly Machiavellian, one that broods no opposition. As Nigeria’s Senate President, […]

As the nation races toward 2019 general election, many strange things are happening daily in our political space; some heartening and others, undesirable. Particularly echoing on this wavelength is the demand for a robust political […]

A huge number of Nigerians, from what I can see, will vote against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. Which is no news, really. All you need to do is read the newspapers, watch the TV, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has threatened to sack chief executives of federal parastatals and agencies that fail to appear before the National Assembly to defend their budgets, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that Buhari […]

Entrapped by an evil cabal, enmeshed in nepotism and blinded by ethnic chauvinism, Mohammadu Buhari, is a bad president. However, despite Buhari’s bungled presidency, Nigeria remains a democracy. As such, the supreme judges of the […]

The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has given assurance that the 2019 general elections would not be manipulated. According to his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, Mr. Ekweremadu gave the assurance on Wednesday when […]

Ahead of the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, scheduled for this month, a fierce battle for the control of the soul of the ruling party has ensued between its […]

Given his experience as an engineer and entrepreneur who retired as permanent secretary after 26 years in Oyo State civil service, Mr Rauf Olaniyan, eyeing the Agodi Government House in 2019 on the platform of […]

The Publisher of popular news website, Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has thrown his hat into Nigeria’s political ring. He is now gearing up to run in the country’s forthcoming presidential election in 2019. In this […]

With ISIL substantially diminished and struggling to survive, it is unable to provide much support in terms of finance, logistics, training and expertise for its Nigerian affiliate, Boko Haram. The roll back on the activities […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will soon address unemployment among Nigerian youth and tackle hunger in the country using agriculture. Mr. Buhari stated this on Thursday at a town hall meeting in Jos on […]

Plateau state will make history if Jeremiah Useni, retired lt. general and senator representing Plateau south senatorial district, achieves his next political target. In a letter seen by TheCable, the senator expressed his wish to […]

A former governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole, says the federal government’s proposal to implement a new minimum wage is not a political gimmick to win the 2019 general elections. Mr. Oshiomhole said this in an […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the benefit of his state visit to Ghana to draw lessons from his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo-Addo on how to run a […]

Thursday with Abimbola Adelakun aadelakun@punchng.com Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, over the weekend, went to a cinema in Abuja to see the Marvel Cinematic Empire’s latest offering, Black Panther. According to Twitterverse, Atiku became the […]