Politics

Former foreign affairs minister, Major-General Ike Nwachukwu, rtd. has said that the Nigerian Army must adapt itself into a dynamic entity able to provide national stability in the face of challenges that flow from the […]

I can’t help being bemused each time I hear Goodluck Jonathan say no Nigerian president can match his achievements. Then I’ll check what time of the day it is and wonder if it’s a weed […]

“Politics is not a game to be played by the poor. A poor person has no role in politics. A poor man cannot win election in Nigeria; how will you campaign? If you are poor, […]

I do have nothing against the man Atiku Abubakar—as he switches political parties as a diaper. Politicians all over the world are fond of switching political parties to achieve their political dreams and aspirations. Even […]

…the most critical step in deciding who becomes the next president, governor or senator, as the case may be, is in the hands of less than 20 percent of Nigeria’s voting population. The remaining 80 […]

Kaduna—Former governor of old Kaduna State and National Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Alhaji Abdulkadir Musa, said, yesterday, that All Progressive Congress, APC, rode to power on the back of false and empty promises. […]

The resignation of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has set a new tone for vibrant opposition in the country. The move has again reinforced the belief that democratic governments will […]

In Nigeria, the concept of political participation appears to have been reduced largely to the civic responsibility of voting on election day. Civic campaigners, political activists, and NGOs have concentrated a major focus of their […]

IT was quite gratifying seeing President Muhammadu Buhari display rare strength and character recently in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire’s capital. Strength, because without betraying any sign of tiredness or weakness, he was engaged in one bilateral […]

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has attacked his former party, the All Progressives Congress, describing it as the ‘enemy’ of his new found love, Peoples Democratic Party and the people of Nigeria. In […]

Ahmed Markafi says the PDP has been living from hand to mouth. According to Markafi, the party has only had access to N2 million in the last 18 months. Despite the allegation that Adamu Mauzu […]

A former acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has been elected the new chairman of the party. Mr. Secondus beat three other contestants to emerge victorious in a keenly contested election […]

ON behalf of all the pensioners of the defunct National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), I salute your courage and determination to reshape our nation by clearing the […]

Many Nigerians were happy early this week when a little boy who was crippled during a Boko Haram attack on Chibok three years ago returned to the country on his feet, after three months of […]

A former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, on Friday declared his support for Atiku Abubakar, as the former vice president intensifies consultations for a presidential run in 2019. Mr. Babangida, Nigeria’s leader from 1985-1993, said […]

The party would have been over by now. Peoples Democratic Party stalwart, Raymond Dokpesi, had, in fact, organised a mock funeral. When it seemed all but certain that the Ali Modu-Sheriff faction of the PDP […]

No doubt, former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has kicked-off his 2019 presidential campaign, and the Nigerian youth is his prime target. His latest release is another testament to that. Last week, Nigerian comedian Francis Agoda, better […]