Politics

Governor Samuel Ortom has described Nigerians who slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to visit Benue State following the August 27 flood disaster in the state as ‘ignorant,” adding that they lacked basic knowledge of […]

It is nearly one year ago that Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, placed him on alert: that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government. […]

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin has raised the alarm over alleged threat to his life. In a statement issued yesterday in Kaduna, Jibrin revealed […]

Even the politically naïve can tell that the tempo of political discourse is gradually scaling up with gripping tension and the reason is not far-fetched. The current dispensation has begun to wind down, with less […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has weighed into the ongoing crisis in Togo, urging President Faure Gnassingbe to step down “unless he has something new” to offer to the citizens. Over the past three days, the […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday issued a disclaimer on a political group that is pushing for him to run in the 2019 presidential election. The group, which remains largely faceless, said it launched a […]

The monitoring and observation of elections are political actions in themselves and we should not delude ourselves that the participants are necessarily neutral; therefore, their usefulness to the process of democratisation and overall impact, is […]

Early in August, the Gombe State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, marked the 2017 World Desertification Day. As part of his programme, Dankwambo planted trees in Bojude, Kwami LGA, Gombe State. His effort calls my […]

Some politicians, including ‘ministers and governors’ under the banner, ‘Buharists’ are working behind the scene to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari recontests the presidency in 2019, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed. This […]

In what may be considered as a prelude to his formally decamping to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of abandoning him. He said he had […]

Aisha Alhassan, minister of women affairs, says President Muhammadu Buhari told the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he would not seek re-election in 2019. The minister said this in an interview with […]

The presidency has refused to react officially to a statement credited to the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, that President Muhammadu Buhari had said he would not seek a second term in office. Mrs. […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s reputation fell further on Tuesday when he shelved the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting for the flimsiest of reasons. According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed, the meeting was […]

Mr. President, I can imagine your disappointment last week after the ruling of the Supreme Court declaring your election null and void. Four out of six justices nullified an election in which 10.6 million or […]

In the past 24 hours, the camp of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has fired three shots into the orbit of President Muhammadu Buhari. But the presidency has not responded. Some political analysts believe this is […]

The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has restated her position that she will support a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, for the 2019 presidential election. Mrs. Alhassan, in an interview with BBC Hausa, added […]

The Kenyan Supreme court in a historic ruling quashed the August 8th, 2017 Presidential election that declared incumbent, President Uhuru Kenyatta, winner. In a 4-2 decision, the court allowed all the three grounds of appeal, […]

If you believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction, the first place to begin to change this is through the political parties, which in theory formulate the ideology, policies and programmes that […]