Politics

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti and governorship aspirant, Bamidele Faparusi, on Wednesday called on the Department of State Services to investigate Governor Ayodele Fayose for treason over his claim that President […]

lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 You may need to take a look at the economics of currency devaluation before looking at the politics: In theory, goods imported from a country whose currency is stronger than yours are usually […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says Nigeria is divided because of the leadership style of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said this on Tuesday while flaging off the reconstruction/rehabilitation of Abuloma, Fimie, Ozuboko […]

Donald Trump is not known for the consistency of his views. In the six months since he became president, Trump has changed his mind on China, on Nato and on military intervention in Syria. On healthcare, he seems to change […]

I returned this past weekend from a European vacation: conferencing in Greece, queuing up at Wimbledon, kayaking in Ireland, and generally doing my own small part to stimulate the EU economy. I’m not Tom Friedman, […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Americans are humans too like Africans in choosing Donald Trump as president. “The fact that America can produce a Trump in this day and age, it means Americans are as […]

Former Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has told renowned political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, to contest the post of councillor in his ward, instead of aiming to be the next governor. Utomi was also urged […]

President Buhari has tolerated people who have called him all sorts of names in the past two years. If he didn’t move against them directly, he could have allowed many Abishais to move against them, […]

Hon. Oladipo Olaitan, the National Financial Secretary of Afenifere, the apex Yoruba socio-cultural body was at the inception of the Fourth Republic, the leader of the Alliance for Democracy in the House of Representatives, a […]

Nigeria today is trapped in the cusps of protests and agitations, sometimes violent and sometimes peaceful. It is arguable that, perhaps except in the heyday of Abacha’s brutal military dictatorship, Nigeria has never faced this […]

Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a civil society organisation, says it is worried about the speed with which the Lagos state house of assembly passed an amendment to the Lagos electoral, law just three days to […]

Overall, by the judgement of last week, the Supreme Court clearly acted on the side of the spirit of the law, which is more morally compelling than obsession with the fine letters of the law. […]

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged federal lawmakers not to allow excuses hinder their performance. He urged them to come up with legislation that would help in promoting the […]

So the United States of America, one of the best democracies in the world, slept on November 8, 2016 and woke up to have Donald John Trump as its president. Many would have put their […]

Several leaders and members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Mushin Local Government and Odi Olowo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, who, on Tuesday, defied the early morning downpour, stormed the Governor’s […]

Garba Shehu, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, has dismissed the claim of Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser, that the government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan made the 2015 election possible. In the foreword of a […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigerians still believed in the capacity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to lead the country. Jonathan stated this at the expanded National Caucus of the party held on Monday […]