Politics

Since its resounding success in the 2015 general election, Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been flip-flopping on the pressing issue of restructuring of the polity. At first, the party informed the […]

Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, says the decision of the senate to block the bill seeking to devolve powers to states was a betrayal of the campaign promises of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The […]

The last time Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, and Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, were seen together in public, both men avoided each other. Incidentally, that was exactly a year ago. Lawal Daura, director-general […]

Youth and citizens alike across the country were overjoyed when the Senate passed the Not Too Young To Run bill lowering age of contest for political office on Wednesday. However, this joy may be short-lived, […]

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. […]