Politics

The Chief Security Officer to the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, lately found his tongue and began wielding it freely. Much too freely, in fact. Considering this past week has two dates […]

There is no doubt that the recent passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), a fragment of the original legislation by the Senate, was a milestone in the nation’s efforts at reforming the way […]

In spite of the news making the rounds that President Muhammadu Buhari’s temporary absence is creating a feeling of pain and apprehension among certain characters in the polity, it is false and even mischievous to […]

The unveiling of the new political party, Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, APDA, to the public last Monday came with much apprehension from members of the new party and some other interested political stakeholders. APDA has […]

Apple, Bloomberg, Google, Nike, Gap, Tesla, Microsoft and Estée Lauder are some of the Fortune 500 companies that have pledged their continued support for “climate action to meet the Paris Agreement” after President Trump decided […]

In a bid to wrest power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 Nigerian general election, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and a former Chairman of […]

Close your eyes, take a moment and look at the Nigerian political class. Roam your eyes at the gathering of the vultures at that “gadem” book lunch by Dino. Have a sniff at the pungent […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Advance Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) is not an offshoot of the party. APDA, a new political association, was unveiled in Abuja on Monday. Raymond Dokpesi, a member of […]

Ndigbo may have been possibly characterised as the “weeping” ethnic group of the Nigeria tripod. It is for their unrelenting outcry of “marginalisation” in a country they feel sufficiently entitled for eminence. Rightly so! There […]

Three former top officials of the Nigerian Ports Authority and a former special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan have been named in a massive foreign bribery scandal that has led to the conviction of a […]

Bilkisu Saidu, senior special assistant on legal matters to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, says that most senior positions in the office of her principal are held by northerners, and that his meals are even served […]

In Nigeria the more you see, the less you understand. To one with a background in the physical sciences, if asked add 1 to 1, what do you get? Without hesitation the answer is two. […]

HOW does the criticism against the decisions of a panel of three judges be tantamount to bringing the entire judiciary to public odium and ridicule? Is it not the realisation of the fact that courts […]

The senate will next week consider a bill to make Nigerians pay more for fuel, TheEagleOnline is reporting. According to the news blog, the bill recommends that Nigerians pay a N5 levy on each litre […]

As for the rest of Imo and other states afflicted with wolves in sheep’s clothing, the lesson is to be a little more careful the next time you vote. That’s your only insurance. Whenever I’m […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign if he truly loves the country, as ill-heath is not allowing the President to effectively discharge his constitutional duties. Fayose, who ad‎dressed […]