Reducing the age for contesting elections by five to ten years might meet our bias for action, but it is most likely a cosmetic solution that obscures a much larger, more fundamental problem. In the […]
The moment the written declaration or letter transmitted by President Buhari conveying his decision to proceed on medical vacation was received and acknowledged by the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of […]
The choice of words employed by President Muhammadu Buhari in his latest letter to the National Assembly has elicited controversy. Mr. Buhari had, through the letter read in both Chambers of the National Assembly on […]
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, with one of the major subjects of discussion being the Malabu OPL 245 scandal. Tuesday’s meeting […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will “coordinate” the nation’s affairs while he is abroad for medical treatment. A letter sent by the president to the Senate, notifying lawmakers of his trip, however […]
There seems to be ambiguity in President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent letter of “transfer of power” sent to the national assembly. Back in January when he left the country for medical treatment in the UK, he […]
Perhaps of the mind that political leadership should be entrusted to the care of philosopher-kings as Plato prescribed, political leaders are well prepared and groomed in France. Leaders don’t just happen there. They have rarely […]
The All Progressives Congress on Saturday vowed to bury the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-East. The APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, who made the vow in Enugu, urged the people of the […]
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for Defence, may have made up his mind to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, which he joined while in the Senate more than 10 years ago. According […]
Why did supposedly serious-minded speaker of the United States house of representatives, Paul Ryan, support the disturbing candidacy of Donald Trump, a man who stands against the orthodoxy of his Republican Party as much as […]
Have you heard the news? Nigeria’s National Assembly has budgeted N150billion for itself in 2017. It’s perhaps a condition for passing the 2017 budget by the third or fourth week of May 2017. No word […]
If you’re like me, you would hesitate to comment on the health of a fellow mortal in a sarcastic and malicious way just for the sake of politics. It doesn’t matter if it is the […]
• Nigeria is a complicated country, isn’t it? For one thing, nothing is ever as it seems. Here is what we know: we know that our president is sick but we are not quite sure […]
The protracted feud between the presidency and the Senate that has resulted in rejection and suspension or delay of some presidential nominations and even the passage of 2017 budget, has assumed the dimension of a […]
Sunday morning is usually the preserve of Christian pastors in the Nigerian megacity of Lagos but a new form of worship is emerging to challenge the monopoly. “Praise Allah!” shouts the imam of the Nasrul-lahi-li […]
Friday Musings with Ayo Olukotun, ayo_olukotun@yahoo.com, 07055841236 “The health of the leader is inherently intertwined with the health of the nation” – A former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, The Punch, May 2, […]
There are hardly dedicated presidential historians who set themselves to the task of researching the lives of past Nigerian Presidents, their political ideologies, personal idiosyncrasies and the quirks of history that made or marred them. […]
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday laid the blame for her defeat in last year’s White House race squarely at the feet of FBI director James Comey and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, saying they had “scared off” voters. […]
The social media was agog yesterday due to the claims and submissions of controversial politician and former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi on Platform. During the program, Obi, who always condemns all except […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says proceeds of illicit enrichment and negative role models must be taken away from the society. Speaking during a lecture at the National Open University (NOUN) on Tuesday, Obasanjo expressed support […]
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