Politics

Former London mayor Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of the race to become Britain’s prime minister that he was once favored to win, upending the contest less than a week after he led a campaign […]

One of my contentions with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is the penchant to situate virtually every and all the challenges Nigeria currently faces in the pecuniary. I agree that money is important to driving […]

For Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, these are not the best of times. The duo have been going through a rough patch since they became leaders of the eighth Senate through […]

Ill-equipped and ill-mannered Ayo Fayose, the self-styled voice of the opposition is a man with the heart of steel. He without trepidation tramples on sacred areas where angels fear to tread. Like Ali Mazrui said […]

In a historic referendum with far-reaching implications beyond her shores, the United Kingdom last Thursday voted to leave the European Union. The decision, in favour of Brexit, came after several weeks of acrimonious campaigns, in […]

IT was barely 24 hours before the 17 million Britons who had voted to exit the European Union began to have second thoughts. Prime Minister David Cameron rose to the occasion. Having called for the […]

At least 20 pages of an instructional book for a real estate seminar licensed by Donald Trump were largely plagiarized from a manual published a decade earlier, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The 2006 […]

Donald Trump has had a few rocky weeks on the campaign trail, and it shows in the latest Fox News Poll.  Just over half of Republicans would rather have someone besides Trump as their nominee, […]

The Federal Government on Wednesday advised the Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, to stop blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for their arraignment for alleged forgery of Senate Order 2015, used to conduct […]

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Apo, Abuja on Wednesday sacked Ali Modu Sheriff as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Justice Valentine Ashi held that Sheriff’s ascension to office was […]

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is dead. He died in Abuja on Wednesday evening. The cause of his death was however unknown, but the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of […]

Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s scathing criticism of his stance on trade, highlighting divisions within the Republican Party that threaten unity ahead of the Nov. 8 […]

U.S. President Barack Obama is tired of hearing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described as a populist. The Democratic leader, who has made no secret of his dislike for the wealthy businessman’s rhetoric, closed a […]

The dictate of democracy is that the majority, no matter how slim, carries the vote. This has been the case in a recent referendum held in Britain as to whether or not the country should […]

I am not a conspiracy theory buff, but the more I think about the recent return of militancy in the Delta region with so much vengeance, the more I wonder if there isn’t something to […]

The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to effect the federal character of Nigeria […]

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has lent his voice to the growing calls for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation, saying the sovereignty of the nation is negotiable. Speaking during a visit to PUNCH Place, […]

Hillary Clinton claimed Tuesday that the final report issued by the House Republican investigation into the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi terror attack — in which Clinton is accused of knowingly misleading the American public —  “had found nothing,” and that it’s time […]

Supporters of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump are more likely to describe African Americans as “criminal,” “unintelligent,” “lazy” and “violent” than voters who backed some Republican rivals in the primaries or who support Democratic contender […]

Can you for a moment imagine what Nigeria would be going through now if Dr Goodluck Jonathan had not gone down to defeat in last year’s Presidential election – defeat so heavy that he could […]