Politics

Today marks the first anniversary of the Eighth National Assembly (NASS) inaugurated this time last year. It is an opportunity for self-assessment and introspection by the 109 members of the Senate and the 360 members […]

In balancing the books for the outcome of the last presidential election, three factors stood out to be counted — corruption, security and ethno-regional parochialism. Of the three, hoisting the banner of corruption and national […]

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been sued at least 60 times by individuals and businesses who accuse him of failing to pay for work done at his various properties, according to two published […]

President Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton to succeed him in the White House Thursday, saying she has the “courage” for the job and vowing to hit the campaign trail for her soon — in a […]

American voters think Hillary Clinton put national security at risk by mishandling classified emails — and that she’s lying about it. By a 60-27 percent margin, they think she’s lying about how her emails were […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday sent to the Senate 47 names of Nigerians to be screened and confirmed as career diplomats. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who read the letter containing their names […]

Emails between U.S. diplomats in Islamabad and State Department officials in Washington about whether to challenge specific U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan are at the center of a criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton’s handling of […]

The U.S. presidential election battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has barely begun but their Twitter war is on. After receiving President Barack Obama’s endorsement on Thursday to succeed him in the White House, […]

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is likely to launch a small donor fundraising effort akin to the grassroots one that powered another insurgent presidential contender, Democrat Bernie Sanders, according to two top donors who attended the […]

I never had a doubt about the capacity of Akinwumi Ambode to do well as the Governor of Lagos State. In what looked like the absence of governance in the first few weeks of his […]

It remains a puzzle of governance in Africa why those we entrust with leadership do not creditably acquit themselves like their counterparts in some nations of the world. Before our politicians get power, we are […]

The State Department aide who helped set up Hillary Clinton’s private email server asked a federal court to withhold details about his immunity deal with the FBI on Tuesday afternoon. A federal judge had ordered […]

Hillary Clinton doubled down Wednesday on claims that her personal email scandal will not hurt her presidential bid or result in an indictment, in an interview with Fox News in which she made only a […]

U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump kicked off a fierce general election battle, with Democrats accusing Trump of erratic behavior and the Republican threatening to bring up old Clinton scandals. Clinton, the former […]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had narrowed his search for a vice presidential running mate down to four or five unnamed establishment politicians, including one former rival who has not endorsed […]

Winning over Bernie Sanders supporters who flocked to his insurgent presidential campaign will be the first and possibly toughest order of business for Hillary Clinton after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee this week. […]

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has considered the idea of serving as Hillary Clinton’s running mate but sees obstacles to that choice as she prepares to endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, several people familiar with […]

The long running strident calls for “restructuring” the country, aka “true federalism,” received a big boost last week from two sources, one predictable and the other perhaps inadvertent. The inadvertent one was President Muhammadu Buhari’s […]

It is fatal in governance when the citizens begin to perceive or see their President as lying through his teeth. The earlier President Muhammadu Buhari knows this the better for him.It is increasingly becoming the […]

The Associated Press news agency has been criticised for declaring Hillary Clinton the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for the 2016 US presidential election. Clinton has 1,821 pledged delegates but the AP’s survey of so-called superdelegates […]