Politics

Bernie Sanders predicted Monday that the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could be “messy” as he pushed the party to adopt his progressive agenda, but added, “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle.” […]

Hillary Clinton, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, turned down on Monday an invitation by Fox News to debate rival Bernie Sanders in California, despite having agreed previously to a debate […]

Femi Adesina opens his latest interview with Punch newspaper with these words: “It is mendacious to say that in the last one year, what Nigerians have been experiencing is suffering. It is not true.” Something […]

About this time last year, I wrote a two-part article on what I called my “Change wish list” which I expected the then President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to consider in focusing on governance. I wish here […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, justified last Saturday’s removal of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the Port Harcourt convention, saying the party under the erstwhile […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, has called for the restructuring of the country with a view to returning the country to regional government as practised during the First Republic. This, he argued, […]

Heavily armed policemen have taken over the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja. This step, which was noticed on Sunday, was said to have been carried out by the police to prevent […]

A California lawyer reportedly is asking a federal judge to extend voter registration past the Monday deadline, alleging the state’s rules on the June 7 presidential primary is causing widespread confusion. The presidential contests are […]

Hillary Clinton on Sunday effectively dismissed her two remaining White House rivals, suggesting that she’s better “vetted and tested” than Democratic primary opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders and that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is only […]

Two polls released Sunday show Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton tied with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in a likely general election race, after having a double-digit lead just months ago. Clinton leads Trump 46-to-43 […]

The presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president boasted about the size of his 104-page financial disclosure statement filed this week with the Federal Election Commission. It may be HUGE, but what’s the upside of flaunting […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is due in Lagos tomorrow at the start of a two day working visit to the state, Information and Strategy Commissioner, Steve Ayorinde, announced yesterday. It is the first by a sitting […]

A plot by some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and a flurry of text messages triggered the revolt that led to the removal of the  National Chairman of the party, […]

By now, I expect Donald Trump, who wants to be our president, to voice whatever acerbic thought he has. He has called Mexicans “rapists” and “anchor babies.” He has used adjectives such as “bimbo” and […]

A pair of new polls out this weekend show the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and his likely Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton are both viewed unfavorably by more than half of U.S. voters. In a […]

Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of pandering to the gun lobby in a speech to a conference Saturday, organized by the Trayvon Martin Foundation to help families of gun violence victims, warning the audience about […]

The crisis within the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is far from over, with Ali Modu Sheriff claiming he remained the national chairman of the party, despite being sacked by a national convention. […]

In an addendum to my piece titled, ‘Between the PDP and its Judases’ published on May 23, last year, I had argued that: “Some persons derisively describe PDP’s major lingering ailment as Eedi Ajatuka – a Yoruba description that connotes […]

Fellow Nigerians, let me start today’s epistle by saying time flies indeed. Over a year ago, the dream of Major General Muhammadu Buhari to return to power, after being toppled in a military coup by […]