Politics

Governor Ayo Fayose’s recent letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping, advising the Beijing authorities not to grant the $2 billion trading loan to Nigeria, has continued to generate fierce criticisms. First, Fayose sent a letter […]

Two critical issues generated considerable interest in the polity in the past week: the menace of Fulani herdsmen and the insolvency of the states. For months now, the herdsmen have been on the prowl across […]

Last week I wrote an essay titled ‘The Road To Kigali’ which was widely published. The callous response of the northern governors to the horrendous events in Enugu has compelled me to write this contribution […]

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has described Governor Ayodele Fayose as an ingrate for saying that he would not support him (George) to become the national chairman […]

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has battled allegations his entire presidential campaign that he is ineligible to run for the White House because he was born outside the U.S. While the most vocal critic has been […]

Hillary Clinton, even if she can secure the Democratic nomination in the coming weeks, will have to do more than just make peace with Bernie Sanders’ supporters. She’ll need to persuade his true believers they […]

U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton met with coal and steel workers in the Appalachian region on Monday in an effort to win over blue-collar voters in a part of the country with strong support for […]

Pakistan angrily criticized Donald Trump, frontrunner for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination, for saying he would force the country to free a jailed Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda […]

ABUJA—Three weeks to first anniversary of the present government, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that how be became the running mate to President Mohammadu Buhari, saying his disposition to fight corruption in […]

SOMETIMES when you examine the way things are done in this country, especially at the level of government, you get this feeling that Nigeria is a huge circus stage where acts of inanity are elevated […]

In a Presidential system of government, political theorists have long propounded that separation of power is the chess game at the political arena. It is a known fact that the executive, the legislature and the […]

Nigeria is adrift and beset with monumental challenges. Sadly, and painfully too, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government appears not to realise the magnitude of the challenge. No one seems to be in charge despite the […]

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General,  Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has described the killings during attacks on communities of Agatu in Benue state, Nnibo in Enugu State and some parts of Nasarawa […]

A former Minister for National Planning, Rasheed Gbadamosi, bought two luxury penthouses worth $2.6m in Panama in 2008 while serving as the Chairman of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, according to leaked data from […]

Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz significantly trail the front-runners in their respective Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, but both said Sunday they will stay in their races until the end, even amid bad news […]

Donald Trump on Sunday compared the U.S.’s trade deficit with China, which he regularly laments and vows to tackle as president, to rape. “We can’t continue to allow China to rape our country, and that’s […]

Hundreds of people marched through Los Angeles on Sunday in a May Day rally that took aim at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for his anti-illegal immigration platform that includes building a wall along the […]

Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday’s contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz. […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) won the 2015 Presidential elections in Nigeria because the party promised to bring about positive change in governance. Before the elections, it was generally agreed that corruption was the nation’s […]

One thing that has remained amazing about Nigeria in my adulthood is the country’s readiness to create tension and distraction from the most important job at hand for the country’s political and administrative leaders. If […]