Politics

There are some discernible parallels in the response of Nigerian Police and the Yoruba governors to the menace of Fulani herdsmen. The only difference is that while the former has been hypocritical, the later has […]

From the outset, the Eight National Assembly got off the wrong foot with Nigerians and it does not appear like this frosty relationship will ever improve. At its inauguration in June last year, the Senate, […]

Despite strong opposition from members of the public, the Senate has taken delivery of no fewer than 36 Toyota Land Cruiser Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) at N35 million apiece, a cost that is reportedly far […]

THE Independent National Electoral Com­mission [INEC] is, for obvious reasons, an institution of great interest to politicians, gov­ernments and different individuals and even the international community. By its primary function as the agency that oversees […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari may be facing the manifestation of the old dic­tum “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown’’. Owing to the current challenges confronting the nation, the buck stops at his table. There […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly have resolved to harmonise the ‘grey areas’ in the 2016 budget, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday. Two separate technical committees have been set up by […]

Donald Trump had a foreign policy sales pitch for U.S. voters and a blunt message for the world Wednesday: America comes first. The Republican presidential front-runner proposed a sweeping redirection of America’s global role in […]

The subject of regulating religious preaching in Kaduna State is not about to go away, certainly not with the declaration by the governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufa’i, the other day that he will not back down […]

A national teachable moment happened recently on Twitter between Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, Nigeria’s Area Father Plenipotentiary of commonsense, and Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, who needs no introduction. There is a background to that Twitter spat that […]

A civil society organi-sation, Citizens United for Peace and Stability, yesterday staged a rally at the National Assembly, demanding the “immediate resignation of Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki”. The protesters, who called themselves #OCCUPYNASS, criticised the […]

In line with the National Assembly’s resolve to meet with the executive to iron out the differences over the 2016 Appropriation Bill, Senate President Bukola Saraki last night met with President Muhammadu Buhari to reach […]

Donald Trump will sweep Tuesday’s five Republican primary contests, NBC News projects, as his GOP rivals scramble to stop him from securing the party’s presidential nomination. The businessman will win the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticutprimaries […]

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton rolled up wins in Northeastern states on Tuesday in a major show of strength and immediately turned their fire on each other in a possible preview of a […]

Even by Nigerian standards, her rise was nothing short of dizzying. Literally out of nowhere – no I take that back; from the remote back bench of the House of Representatives, where she had sponsored […]

After procuring an interim government for the people of Kogi State, it would seem inevitable that President Buhari’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN would go the extra mile to avail every […]

When Bukola Saraki defied the gods of party supremacy, scaled over all the booby traps set for him by his party, and put the crown of the Senate president on his head, he thought everything […]

A couple of years ago, Nigerian economy was growing at between 6-7%, GDP rate. This was probably due to the fact that crude oil/gas, the main export earner, attracting 90% of foreign exchange, FX income […]

In my world, a man is measured not by his ability to kill his subjects, to destroy his political opponents, to shed the blood of the defenceless, to throw the innocent in dungeons, to humiliate […]

Signs on the way to Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer’s house offer harsh words for the man who could take the helm in the South American country if its President is impeached. Posters along the […]

Ted Cruz and John Kasich are sudden allies — but they’re not friends. The Texas senator and Ohio governor roiled the Republican presidential primary late Sunday with a coordinated effort to deny Donald Trump the […]