Politics

Castro on Tuesday once again did what no else in Cuba can and addressed his mortality. “Soon I will turn 90 years old, never would such a thing have occurred to me and it’s not […]

Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton rolled to easy wins in New York state’s presidential nominating contests on Tuesday, recapturing lost campaign momentum and taking big steps toward capturing their respective parties’ nominations. Republican Trump’s […]

ABUJA—After a week long face-off between the Presidency and the National Assembly, indications emerged, last night, that the lawmakers had soft-pedaled on their tough stance by accepting to review the budget.

The National Assembly is about to pass a bill that is set to kill whatever is left of our so-called over-centralised federal system. The bill if passed will be the greatest rape on our democracy […]

•Given the cloud of wrongdoing over his head, the Senate President has no moral basis to continue as Nigeria’s top lawmaker SENATE President, Bukola Saraki, pelted left and right by severe financial scandals, digs deeper […]

“Stealing, stealing, stealing, o stealing, Stealing in the name of the Lord, My father’s house of worship has become a den of thieves, Stealing in the name of the Lord …” — Max Romeo, reggae […]

Panel: you must appear on Thurs I won’t come, says Judge ‘My trial won’t disturb Senate’ Senators may have set the stage for a major confrontation between them and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) […]

The Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the action of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State for cautioning China against granting a $2 billion loan to Nigeria, as attempted […]

The leadership of the National Assembly held a crucial meeting on Monday night to take a final stance on the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to withhold his assent to the controversial 2016 budget. Investigations […]

Catholic parishioners in Vermont reportedly are seeking a federal probe into whether Bernie Sanders’ wife committed loan fraud when she was president of Burlington College — by allegedly exaggerating the amount of money the college […]

President Barack Obama has a royally packed schedule in London on Friday. Two of his meals during a stop in the British capital will be shared with senior members of the royal family. After a […]

The United States will send more troops to Iraq and will put them closer to the front lines of battle there to advise Iraqi forces in the war against Islamic State militants. U.S. defense officials […]

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders accused front-runner Hillary Clinton of apparent campaign finance violations on Monday, ratcheting up the rhetoric against his rival one day before New York state’s crucial primary elections. Sanders questioned […]

Senator Bukola Saraki began by hiding his hands in his voluminous agbada in the fashion of the Village Headmaster virtuoso known as Eleyinmi. Those were his first days as Senate President, and this column chastened […]

The senate is strangely claiming patriotic instincts in its ongoing attempt to amend the provisions of the law on the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), both creations of […]

YES, “change” has come. But it was not the kind of change most people who voted for General Muhammadu Buhari this time last year had expected. I am not talking about the economic sense of […]

  United States has agreed to repatriate to Nigeria about $480million believed to have been stolen by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and his family. But the conditions for the repatriation of […]

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has criticised the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, and other opposition leaders over their comments on President Muhammadu Buhari’s foreign trips, describing […]

The secret distribution of the first batch of the brand new 108 Sport Utility Vehicles to 36 senators last Thursday has started generating tension and ill-feelings among members of the upper chamber. Investigations by our […]

New York is famed for fashion, finance and as a skyscraper backdrop to thousands of movies. But, coming late in the primary election cycle, it usually only plays a small role in selecting the United […]