Politics

Erstwhile Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has blamed the country’s present economic situation on the zero political will of the immediate past government to save for the rainy day. Speaking, yesterday, at the George […]

This is one of such times that I really appreciate Opalaba. He sat and walked with elders and has been instrumental to my learning a bit of their wisdom. When he once told me of […]

I have always been an optimist. In everything I do, I always see the bright side. I equally belief that there is no problem without a solution. In fact, a problem exists because a solution […]

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, Let me begin by thanking you for your letter dated July 21st, 2015. It was great to have you formally acknowledge the receipt of my book. I hope that you find […]

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has called on Chinese Government not to accede to the request of the $2 billion loan being sought by the Federal Government of Nigeria Fayose This was contained […]

Two thousand Zimbabwean opposition supporters, some holding placards calling for 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe to resign, have rallied in the capital Harare. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for countrywide demonstrations against the deteriorating economy. The […]

Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday talked up “New York values” and urged his home state voters to give him a big win next week, but his rivals warned nominating Trump could lead to disastrous […]

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders assailed each other on Thursday over their judgment and experience before a rowdy crowd in a high-volume debate five days before a crucial New York nominating contest […]

You should never ask my opinion about taking “okada”, the commercial motorcycle operator, off the roads of Lagos. Why? Because you will be asking the wrong person.  I am biased; my opinion is premeditated and […]

For Bukola Saraki, who like his illustrious father, is a successful trader and peddler of influence, nothing is impossible. He has never experienced failure.  But now buffeted by one misfortune after the other, it seems […]

Many Nigerians did not read, and most do not remember, the memo which former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar sent to the 2014 National Conference. That is a pity. I have re-read it, and I must urge […]

THESE are the worst of  times! The past week has brought into sharp focus the danger that institutions of a democratising society can become in the hands of over-ambitious individuals. This fact has become clearer, […]

What would it take for a politically exposed Nigerian to resign from office in protest of his or her averred honour? If ten trillion naira looted from the treasury was found stashed in his private […]

When a delegation of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) recently visited Senator Bukola Saraki, he was quoted by the media to have advised the north to contribute more to the Nigerian GDP. Coming from a medical […]

Senators from the southern part of Nigeria have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to withhold his assent to the 2016 budget if the Appropriation Committees of both chambers of the National Assembly refuse to include the […]

The controversy trailing the 2016 budget of the Federal Government got messier, yesterday, as legislators in the two chambers of the National Assembly, NASS, broke ranks with the official position of NASS which blamed the […]

Hillary Clinton announced Wednesday she intends to create a new “Office of Immigrant Affairs” if elected president – a plan swiftly ripped by critics as a redundant piece of bureaucracy that might be better politics […]

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday accused Donald Trump supporters of “acting like union boss thugs” in pursuit of the Republican Party nomination, saying during CNN’s town hall that they are intimidating potential Republican National […]

Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton joined striking Verizon workers’ picket lines on Wednesday after Sanders was endorsed by New York City transit workers in his fight for union support that has largely […]

There seems to be a festering stand-off between the Executive and the Legislature as President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly withheld his assent to the 2016 Appropriation Bill sent to him by the National Assembly, on […]