Politics

Since the assumption of office by President Muhammadu Buhari, series of challenges have become inevitable especially with the acknowledged mess left behind by the defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration. There are also some visible […]

IT IS probably a bit too early to begin drawing the One-year-in-office scorecard of the Buhari/APC government. Every discerning mind knows, should know, that the first year in office of any government, is usually devoted […]

“Hello Chuks. How are you doing? “I’m fine sir.” “Are you on vacation? I have been seeing you around since last week.” “We are not on vacation. The school was shut because there is no […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki on Friday vowed not  to succumb to calls for his resignation by Nigerians amid his corruption trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and the revelations in Panama Papers. Saraki, while […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday told Nigerians that he was feeling their pains saying that mutterings about the new administration being a scam was far fetched, saying that the one-chance scammers have been driven out of […]

The shadow battle for Republican convention delegates turns next to Colorado, where a days-long selection process will culminate this weekend — and once again, it seems Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has the edge. While Donald […]

U.S. President Barack Obama will convene a meeting of his National Security Council next week at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters to review the fight against Islamic State militants, the White House said on Friday. […]

Celebrity real estate developer Donald Trump has extended his lead nationally over Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Governor John Kasich for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. The national […]

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will speak at an event in the Vatican next week, likely broadening his appeal to Catholic voters ahead of crucial nominating contests in a series of Northeastern states. Like […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will visit China on Sunday to sign a loan infrastructure projects deal worth about $2 billion and the low interest loan is to be deployed to finance the N3 trillion deficit in […]

The U.S. – Mexican border is like a 2,000-mile roller coaster that weaves through deserts, mountains and rivers. It crosses four states, 45 cities and dips deep into washes only to rise 10,000 feet in […]

British Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged in a TV interview on Thursday that he once had a stake in his late father’s offshore trust, which was revealed in the “Panama Papers” leak from a law […]

I regret that I finally have to validate the ridiculous “Jonathanian” and “Buharist” mentality today. The truth is, I detest using such tags on people. Since the folly of political polarity gripped our country just […]

Fayose has become not just an Ekiti nightmare and a national embarrassment but also a bad advertisement for the country in the international arena. Speaking recently during an intellectual engagement, at the University of Lagos, […]

Last week Wednesday, 30th March, 2016 marked exactly one year when Nigeria boldly joined the league of nations with civilised democratic behaviour following the peaceful conclusion of the presidential election. For the first time in […]

A government or division of government (on a municipal, national/ state level) may declare that their area is in a state of emergency. It means that the government can suspend and change some functions of […]

The Federal Government, yesterday, told the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, how the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, collected salaries as the governor of Kwara State for four years after his tenure […]

Donald Trump met Wednesday with GOP strategist Paul Manafort, a huddle that suggests campaign changes could be in the works after the billionaire lost the Wisconsin primary and is facing an uphill climb to clinch […]

Donald Trump’s Republican rivals were invigorated on Wednesday by the front-runner’s loss in the Wisconsin primary and moved quickly to bolster efforts to block the New York billionaire from capturing the party’s presidential nomination. Ted […]

Last Easter Sunday, I put a call through to my brother and friend, Professor Steve Azaiki, a two-time secretary to the Bayelsa State government, who was holidaying with his family in Port Harcourt. He was […]