Politics

“Brute force without wisdom falls under its own weight”. Horace, 65-8BC. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 63. One of the “bad” habits of professional economists is the tendency to quantify virtually everything. They develop […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is conscious he has approximately three years left in office. Even more, he is aware he has so far not quite justified his election or the abundant goodwill and trust reposed in […]

El Rufai needs to be supported for plucking the courage to strengthen the principle of democratic citizenship in a multi-religious society, without sacrificing citizens’ right to promote the metaphysics that brings meaning to their private […]

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Saturday got a tongue-lashing from the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over his recent comments on the lingering fuel […]

He speaks like somebody who has guts. To  him, no argument can dent the rightness of his position  on the Presidency of Muhammadu Buhari. Yet, he tells you he is not confrontational. He claims he  […]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump told the New York Times he would consider stopping U.S. oil purchases from Saudi Arabia unless the Saudi government provide troops to fight Islamic State. Trump’s comment on Friday was […]

Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders easily won nominating contests in Alaska and Washington on Saturday, chipping away at front-runner Hillary Clinton’s commanding lead in the race to pick the party’s candidate for the White House. […]

The political trajectory of one-time governor of Anambra State and Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, remains a riveting stuff that still awes many political watchers. Though his reign as governor was […]

Kogi state continues to herald news of perpetual misfortune. The death of its prominent citizens can be over ruled as nature’s inevitable curse to human existence. For those who believe in paranormal occurrence, the deaths […]

I have read the rather vicious and malicious tirade on the person of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Senior Advocate of Nigeria by one Dr. Junaid Mohammed […]

Republican Ted Cruz on Friday denounced an article in the National Enquirer tabloid claiming he had extramarital affairs as “complete and utter lies” and accused rival Donald Trump of being the source of the story. […]

Hello, Mr. PP”, Opalaba bellowed into the handset in response to my enthusiastic announcement of my presence in the area. There is a history behind this exchange. I had once walked into Opalaba’s booby trap […]

Last Saturday, Federal and State legislative election re-runs took place in my home state, Rivers. Many people gloomily expressed fears beforehand that the exercise would be violent and chaotic; and these fears turned out to […]

The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the processes of the award of Oil Prospecting Licences (OPL) and Oil Mining Licences (OML) to all its beneficiaries. The House said […]

With the bulk of the primary contests completed for the 2016 Presidential election, we still see continued disparity between the state of the Democratic and Republican party nominations. The two parties have had markedly different […]

  The war of words between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz heated up Thursday as Cruz called Trump a “sniveling coward” after the billionaire tweeted an attack on the Texas senator’s wife. “I don’t get […]

Fresh facts have emerged on what the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) discussed at their national caucus meeting on Tuesday. The meeting, which held at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, […]

Republicans are eager to win back the White House in 2016.  A new Fox News national poll finds both John Kasich and Ted Cruz ahead of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in hypothetical matchups, while Donald […]

U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz won the backing of former rival Jeb Bush on Wednesday as prominent Republicans overcome their aversion to the conservative senator to try to force a standoff with insurgent Donald Trump […]