Politics

Ted Cruz, Donald Trump’s closest rival in the Republican race for the White House, named his national security advisers on Thursday, including former staffers of President Ronald Reagan and members of a think tank that […]

If a test of service integrity is conducted among our leading politicians, many will pass in flying colours – if the examiners are objective. I talk of a test that is complete in all ramifications, […]

The recent outing by Segun Oni, Obasanjo’s surrogate who was removed  by the judiciary after 42 months as governor of Ekiti state, as APC Acting National Chairman, was not only a demonstration of APC’s insensitivity […]

Fathers and the Patriots, right through to the times of deeply courageous men who were blessed with a powerful intellect and huge moral suasion like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison and Benjamin […]

Saraki: Bill should be reintroduced The Senate has been condemned for rejecting a proposed bill aimed at eliminating “all forms of discrimination” against women. The Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill was thrown out on Tuesday […]

There is confusion in ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s camp on how to refund the N3.1 billion allegedly shared by six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chiefs. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is battling to recover […]

The Senate and House Joint Committee on Appropriation has detected fresh errors in the 2016 budget, investigations by The PUNCH have revealed. It was gathered that the errors were responsible for the failure of the […]

Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned on Wednesday of riots if he is denied the party’s presidential nomination and pulled the plug on a scheduled debate among candidates, raising the temperature even more in a heated […]

My major interest in the interview was the opportunity it offered to take a measure of the president’s mindset. During his recent visit to Qatar, President Muhammadu Buhari sat for an interview with Martine Dennis […]

The electoral commission declares the candidate adjudged to have scored the highest number of votes as the winner. If there is a dispute in the counting of the votes the court is approached to give […]

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump won a crucial nominating contest in Florida on Tuesday, dealing a fatal blow to rival Marco Rubio, but lost in Ohio to that state’s governor John Kasich, setting the […]

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the scale of corruption in Nigeria and the near collapse of the oil price have severely restricted the party from immediate delivery of […]

There is a tragic déjà vu playing out in Rivers.  So please, compare and contrast. Pre-2015 general election, and the Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC), in a petition to Madam Amie Bensouda, the International […]

Nine months after, Nigerians may have found that they rejoiced too soon about the so-called Buhari Effect and its presumed impact on our public institutions. For die-hards of the Buhari administration who only a while […]

It  might, upon contemplation, be deemed a staple of Nigerian politics. But even in an era so impoverished in terms of ideas, one in which much of individual conduct is poor and there is little […]

Since the process leading to Nyesom Wike’s election as governor began, the story from Rivers State has not been a pleasant one. It’s been a story of violence, blood, and death. And there seems to […]

There has been a change in the Republican presidential race over the past few days. It may have been barely noticeable. But it is important and could have a significant impact come the general election […]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump hunted for votes in three states on Monday ahead of a crucial round of nominating contests, and dismissed outbreaks of violence at his campaign events as “a little disruption.” Trump, […]

Fresh off a surprising election Tuesday, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled Wednesday night over immigration policy, the government bailout of the auto industry and Republican front-runner Donald Trump. The face-off in battleground Florida comes […]