Politics

•Govs, ministers, others eulogise ex-President at 79 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday lamented that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has become a toothless bulldog. He said the anti-graft agency has lost its fear […]

  All Progressives Congress’ candidate for Benue-South Senatorial District, Daniel Onjeh, tells DAVID GBABO about his efforts to replace David Mark at the Senate among other matters How long have you been a member of […]

Republican front-runner Donald Trump moved to staunch scathing criticism of his national security views on Friday, executing an abrupt about-face by declaring that he would not order the U.S. military to violate international laws to […]

Police said on Friday they were examining a knife purportedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson, the onetime football star acquitted of stabbing to death his ex-wife and her friend in the “Trial […]

A plan to block Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump struggled to gain traction on Friday as rival candidates rejected it, while Democrats reveled in the chaos they hoped would boost their chances of keeping the […]

A former Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Uche Secondus, on Thursday admitted that detained businessman, Mr. Jide Omokore, gave him some cars. He, however, said the cars, which he received over […]

US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has come under fire from rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz at a debate as establishment Republicans tried to muster some unity behind a last-ditch anti-Trump effort. The debate […]

The Koch brothers, the most powerful conservative mega donors in the United States, will not use their $400 million political arsenal to try to block Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s path to the presidential nomination, a […]

Chief rivals to U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump assailed him for shifting positions on the issues at a debate, but said in the end they would reluctantly support him if he were their party’s […]

I am Ayo Fayose. If you hit me, you hit trouble; if I hit you, you will be in trouble.”  That was Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose bragging during a February 27 victory celebration by […]

Blackmail is the new game for the ‘dealers as leaders’ in Abuja. It is a new tool for those haunted by their past. It is a weapon freely deployed by those who have been challenged […]

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has formally replied the letter the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wrote to the National Assembly on January 13, accusing the federal lawmakers of corruption, greed, lawlessness and impunity. In […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last night released the Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP), Prince Uche Secondus. Apart from seizing his passport, he was made to produce two sureties […]

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to be in a face-off in November 2016 if the results of the Super Tuesday primary elections offer any indication. Both candidates scored decisive victories, accumulated delegates and […]

Donald Trump dominated Super Tuesday, notching seven victories — four more than his closest competitor — in states from Georgia to Massachusetts on a day that marked a turning point in his quest for the […]

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of exhibiting “the peak of political 419″ by making promises without fulfilling them. Fayose said APC deceived Nigerians […]

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson signaled on Wednesday he was quitting the Republican presidential race, leaving three candidates facing Donald Trump as the party establishment struggled to find a way to halt the outspoken businessman. Carson, […]

In just over two months, we’d have had one year of the administration that was voted in on the strength of its claim to make change happen in Nigeria. Is it too early to judge? […]