Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari is not in an enviable position right now. Just a year ago, Nigerians were chanting “FeBuhari” and piling their mountains of soteriological expectations on him. In about six weeks, it would be […]

The sickening confession by Dr. Tope Aluko that in effecting what he described as a coup against the people of Ekiti, they “went into the election with 1,040 recognised soldiers and another batch of 400 […]

There is a subject which is very crucial to the well-being of Nigeria, but which we Nigerians never give the seriousness it deserves. I refer to the question whether our country should be governed under […]

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, is in the eye of the storm. But he does not appear to know that. As governor of Lagos State, Fashola was known for his stellar […]

I acted within my powers, says ex-Minister Mohammed The Senate is exploring ways and means of invoking sanctions against former President Goodluck Jonathan and some former ministers for allegedly appropriating reserved plots of land in […]

‘NSA’s payment of N400m to PDP’s spokesman legal’ FOR Ifedayo Adedipe, the counsel to Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a press statement issued by the Economic and Financial […]

Initially, the political bird of Yahaya Bello, recently sworn in as Kogi State Governor, took off with one wing. James Faleke, who the All Progressives Congress designated as his Deputy Governor, declined, and didn’t show […]

DURING his recent outing at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria met with several old timers of the ultimate Boys Club. One of those members of the club […]

In view of the milestone achieved in 2015 as a result of Jonathan’s gentlemanly departure, APC represents the worst thing that has happened to Nigerian democracy in recent times. There are so many things wrong […]

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is not one of my favourite Nigerians. For me, he approximates to what his Yoruba people call omo ita agbalagba (roughly translated as delinquent adult). I know I’m very wrong with […]

Since President Muhammadu Buhari got to office in May last year and declared a fierce war on corruption, it has been revelations galore on a daily basis. We all knew that things were very bad, […]

•APC wants to create confusion, says governor The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, yesterday raised doubts about the fairness of the Supreme Court […]

Political goods are the services, projects, and programmes, which modern nation-states are expected to provide for their citizens. They include security; laws, policies, rules, and regulations; schools and educational instruction; medical and health care; money […]

On the rule of law debate viz-a-viz the fight against corruption, Ripples has moved on. But not some reader-citizens who want to contribute their bit to the public debate now trending, to use that online […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is out in London, and the old soldier in him has not deserted him. He has literally turned a foreign visit into a theatre of war and alarums of wars. With pepper-hot […]

Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has described the statement credited to Governor Nyesom Wike that he spent $150 million  during the general election as an imaginary tale, […]