Politics

Nigeria is a difficult country to run. The sheer logistics of its geographical size and population diversity already indicate that the colonially designed and military-perfected format (that seemed to work fairly enough for a fraction […]

IRONICALLY, those who have consolidated their place on the economic ladder on the basis of access to and capture of state resources make the grave mistake to think that fellow citizens abandoned in the dungeon […]

It seems some are deemed corrupt Whose crime is a lost election While those who won the election Are not to be deemed corrupt. No sensible Nigerian will object to the war against corruption, which […]

President Muhammadu Buhari confessed last week that the judiciary had become his major headache in his anti-corruption battle. Shocking. He made his confession at a town hall meeting with Nigerians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He […]

DESPITE the attempt by his spokesperson to subtly deny and re-present what he said as reply to former President Obasanjo on allegations of corruption in the National Assembly, Senate President Bukola Saraki’s well-reported statement last […]

Nigerians have an image problem abroad which makes it difficult to emigrate to the West, but they can stay at home where their services are needed, President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted as saying by a […]

It is beyond dispute. President Muhammadu Buhari is a man of rock solid integrity. His sense of honour and high moral values are great assets to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) today. But ironically, […]

Now, it could be said that for Rivers, Abia and Akwa Ibom states, the time for politics is over. With the final judgments on the disputed governorship elections in the three states, both the political victors […]

I’ve just chanced upon an article that was written in The Will, an online publication, on January 11. It stated that the  PDP’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdulahi Jalo, “has tasked former President Goodluck Jonathan […]

On February 1, all attention turned to Iowa for the first voting contest in the presidential nomination process, which kicks the US presidential election into a higher gear. Because it is the first state, any […]

This verdict of the Supreme Court and the reasons they will give to back it up may become a turning point in how the Nigerian public will perceive the apex court of the land in […]

Once again, Obasanjo did what he does best. Adorning a toga of the conscience of the nation, he embarked on a crusade on her behalf. In a  letter dated January 13, he wanted  Bukola Saraki  […]

THESE are certainly not the best of times for Nigeria’s former ruling party, the People Democratic Party, PDP. The juggernaut’s transition from power has been so painful, almost like a junkie forcibly weaned off an […]

Nigerians from all directions, including some of our most prominent citizens, have been raising their voices to condemn the noisy agitations by some Igbo youths for a separate country of Biafra. These condemnations are proper […]

I am not one of those who think former President Goodluck Jonathan is the worst thing that happened to Nigeria after God made Satan like a lot of Nigerians think currently. Nigerians have an unusual […]

The Senate yesterday met with Service Chiefs on the security situation in the country. Last weeked,  Boko Haram strike in Dalori, Borno State killing 85 peoples. The two-hour meeting, chaired by Senate President Bukola Saraki, was […]

Milford, New Hampshire (CNN)Donald Trump on Tuesday said his decision to skip the last Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses may have led to his second-place finish in the Hawkeye State. “That could’ve been with […]

Everyone likes to enjoy and make oneself happy in a season of abundance. It’s a normal human inclination. Irrespective of race, creed, clime, sex or colour, we all have a propensity to indulge ourselves when […]