Politics

Mallam Adamu Ciroma, journalist, administrator, politician, former minister of different portfolios and erstwhile governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is one of Nigeria’s leading statesmen. Ciroma, who was third in the 1978 presidential […]

The president obviously believes Nigeria can spend its way out of a looming recession at a time we should be deliberately deflating the economy through massive cuts in cost of governance, reducing salaries and allowances […]

Nothing important happened today. Diary entry by King George 111 of England, July 4, 1776 The “mission accomplished” phrase in the title of this piece comes from perhaps the single most embarrassing statement not only of […]

If eloquence or elocution was all that is needed to prove one’s bona fides or demonstrate competence, President Muhammadu Buhari would prove a woeful failure. In his maiden media chat last week, he struggled to […]

The compelling reasons for the current roadshow seem however to be (a) the gloomy revenue picture for the coming years has unnerved the federal government and it needs a victim for sacrifice to assuage Nigerians […]

Mr. President, as one of your most loyal and faithful subjects who has nothing but the utmost respect for your person and your office, I am constrained to write you this open letter. This is […]

“Democracy lets all voices, even those against it, be heard. Democracy’s true strength is its ability to incorporate the needs and desires of a diverse population into a governing consensus over a long period of […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday named retired Lieutenant General, Theophilus Danjuma as head of a yet-to-be inaugurated committee to rehabilitate damaged infrastructure and resettle Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-east being ravaged by […]

• N3b for re-building of bombed UN complex • N3.9b equipment for State House Health Centre Combined N5billion is planned to be spent this year by government on providing official residences for Vice President Yemi […]

Fellow Nigerians, have you heard the news coming from the ministerster of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola – that former President Goodluck Jonathan constructed more roads than any president ever n the history of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday responded to criticisms on the alleged slow nature of his administration, saying he adopted the style deliberately so that he would not make mistakes. According to a statement by his […]

The Presidency yesterday denied reports that the Buhari administration had banned the hijab, Muslim women’s symbol of modest dressing. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, made the […]

INSPITE of dwindling economic fortunes of the country occasioned by falling prices of crude oil, some lawmakers, leaders and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, raised high hurdles for President Muhammadu vuhari to scale this […]

PRECEDENTS in the nation’s political history indicated that the All Peoples Congress, APC, a coalition of some opposition parties will not succeed in its bid to wrest power from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. […]

Those who still believe in Nigeria and the ability of the present government to overcome the huge challenges facing the nation must not cede the space to the naysayers. They must tackle them the same […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly has revoked the impeachment of a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Femi Pedro. The Assembly passed a vote of confidence on him as a fit and proper person […]

ABUJA—The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, reversed the verdict of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the election victory of Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri has sacked Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic Party as governor of Abia State and declared Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance as the governor […]

I AM for everybody, I am not for anybody, so rang out what became the defining words of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari at his inauguration as Nigeria’s president on May 29, 2015. It was a quotable […]