Politics

Why the Igbo would be more pained by President Jonathan’s electoral loss than the Ijaw nation completely beats my imagination. It will be worth our while, this last Sunday of the year of our Lord […]

“Are you going to hang him anyhow and try him afterward?” Mark Twain, 1835-1910. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS p 85. The effectiveness of a national security organization is determined by the accuracy of its reports. […]

The mish-mash of Nigeria’s post-war history has permitted many sad revisions which in turn has made Nigerian historical studies and its statements therefrom to be lopsided, ethnic, and gnarled. We have tended in Nigeria to […]

Why Senate President Bukola Saraki needs new cars to go with his new position needs to be explained to a sceptical public. In a statement on December 13, Senate spokesperson Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi said: […]

In the manifesto that Buhari and his party waved as contract with the electorate last March, the section on Reform states unequivocally the commitment of Buhari and his party to bring fundamental changes to the […]

There was already some awareness that some evil-minded people were profiting from the colossal hardship being generated by the Boko Haram insurgency; the longer it lasted, the better for them. Little was however expected that […]

I am a fan of our former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, former President of the all-powerful Wives of African Presidents and Prime Ministers Association [WAPPA] [my own coinage]former Permanent Secre­tary in the state of […]

There are 500 Nigerians in various prisons across the United Kingdom, the British High Commission in Nigeria has said. British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, told SUNDAY PUNCH. Arkwright said, “As of September 2015, […]

•EFCC arrests son, father hooks up in hospital All is set for the commencement of the trial of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Haliru Bello Mohammed and his son, […]

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari for God to give him the necessary wisdom to find solution to the country’s economic and security problems. The governor […]

Lagos lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, in this interview, speaks on the efforts to recover the nation’s funds looted under the previous administration, saying Nigerians must own the ongoing war against corruption to make it effective. […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has urged Nigerians to use this year’s Eid-El-Maulud and Christmas to offer special prayers for the unity and stability of the nation as well as recommit their individual and collective security […]

Good. Bad. Stupid. When it comes to his choice of words, Donald Trump keeps it simple. So simple, in fact, that even a nine-year-old can get what the outspoken Republican White House hopeful is saying. […]

Itse Sagay, a professor of Law, is the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Ben Ezeamalu, he spoke about his committee’s assignment as well as the present […]

IN a recent article published in the Washington Times, Bruce Fein, a former associate deputy attorney general and general counsel of the United States’ (US) Federal Communications Commission under President Ronald Reagan, tried to portray […]

Benue South Senatorial district is currently in a political frenzy following the recent nullification of the victory of Senator David Mark at the      2015 National Assembly elections over alleged irregularities. The Appellate Court […]

President Muhammad Buhari has presented a N6.08 trillion budget for the fiscal year 2016. Mr. Buhari presented the budget Tuesday morning before a joint session of the National Assembly. In the budget, capital expenditure takes […]

Lieutenant General Donaldson Oladipo Diya (Retd) was Chief of General Staff, CGS, during the military regime of late General Sani Abacha (1993 – 1997). Earlier he served under the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari […]

FABU” is a Yoruba slang denoting an exaggerated lie.  It points to a tall tale; a gross distortion of the truth.  “Fabu” is a shortened form of the English word “fabulate,” which refers to the […]

The mind is a funny thing. In politics as in love, the mind tends to remember only the good things, the good times. You see plenty of old geezers hanging around talking about the good […]