Politics

Is it any wonder that my friend and brother Governor Nasir El Rufai once warned the Nigerian military against what he considered to be their excesses in the fight against Boko Haram and told them […]

I HAVE a huge affection for former president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, even though I can hardly explain it. I met him a few times before and during his reign as Nigeria’s helmsman but remember two […]

DURING the presidential campaigns towards the 2015 elections, many people believed that the Cambridge West African School Certificate released by the Katsina College to prove candidate Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s qualification was a “forgery”. Even […]

There is usually the belief that investors avoid Nigeria due to lack of infrastructure. This has led government and many well meaning Nigerians to always focus their thoughts on building infrastructure. While it is true […]

The Bayelsa State guber poll conjured the image of the red-blooded male. He is not distinguished by height or girth, although it helps. His distinction lies in the journey of his muscles. When shirtless, his […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of pursuing a selective anti-corruption agenda, with its chieftains as targets. In a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the party […]

The Nigerian Senate has responded to a PREMIUM TIMES exclusive report exposing its plan to illegally spend an estimated N4.7 billion on exotic cars for its President, Bukola Saraki, and 108 other members. In a […]

•N10b PDP ‘cash given to former President’s ADC, aide’  •‘I’ve no foreign accounts, company’ •‘N10b came from oil block accounts’ Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki has said he handed over the N10billion given […]

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday urged Nigerians to brace for hard times next year. Besides, he alleged that a plan to “invade” the state was in the offing. Speaking on the Kogi State governorship […]

By 2019, a plebiscite will decide just how well and how far the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has interpreted and approximated the yearnings of those who voted them into office. If the party has […]

Nobody needs to be extraordinarily bright to know that the Senate has become a source of noise designed to silence citizens who are enthusiastic about the war against corruption.  Vice President Osinbajo chose this year’s […]

I said last Sunday, that no Federal Executive Council meetings (FECs) were holding on Wednesdays and no ministers were coming out to stand in front of television cameras after the weekly meetings to proclaim what […]

“Dasuki lists ex-governors, PDP chiefs in $2b deals.” Yusuf Alli, NATION,  December 3, 2015, page 1. “Quote me anywhere, Dasuki has not done anything like that. It is absolutely untrue [underlining mine].. It is the […]

Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, on Saturday faulted the leadership style of President Muhammadu Buhari. They also expressed hope that their […]

The embattled former Minister of State, Bashir Yuguda, has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he gave a total of N600million cash to six chairmen of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee of […]

James Faleke, running-mate to the late governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 21 election in Kogi State. Abubakar Audu, has said he is unaware of any move to broker peace by […]

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says pro-Biafra activists are entitled to their agitation and should not be crucified for it. He also advised the Federal Government to look at the positive side […]

FOLLOWING the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the last Presidential election after sixteen years in government, strong indications have emerged that the ruling All Progressives congress, APC had literally caged elected officials […]

WHEN former President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Professor Attahiru Jega as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in June 2010, it was obvious to all Nigerians that he had to do a lot to […]

EVER since his first appearance or outing as the candidate of his party, the PDP, in 2003 when it did not look good or promising for anyone to doubt or dare the populist credentials of […]