Politics

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, told members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday that the leadership of the anti-graft agency did not tamper with recovered funds. […]

Unlike my father, my mother Esther Oligwe Ogbonnia hardly cares who wins or who loses in presidential politics so far there is peace. Not in 2015! Full of excitement following Muhammadu Buhari’s victory, I placed […]

I WALKED into the east wing of The Palms shopping mall in Lekki, Lagos (popularly referred to as Shoprite); only to be buttoned-holed by a man trying to sell me a Honda Civic parked inside the […]

The word “obtain” has been on my mind lately. Somehow, I had assumed, and was going to assert, that you will not find the word “obtainer” in the dictionary. Out of a sound instinct for […]

For weeks now-and it is yet to abate-social media platforms have whooped, mostly, with joy at the arrest of some people in connection with the $2.1billion arms purchase contract scandal. So have drinking dens which, […]

Given that the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states marked the first set under President buhariari and the new INEC chairman, their outcome was bound to attract considerable public interest. This is more so […]

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 […]