Politics

LET me say it, once again: I do not support the hysteria for Biafra. I am not sure Nnamdi Kanu fully understands the subject well enough to give us a picture of what to expect […]

First, we must observe that Lagos is a mega city with the associated mega-city problems similar to those you find in New York, Los Angeles, Cairo, Sao Paulo or Mumbai. It attracts all manners of […]

WHEN an organisation no longer knows what to do, it starts grappling with everything. That is when the loss of one genuine purpose leads to the pursuit of a dozen pseudo purposes. That is also […]

PERHAPS, when some people complain about the difficulties of doing business in Nigeria, they only mean private enterprises. They may mean starting manufacturing businesses with the attendant challenges of surmounting the daunting challenges of poor […]

Sometime in 2006, (I cannot recollect the exact date or month), some selected editors were invited to a suite in Eko Holiday Inn to have a parley with the then Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola […]

A week after he sounded remorseful and apologetic, Chief Raymond Dokpesi performed a somersault that had the features of a stunt. The media owner and chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national conference organising […]

At last, President Muhammadu Buhari’s much awaited “dream team” is now in place. All those who made it as cabinet ministers are expected to prosecute the All Progressives Congress’ change agenda with the singular determination […]

With the team of President Muhammadu Buhari in place it is now the hard part, as they say. All the efforts, anxieties and controversies heralding the inauguration of what this newspaper enthusiastically announced as the […]

Finally, governance will get accelerated now the President Muhammadu Buhari cabinet is virtually set. Save for the Special Advisers and some other cabinet-level appointments yet to be made, the swearing in of ministers is arguably […]

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that only the people of Kogi State will determine who their next governor will be and no one else. Addressing a stakeholders’ […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s greatest undoing was silently nursing a second term bid early in his first term. That ensured that most of his actions were dictated by the need not to offend those who […]

Since Nigeria embarked on the present democratic experiment in 1999, the National Assembly has always been quick to resort to probes of government ministries, departments and agencies at the drop of a hat. Indeed, in […]

Delight played with shadows on the face of Abraham Lincoln as he walked into a knot of reporters. “Boys your troubles are now over,” he said memorably. “Mine have just begun.” The 16th president of […]

THE mass anger among the Igbo  youth is justified as I noted in the first part of this article. But is secession or the call for Biafra the answer? The purpose of this second part […]

The Managers of our economy, have inexplicably, merely succeeded in shunting more and more Nigerians into poverty, despite our abundant human and material resources, with bountiful export revenue from oil, over the years. Thus, social […]

The role of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in stabilizing democracy in this country came under focus last week when President Muhammadu Buhari swore in its new chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and his national […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki has promised that the National Assembly will make public, the details of its next year’s budget breakdown. He spoke in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Social Media, Mr. […]

LAGOS — The Presidency has clarified that holding two positions is constitutional, as contained in the code of conduct for public office holders and has also been clarified by the Supreme Court. Being both the […]

LAGOS — Former Governor of Ogun State,  Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s allocation of key ministerial portfolios  to Yoruba extraction as a big challenge, insisting that highest level of performance is expected […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, it would seem, has finally come to the realisation that it is no more the giant it thought it was just a few months ago. From the initial arrogant posture that […]