Politics

Akure—THE opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State and the state government, yesterday, bickered over Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s request for a N7 billion loan to complete ongoing projects in the state. Lawmakers in the […]

BENIN—GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, said  that he will take all the files containing alleged fraud perpetrated during the tenure of former governor of the state, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, to Abuja next week […]

Senators Ahmad Lawan and George Akume, who were favoured by the All Progressives Congress to emerge as the Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively at the June 9 inauguration of the Senate, walked out […]

Tinubu urges cabinet members to be creative President Muhammadu Buhari did not assign key portfolios to some ministers following security reports, it was learnt yesterday. He placed priority on expertise and performance in assigning portfolios […]

ABUJA —President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assigned portfolios to the 36 new ministers with former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and former Governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi emerging as the administration’s point men […]

This week, perhaps on this very Wednesday that you are reading this, President Muhammadu Buhari would assign portfolios to the ones that must be considered lucky of the 36 ministers-designate. There have been media reports […]

In the last few weeks, the country has been under severe threat by those agitating for the sovereign state of Biafra. For years, the arrowhead of the agitation has been the Movement for the Actualisation […]

Almost 20 years ago to this day, the Nigerian state unravelled in a very bad way. On November 10, 1995, Kenule Saro-Wiwa was killed through a kangaroo trial. I continue to be fascinated by the […]

Society must protect the robbed from the robber. – Martin Luther King Jr. Consider this: What would happen if hundreds of thousands of Nigerians charged with crimes refused to go to trial and insisted that […]

Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged Senate President Bukola Saraki to stop attending the sittings of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) with other senators. The frontline lawyer noted that it was illegal and […]

The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, has said that it will continue with the planned probe of the ex-Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, despite his sack by President Muhammadu […]

•It’s not true, says Chief Whip Doguwa An All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker representing Katsina Federal Constituency, Ahmed Baba Kaita, yesterday alleged that there were plans to remove the Majority Leader of the House of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has asked Nigerians to forgive the party for its inability to meet their yearnings in the past 16 years. The party also said that fielding former President Goodluck Jonathan as the […]

In the weeks, leading up to the just concluded Nigerian Presidential elections, I recall having breakfast at the Sheraton hotel in Abuja with a very senior Fulani member of the APC. To my mind, he […]

Tomorrow, after five months of tortuous delay, the ministers-designate would assume office as President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurates the Federal Executive Council. The formation of Buhari’s cabinet has been unduly long, the process of nomination and […]

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, now harried to perform or bounce, may well ponder the gubernatorial history of Lagos. Two cases, one ending in peril; the other in glory, but both boasting no sparkling starts, should capture […]

Pastor Tunde Bakare  is a friend of the Buhari administration; an unusual role for a man who normally thrives as an opponent of governments.   Apologetically comparing the Buhari government to that of Goodluck Jonathan, Bakare […]

Jane had been married to David for five years. Things were so-so for her. Then, John came telling her that she was not being treated well by her husband. He promised her a completely new […]

ABUJA — The Commonwealth of Nations has appointed Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, as a Special Representative to peacefully resolve the political stalemate in the semi-independent island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. He had earlier led the […]

Ahead of the Wednesday inauguration of his ministers and allocation of portfolios, President Muhammadu Buhari has started moves to forestall friction among the ministers,The PUNCH has learnt. Buhari had at two different fora said because […]