Politics

Those who voted APC into power are waiting almost endlessly for the dividends of democracy. We want clean water, affordable health care, affordable power supply, security of our neighbourhood, a competitive and predictable exchange rate […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki has become a superstar of some kind. It is not the type of stardom associated with public entertainers. Saraki is in a disheartening situation, something he did not set out to […]

I’m not greatly enamoured by the style of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). I feel there’s too much hypocrisy around it. Unlike the PDP which, we all know, was ‘sharing the money’, the APC […]

The 2015 general election may have come and gone.  What remains now are the ripple effects of that election. The election was basically a two-horse thing: on the one hand was the People’s Democratic Party, […]

SINCE his ouster from power via the March 28 presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained a rather low profile. He has minded his business and has said little that could even been vaguely interpreted […]

Last week in this column, entitled: “Jonathan’s fair-weather friends,” I said Dr. Reuben Abati, former spokesman for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was wrong to subscribe to the popular belief that a section of this country, specifically […]

The All Progressives Congress, APC, is in a dilemma over the imminent vacancy being created by the departure of its veteran spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Officials of the party are said to be in quandary […]

With five nominees to go, the Senate will today likely undertake the final lap of screening of would-be ministers. Expected to be screened to day are Prof. Anthony Anwuka, Ms Aisha Abubakar, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, […]

ELDER statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has dismissed insinuations that he betrayed former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, by reportedly saying that the ex-President lacked the political will to fight corruption, noting that he was maliciously misconstrued. […]

More money has been allegedly stolen under Goodluck Jonathan than there was money to steal. LAI Mohammed, APC National Publicity Secretary, is one of President Buhari’s ministerial nominees. When he appeared for screening before the […]

Given this opening quote, there appears an eerie parallel between the historical tragedy of the Scottish impostor king, Macbeth (as dramatically captured by William Shakespeare); and the looming gubernatorial tragedy of Nyesom Wike, the embattled […]

Such impudence is rarely seen and this final insult may represent a defining moment in the history of the relationship between the Yoruba and the Fulani in our country. Worse still, this comes barely a […]

On the last day of September 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) delivered on his promise to send a list of his proposed cabinet to the Senate for confirmation. Having taken the first step by sending […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration may have fallen prey to the political syndrome of sameness. In other words, his dispensation may well be firmly set to run on the same track as his predecessors’. Five months […]

Elections petition tribunals sitting in Abuja have nullified the election of the Speaker, Owaji Ibani from Andoni constituency and 20 lawmakers in Rivers state house of assembly. The lawmakers were elected on the platform of […]

Among his many acts of notoriety in recent memory, Nyesom Wike’s more memorable absurdity concerned the judiciary. Not the recent shellacking from the tribunal at the weekend. Of course, it was a major one as […]

HOW do you describe incompetence? Merriam Webster Dictionary defines it as “1, not legally qualified; 2, inadequate to, or unsuitable for a particular purpose; 3, (a) lacking the qualities for effective action; (b) unable to […]

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an overgrown child of circumstance. Soyinka sharply criticised Obasanjo in his (Nobel laureate’s) new book, titled InterInterventions: Between Defective Memory and the […]

“Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.” Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ,  p 181). This Sunday, October 18, 2015, of one national newspaper had as it’s lead […]

Mo NIGERIA’S former president, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, is setting up a new storefront, to be known as The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation. “I am back to work to continue to serve and dedicate my life to […]