Politics

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 […]

INTRODUCTION Left to the President, it is clear that he would have preferred not to have anything thing to do with a group of persons to be addressed as Ministers, to join hands with him […]

Intrigues and politics that shaped the new team It is no longer news that President Muhammadu has constituted his cabinet. But the intrigues, behind-the-scenes manouvers that attended the making of the new team have continued […]

Whereas President Muhammadu Buhari has done the right and proper thing regarding last week’s appointment of National Commissioners and National Chairman-designate for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, with a view to constituting a proper […]

Are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) aware of the great expectations their intense advocacy of change in the campaigns leading to the last general elections aroused among Nigerians? Are they […]

A little way back there, it was like we were hardly going to be able to govern ourselves properly. If it was not a free-for-all in the “hallowed” chambers of our law-making elements, among distinguished and […]

The democratic experience in Nigeria has definitely been a continuing learning curve, and the more lessons we learn at various active centres: people, platforms and processes, the richer our democracy, the stronger the society evolves […]

Some members of the House of Representatives are unhappy over what they consider to be the “lopsided” distribution of standing committees of the House by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara. The complaints cut across both […]

There is palpable tension in the camp of the Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, ahead of the delivery of judgment today in the state’s governorship election filed by the candidate of the All […]

APC, PDP senators flex  muscles Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are fuming over fresh plot by their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterparts to stop the Red Chamber from approving […]