Politics

The Senate seems to be finding ministerial nominee Rotimi Amaechi’s case a hard nut to crack. For the umpteenth time, its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions could not sit to consider the petition […]

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, who was kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen on his 77th birthday and released after paying N5m ransom four days after, has identified his abductors who […]

To its credit, the Bukola Saraki Senate did not turn itself into a praise-singing choir in the screening of the ministerial nominees presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. However, that may be the only plaudit critical […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his gratitude to Nigerians for his victory at the general elections saying he emerged winner against all odds. Speaking at The Red Media Summit in Lagos, Thursday,‎ Mr. Buhari that […]

IT HAS been said that if you want to cheat a black man, even out of his inheritance, just place the deed of assignment, as lawyers call such, in a book. The greater point is […]

It is incumbent upon Ndigbo, therefore, to place the blame exactly where it belongs. Given that President Buhari has promised to right the wrong in due course, let the current debate serve as a teachable […]

PRESIDENTS are expected to be men of their words. They do not talk for the fun of it. They speak when necessary and with authority. Whatever they say is law. They are our earthly gods […]

So many theories have been deployed to explain the fate that befell former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and former Bayelsa State Governor DSP Alamieyeseigha, the self-styled governor-general of the Ijaw Nation. Mrs Alison-Madueke was […]

As they probably would say in Benin streets, Epa Clark has moved on!  Epa Clark is no other than Pa Edwin Clark, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s proud godfather. In the build-up to the election, Pa […]

AFTER a two-day screening, the Senate yesterday confirmed 18 ministerial nominees, among them former Governors Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti). The other ministers-designate are Senator Udoma Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom), Chief Audu Ogbeh […]

FORMER Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and Mrs Kemi Adeosun were clearly the star attractions at the screening of ministerial nominees, […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday in Abuja stated that the government of President Mohammadu Buhari will not spare any corrupt person in the fight against corruption. He said: “there is always a sense that it […]

At long last, the Senate has screened most of the ministerial nominees. It was an exercise that was long over-due and this didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the populace who waited anxiously to know how […]

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed 18 ministers out of 21 nominees forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari on September 30. Earlier on Wednesday, Mr. Buhari withdrew the nomination of a former deputy governor of Niger State, […]

For four months, the anxiety was high. So also were expectations. And when the list of ministerial nominees was still not forthcoming, permutations took over. Even conmen were not left out in the emerging equation […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday fired back at critics of the appointments he has made so far. He blamed the elite for orchestrating criticisms of his appointments into government positions. The President spoke through his deputy, […]

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Ilorin yesterday upheld the election of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the senator representing Kwara Central. The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) candidate, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, had challenged the victory […]

Called up for the exercise and grilled especially over his stint as governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi challenged anyone to produce an invoice of 50 million naira bed he was accused of buying in […]

Not many of the columns posted in this space have drawn as many reactions as the most recent one (“Beyond the list,” October 6, 2015). The part that seems to have resonated the most was […]