Politics

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 […]

Folks, your parliament wants immunity! But what is the assurance that immunity won’t breed parliamentary impunity, the most violent antipode to the very concept of democracy? Can you imagine a kabiyesi parliament — a parliament […]

Forget what the objective facts are, former Governor Diepreye Solomon Peter (DSP) Alamieyeseigha, who died last week at 62 years, is a candidate for official veneration. The fact is that, in September 2005, law enforcement […]

The death of DSP Alamieyesiegha has certainly stunned Nigerians. I have been reflecting on the broad implications of the life and death of Alams, as he was popularly known. The transience and futility of life […]

THINGS  have not been going according to plan for President Buhari.  For the last four months since his famous victory, the president has been engaged with a battle royal with the very people who put […]

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, reiterated yesterday that he would not join issues with National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Saraki said while there’s been no meeting between the duo, […]

AS the Senate commences screening of ministerial nominees today, it suspended the probe of former governor of Rivers State and a ministerial nominee, Rotimi Amaechi, saying it would amount to subjudice as the case was […]