Politics

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 […]

AS the much awaited screening of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees starts from today, Tuesday 13th October 2015, we call on the Senate to approach the exercise with the utmost sense of patriotism and be […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday sent the second list of ministerial nominees to Senate President Bukola Saraki. This is coming 12 days after the first list was sent to the lawmakers, who will begin screening of […]

FOR four months, President Muhammadu Buhari was busy in his one-man conclave spinning an elaborate mystery about the character and quality of people he would nominate into his cabinet. He stoked expectations, and speculations ran […]

Predictable public outrage has trailed the proposal from a section of federal lawmakers to move to change the constitution to include the Senate President and his Deputy, Speaker of the House of Representatives and his […]

Depending on the context, death and illness are two occurrences, which are often difficult to write and talk about. This broad challenge is made more complicated in a contemporary African context-in this case Nigerian context- […]

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, spoke to BAYO AKINLOYE and TOBI AWORINDE about President Muhammadu Buhari’s list of ministerial nominees, among other issues What do you think about President Muhammadu Buhari’s […]

Apex Ijaw body, Ijaw National  Congress, INC, yesterday declared 7 days of mourning in all Ijaw communities for the former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who died on Saturday. This came as All […]

NATIONAL Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, lambasted Senate President, Bukola Saraki, describing him as an indisciplined, disloyal and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in soul. Tinubu spoke […]

Against the backdrop of the recent kidnap of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Chief Olu Falae, Lagos lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), condemns the threats by some Yoruba leaders that Southwest would secede […]

Ogbeh, Ibeto, Sirika, Alhassan, Udoma may ‘bow and go’ Ex-Rivers governor writes Senate on enquiry  Will the Senate change its parliamentary tradition or ask ex-lawmakers who are ministerial nominees to take a bow? That was […]

A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senator from Bayelsa State, Ben Muray-Bruce, has said President Muhammadu Buhari had the right to appoint those he could work with as his ministers, provided such appointees met the expectations […]

Senators from Rivers State on Saturday insisted that they would oppose the nomination of a former governor of the state, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi. The Senator representing Rivers-East Senatorial District, Senator George Sekibo, told SUNDAY PUNCH […]

The Former Bayelsa governor, Alamieyeseigha is dead. Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is dead. He reportedly slipped into a coma two days ago and was placed on life support.

The list of the ministers has been received by various people in various ways. As usual, the areas of responsibility were not included. This was demanded in the past and would have been welcome in […]