Politics

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 […]

Civil rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, in this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE, speaks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list and other issues concerning governance Do you think the names on the ministerial list are worth the […]

Waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers was like waiting forever. The waiting game lasted the whole of 16 good weeks. Quite a good number of people became either disenchanted or disillusioned. Not only this. The […]

  The ministerial nominee from Kwara state and the National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed insisted that he deserved the ministerial nomination from Kwara state which nobody,or group of persons could deny him. […]

A ministerial nominee, Senator Chris Ngige, on Friday said the various criteria outlined by the Senate for the screening of ministerial nominees submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari were in conformity with the nation’s […]

A Patriarch of the Aladura Church, Olapade Agoro, has said that Senate President Bukola Saraki lacks the legal and moral authority to preside over the Senate’s screening of ministerial nominees. Mr. Agoro, the chairman and […]

THE National and State Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta yesterday ruled that the emergence of controversial politician, Chief Buruji Kashamu, as winner of the March 28 Senatorial Election in Ogun East was substantially […]

Tough times await ministerial nominees in the Senate on Tuesday as the Peoples Democratic Party senators on Friday vowed not to lower their guard during the screening at the upper legislative chamber. Saturday PUNCH reliably […]

The controversy over the monthly salary of a Nigerian lawmaker has finally been laid to rest with a formal disclosure of what the legislators earn. The National Institute of Legislative Studies, NILS, apparently worried by […]

IMMEDIATE past  Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is battling with cancer in London and  being investigated by UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged corruption, has asked Nigerians for a special favour. She wants […]

Rivers state govern ment has ordered former governor Chibuike Amaechi , Brigadier Anthony Ukpo rtd  and some appointees of the former governor to refund  about 100 billion naira allegedly missing from the state’s coffer. This […]