Politics

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 […]

Problems of a constitutional evil arose, as we have seen since 1999, especially since 2010, when a government in power made our constitution a “walking dead” and made Nigerians groan because of the destructive form […]

We were huddled in a needless suspense and tenterhook for about 120 days. Since 1914, the appointment of ministers had never generated so much heat cramp in the skeletal muscles of Nigeria. The preceding logorrhea […]

Members of the House of Representatives are intensifying their lobby for what they consider lucrative House committee positions, ahead of an announcement of committee membership by the speaker, Yakubu Dogara. Barring any last minute change, […]

Two things worry me about President Muhammadu Buhari. I wonder why he has given the most definitive directions about his administration when he is out of the country. It was while the President was being […]

There is growing and justified local and international concern about public corruption in Nigeria. But how deep is corruption in the country? Most Nigerians, including public officials, who are at the centre of corruption in […]

For a long time, Nigeria’s 2015 general elections will remain the subject of analyses by students and scholars of history and politics. As an art and a social science, politics and political analysis can never […]

Dr Bukola Saraki, long before becoming the Senate President, was undoubtedly one of the most powerful Nigerian leaders. In 1990, with just about one year post NYSC experience, he became a director of ‘Societe Generale’, […]

I HAVE always been amused by it all. I mean the anxi­ety of those who waited with bated breath for President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees. They had expected something out of the ordinary because of […]

TO HER, everybody else was a nobody. She looked down on others as if they were not God’s creatures. She was too full of herself and she went about her job – a public office […]

At last, President Muhammadu Buhari, uncharitably christened “Baba Go Slow” by his critics, has finally brought out his ministerial list albeit the first batch. After keeping the nation waiting and guessing, the Senate President, Bukola […]

ON Monday this week, VANGUARD newspaper carried a report that the National Assembly will soon commence a constitution amendment process, towards ensuring immunity for heads of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. The hint came from […]

IN my article here this past Monday entitled: Buhari And Other Ministers: Random Musings, I touched briefly on this issue but because of its increased topicality I have decided to bring it back today for […]

A mild drama occurred on the floor of the Senate yesterday when a petition against the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, was to be tabled on behalf of a group from the state […]

The first official meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the leaders of both houses of the National Assembly is underway at the Aso Rock presidential villa. The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, led principal officers of […]

Senate President  Bukola Saraki and 12 other senators may have resolved to support the confirmation of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as cabinet minister, sources said yesterday. The three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators […]

Former Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi was parrying yesterday an attempt to stop his confirmation for minister. Amaechi, who was also Director General, Buhari Campaign Organisation, was one of the 21 ministerial nominees unveiled […]