Politics

ONE of the most brilliant lawyers in Nigeria, Chima Nnaji (you will see him from time to time on Channels and the African Independent Television discussing current affairs) once said: if you close your fist […]

Immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has denied claims by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State that his administration spent N64 billion to organize Nigeria’s independence celebrations for three years. However, Jonathan denied the claim, saying […]

The National  Assembly is set to begin the process of constitution amendment towards ensuring immunity for heads of the three arms of government. To also benefit from the immunity, when the constitution is amended, are […]

At the time of the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, many Americans did not know how President John Kennedy would handle the challenge until they saw the composition of his war cabinet. The names […]

There was evidence last week that many members of the 8th Senate acted in a way to suggest that they need to be reminded about the need for lawmakers in particular to adhere religiously to […]

‘Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, are those who gain riches by unjust means. When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will […]

It is Thursday, October 1, 2015. I am writing these words, this column about six hours after the event I am about to reveal took place. I had just finished teaching my last class for […]

By a larger plurality, and for the second time in months, the Senate has passed a vote of confidence in Senate President Bukola Saraki over his apparent face-off with his party, the All Progressives Congress […]

It is October 1st, Nigeria’s independence anniversary. Winter is fast approaching in Washington. It is unseasonably cold, and as dawn retreated for daylight, you could smell the sharp and biting Arctic air as if one […]

There are strong indications that ministerial nominees, whose names were sent to the Senate on Wednesday, have started reaching out to senators ahead of their screening by the upper chamber. Our correspondent learnt on Saturday […]

Senate President  Abubakar Bukola Saraki on Wednesday averted what could have been the outright rejection of the nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari who are to be screened by the upper chambre. The Senate President had read […]

SINCE President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB came to power, people have argued that Ndigbo should be punished for not voting massively for him. Some say it was a political miscalculation by the Igbos, that they put […]

After what seemed an eternity, President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) and a smattering of state governors, namely Mr Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, Mallam Abulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State and Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State have […]

Those who now scramble to fashion fitting epitaphs that adequately describe and celebrate HID’s illustrious life need not go to great lengths. Her illustrious husband already did the work himself, and spared his wife’s pensive […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to combine the role of a petroleum minister with being the President of the country is going to have adverse effects on the economy and governance, several experts said on Friday. […]

The Senate will start receiving petitions against President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees on Tuesday. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, told one of our correspondents on Friday in Abuja […]

Ekiti State Government yesterday began the construction of the multi-billion naira Airport, as it commenced the clearing of 4000 hectares of land for its effective take off. Meantime, Governor Ayo Fayose, at a meeting the […]

The immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, was on Friday arrested in London, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively and authoritatively report. The former minister, who was one of the most powerful officials of the […]

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council members came to see President Muhammadu Buhari recently. The visit was in the course of a retreat the PSC held in Abuja. The news that it had an […]

The penchant by our lawmakers to (seek to) funnel whatever they like in salaries and allowances into their pockets, has seemingly assumed some similarity in historical epoch. During the Second Republic, the Joint Special Committee […]