Politics

As the end of politics as we know it upon us? Put in another way, the question becomes a double-barrel poser. Is the current refugee crisis in Europe and the poor leadership response to it […]

Unlike the optimism of voters for change and enthusiasm of President Buhari to return a sense of order to the polity, civil servants and others in political office do not seem to be in a […]

Hon Dauda Kako – Are represents Mushin 1 federal constituency in the House of Representatives. He has a commanding presence in the politics of the South–west, going by his political mettle over the years. in […]

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 […]

Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Saturday debunked reports of a rift between him and the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over Thursday’s attack on the latter and other dignitaries in Ilorin. Some protesters reportedly threw […]

Nigerian workers, under the umbrellas of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have asked the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, to vacate his office pending the determination of his case […]

It was a bloody weekend in Anambra and Kogi States after deadly encounters between gunmen and security forces left a policeman and six others dead. The Anambra duel claimed the lives of three suspected kidnappers […]

Monday, September 21 was a particularly stressful day for embattled President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki. In the early hours of the day, a large number of supporters and close political associates of the […]

As speculations mount over the future of embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki, plots by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to supplant the majority All Progressives Congress (APC) and take over leadership of the senate […]

The Presidency has maintained President Muhammadu Buhari is fully committed to improve national security and succour for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs. This was contained in a statement by Garba Shehu, SSA to the President (Media & Publicity) in […]

At some point we must all learn to detach ourselves from emotions , sentiments and political pornography and focus on guilt and innocence, on objective facts and procedures Everybody wants to be seen to be […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has faced an avalanche of criticisms as regards the appointments he has made thus far.  Apart from the perceived lethargy in the constitution of his cabinet, the President has been accused of […]

Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Kwara State-born politician and, by all sense of the word, a true inheritor of his late father’s exploits in the political terrain, takes his vocation more seriously than many would have […]

The Dean, Postgraduate School, University of Lagos, Prof. Solomon Akinboye, speaks with GBENRO ADEOYE on the need by President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint credible people who can assist him to clean up the mess he […]

A former Senior Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, says he prays that the All Progressives Congress does not break up due to its friction with Senate President […]

Nigeria’s Amir Ul Hajj, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, has disputed claims by the Saudi authorities that African pilgrims were largely responsible for the stampede that caused the death of 725 pilgrims in Mecca on Thursday. Sanusi […]

World leaders on Friday pledged to end extreme poverty within 15 years, adopting an ambitious set of UN goals to be backed up by trillions of dollars in development spending. Pope Francis welcomed the new […]

The game of politics the world over can be both therapeutic and insalubrious. Its messy and murky waters are full of countless connoisseurs. Don’t dive in if you are not ready and steady. Don’t trust […]

As I contemplate the Nigerian condition or non-condition, I continue to marvel at contemporary happenings. The nirvana is certainly not here yet. Still, it is possible to discern new ozone in public life. Suddenly, public […]