Politics

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, said only 293, 072 voters were electronically accredited for the governorship election in Rivers State on April 11, 2015.   The Commission made the disclosure at the resumed hearing […]

* Call for fresh one to address northern challenges * We wish them the best—Afenifere * They ‘re not speaking for the North –Uwazurike By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor, Clifford Ndujihe & Dapo Akinrefon […]

Ministries, agencies to compile lists of unpaid employees Labour leaders and workers are excited over a presidential directive that all arrears of salaries and allowances must  be paid. The Presidency on Monday directed Ministries, Departments […]

After a short interlude from its near implosion over the choice of its legislative leadership, the APC should be back on its road to disintegration this month with the choice of Buhari’s ministers. That choice […]

Allen Christopher Bertram Bathurst, the 9th Earl of Bathurst is a British peer whose other title is Lord Apsley. He and I were colleagues at Harrow School, the best private school in the United Kingdom, […]

After a stream of cheery developmental news, the Osun opposition, with both hands, grabbed the demon of unpaid salaries — and hard, it nailed the Osun government. It thoroughly demonised Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his […]

On the basis of rumour psychology, this writing is being sent to you, Prof. Pat Utomi, as rumour has it, at the time of writing this note from Miami, Florida at exactly 1am Eastern Time […]

At last, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, have fulfilled an earlier promise of disclosing to the public, the details of their assets which they had privately declared to the Code of Conduct […]

Nearly four months into his four-year presidency (in the first instance I guess), President Muhammadu Buhari has still not picked his team of Ministers to help bring about the change he promised Nigerians in the […]

Because many are not talking or writing about him, I’m going to expound on the self-effacing Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, today. Please, don’t stop reading as I’m sure he doesn’t seem to be an […]

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, yesterday, said the state government had earmarked over N13.6 billion to provide lunch for its estimated one million primary school pupils and improved by 500 percent the quality of […]

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the forthcoming governorship election in the state slated for November 21. Mr. Wada scrored 709 votes to beat his […]

NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has again taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress, APC and President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the economy has remained on rapid fall since the last […]

IN the first part of this article, we met Brand Buhari: a Nigerian leader reputed as “Mr Integrity”. Even his most ardent traducers are reluctant to accuse him of being corrupt for fear that such […]

PA Ayo Adebanjo, one of the top leaders of Afenifere, a pan Yoruba group and member of the defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), is a fearless nation­alist. At 87, Pa Adebanjo moni­tors every happening in […]

The euphoria that marked 100 days in office of previous administrations especially with the change of leadership at the centre was certainly lacking in the one that has just passed by. This is without prejudice […]

…in Buhari, we may be dealing with something more than the political – a complex personal psychological and cognitive problem, and a deep personal limitation and challenge. This could be a singularly Buhari complex, which […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart Abuja for Paris to begin a three-day official visit to France at the invitation of President Francois Hollande. The President will be accompanied on the visit by the […]

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East on Sunday asked Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state to fully accept responsibility for the fate of Ndigbo, especially their inability to secure any […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has concluded plans to hold a party reform conference in order to deliberate and consider the best workable reforms needed to reposition the party. This is coming at a time […]