Politics

Every situation produces some characters that stand out whether positively or negatively depending on which angle you stand to access it. In the last 17 years, this democracy has not failed in this wise to […]

President Muhamadu Buhari will appoint his ministers before month’s end as he promised although he believes technocrats do much of the job. In a 12-minute interview with France 24 Television during his state visit to […]

After six months of speculation, a former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday. In a resignation letter he personally signed and addressed to the […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki is likely to be arraigned on Friday before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for alleged false assets declaration, it was learnt yesterday. The office of the Attorney General of the Federation has […]

OSUN is one of the states owing workers’ salaries for several months. Like in other affected states across the country, the situation has foisted untold hardship on the workers and their families. Some of them […]

Within his first one hundred days in power, President Muhammadu Buhari has made just a few appointments. These constitute the inner circle or “kitchen cabinet” within the Presidency. They also include those in charge of […]

Those cry baby people of Southern Nigeria who (albeit justifiably) accuse President Muhammadu Buhari of skewing his first set of appointments to favour the North, or the North-West, should come to grips with reality, and […]

General Muhammadu Buhari, who was sworn in as the newly elected Nigerian president in late May, has not hit the ground running as promised. His time after four attempts as a presidential candidate came at […]

The media team of President Muhammadu Buhari may have failed to honour its promise to keep Nigerians updated through@AsoRock, a Twitter page it opened on the eve of Buhari’s inauguration. The account, which was verified […]

Members of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on non-implementation of the 2015 Appropriation Act, have expressed dismay over the handling of the fiscal plan, especially the 2015 budget and the public debt by […]

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 […]