Politics

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 […]

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 […]