Politics

Ayo Fadaka is the Director of Publicity, Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview with DAMISI OJO, he defends Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s policies. He also says the party will retain power in the […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretary Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, in this interview with JOEL DUKU in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, speaks on the insecurity in the Northeast, President Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade and the […]

The Senate yesterday commended its members who operate under the aegis of The Unity Forum for withdrawing the suit they filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja, in which they sought to remove the Senate […]

Fresh crisis is brewing within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the position of the party’s national chairmanship position. While a former political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, yesterday declared […]

Osogbo—Osun State House of Assembly has assured that the relief package given to the state would be judiciously administered, saying genuine workers would soon have their outstanding salaries defrayed, while the work-in-progress of public infrastructure […]

Adamawa State was thrown into confusion Friday after Governor Jibrilla Bindow swore in Aliyu Tola, a man, as the Commissioner for Women Affairs. Mr. Tola was inaugurated alongside 20 other commissioners in the state. Women Affairs […]

Edo, Delta, Abia, others expectant Workers in Kwara State  – one of the first states to enjoy the N338b Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-guranteed bailout loan – have started getting their backlog of salaries. The […]

This is a special week for President Muhammadu Buhari. Though there have been public attention  on him since mounting the saddle of government on May 29, a verdict will be passed on him and his […]

I will begin this piece by prefacing my thoughts today with the following questions about President Muhammadu Buhari, and the controversy over his recent appointments: Can a man, who was a serial presidential candidate, with […]

Whether he is President of Nigeria or King of the North, Buhari would do well to retrace his steps. The consequences of not doing so for both his government and the unity of our country […]

The Igbos have not hidden their contempt for the All Progressives Congress (APC) since its formation in 2013. The party’s image has not been redeemed among Igbos with the APC Government led by President Muhammadu […]

Whatever anyone says or thinks of him, one fact is incontrovertible about Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, CON, SAN, former governor of Lagos State: He obviously brought seriousness to the governance process in Lagos. With a […]

A former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Ndutimi Alaibe, and nine other aspirants have joined the Bayelsa State governorship race. This was disclosed by Friends of Timi Alaibe under the […]

SGF, Oshiomhole, Okorocha, Oyegun: they’re on merit Ohanaeze urges Igbo to be calm CRITICS of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments yesterday got a reply  – they are based on merit. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and […]

All things being equal, a new salary and allowances structure for public officers in the country will come into effect in a matter of weeks now. The new regime which will see to the downward […]

The Appeal Court ruled in the past week that the PDP had no case against the victory of Akinwunmi Ambode as governor of Lagos. When I heard the news, I asked myself, why did Jimi […]

EVERY Nigerian loudly proclaims  their hatred of corruption. Corruption has made majority of us poor and our country backward, with only a handful of super-rich folks, most of them crooks. We all want corrupt people […]

An army is a nation within a nation…” Alfred De Vigny, 1797-1863. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 14). President Buhari will not probe Obasanjo’s government, not because it will constitute a distraction, as eager […]

SOME ministers who served under former President Goodluck Jonathan have warned President Muhammadu Buhari to give the former president his “due respect.” The former ministers said they had observed that the Buhari administration and members […]

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have disagreed on the governor’s anti-corruption crusade and the alleged witch-hunt […]