Politics

A MASSIVE man; every inch a soldier, a general who had been involved in the many coups that Nigeria had suffered. There are many people who admire him; he has a reputation before now of […]

In the build up to the epoch making March 28 Presidential elections which dislodged former President Goodluck Jonathan from power, all eyes were on Bola Tinubu a.k.a Jagaban as his support which would automatically translate […]

The battle of wills rocking the leadership of the All Progressives Congress may soon be over. Multiple sources told SUNDAY PUNCHthat contrary to his public posturing of defiance, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had started […]

Former President  Olusegun  Obasanjo has pledged to   support the President   Muhammadu Buhari  administration to succeed, saying there is  no  alternative to democracy. Obasanjo spoke  on Friday at his Presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta when officials […]

The exit of the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, no doubt created a big vacuum. More than 11 aspirants are presently jostling to succeed him. They include […]

When he had an accident, President Goodluck Jonathan sent an aircraft to take him to Germany for treatment, but Idris Wada, the Kogi State governor turned it down. To him, he had confidence in Nigerian […]

One thing most of our governors are adept at is playing god. Once they get elected, they start treating electorates like servants. They become bossy. They easily forget that the people are the ones paying […]

Words they say are cheap and nothing is as sweet as beating up the weeping boy as all, including weaklings suddenly gain strength and bury their own weaknesses in the collective attack. Unfortunately, it bellies […]

Long before the snake gave birth, everybody knew the baby snake will be a long creature. That is why not many are surprised about the grudge fight in Rivers State, five months after the elections. […]

The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah, has been in the news in recent days. Many of the reac­tions to his statements on the television on behalf of the Nigerian Peace Com­mission […]

Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju was governor of Anambra State from 1999 to 2003 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview with reporters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), he faults […]

It’s not exactly on the mark yet, but it would be on September 5. President Muhammadu Buhari will be 100 days in office and the question will be, what has he done for us lately? […]

The recent visit of the National Peace Committee to President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has generated a lot of buzz from a public that has been re-energised by the president’s approach to national issues in general […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s mantra of ‘Change’ flaunts a supreme theme: that of the remarkable radical – or reformer if you like. Babatunde Fashola, former governor of Lagos State, impressively rose to become the […]

Perversive aura of power We must not grant President Muhammadu Buhari too much comfort. We cannot afford to blink or take our eyes off the ball. Not anymore; not after all the tormenting disappointments that […]

The total boycott of three books launched by former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola by chieftains and governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  has once again brought to the […]

Segun Dokun Odebunmi is a member of the House of Representatives representing Ogo-Oluwa/Surulere federal constituency in Oyo State. In this interview with GBENGA ABEGUNRIN, he spoke on the need for Senator Rashidi Ladoja, Adebayo Alao-Akala […]

Were hypocrisy felonious, jail houses in Nigeria would have no room. We all agree that corruption is the major albatross around Nigeria’s neck and we accuse everyone else but ourselves. Corruption is spoken of as […]

How things have changed. At the time of independence, they drove progress. It was by the name of the premiers of the regions, that citizens spelt relief. Not so anymore. Today, it is from the […]

The House of Representatives may be heading for another crisis when it resumes from its recess on September 29. This is because the Ad Hoc Committee on Standing Orders  raised by the Speaker , Yakubu […]