Politics

Former military governor of the defunct Western State Vice Admiral Akintunde Aduwo has reflected on his military career, saying that he was removed from office by former Head of State Gen. Murtala Muhammed because he […]

Former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi spoke with Group Political Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU on his legacies, the crisis in the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress (APC) and people’s expectations about the Buhari Administration.  What efforts […]

Mr. Matthew Iduoiriyemwen, an aspirant for the 2016 governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was a former leader of the Edo State House of Assembly and lately a representative of the state on […]

Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju was the former governorof Anambra State between 1999 and 2003 under the platform of the PDP. He lost his bid for a second term following the intrigues that characterised the primaries of […]

Unsurprisingly, the war against corruption to which President Muhammadu Buhari has committed himself as a top priority, is threatening to assume an ethnic and religious colouration. The two colourations are equally dangerous for Nigeria’s unity […]

Barely two weeks from now, the long wait for President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list would end. Nigerians, who had been waiting with bated breath after the President’s inauguration on May 29, would be set free […]

Against my well-considered advice, President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to the United States of America on July 20, on a three-day official visit full of hopes and expectations. I had advised him in an article titled: […]

Holy Father, Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, may be cooking a profane broth that may well smudge his frock. When that broth is done, we may witness the merriest push at self-demystification in […]

“Who will guard the guardians?” This question, perhaps as old as human community, has been looking for a definitive answer  since the ancient Greek philosopher Plato placed a master-class, the philosopher-kings, or guardians, at the […]

I have been thinking about it. But I still cannot fathom the reason behind the phenomenon called the Nigerian Factor. This malevolent sidekick that stalks us like a shadow defines our national character and is […]

Everything in and about Nigeria is in a waiting pattern. Everybody, Nigerians and foreigners alike, are waiting on President Muhammadu Buhari. This pattern is a profoundly sobering lesson. It is also both a risk and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari shocked many Nigerians last October when he announced that he took a loan of N27.5m to buy the All Progressives Congress’ expression of interest and nomination forms for the 2014 presidential primary. […]

Nyesom Wike, Rivers governor, seems morphing from the wike wike brag-fest, in his unending battle with Chubuike Amaechi, his predecessor; to a seasoned “curser”, perhaps in office but not yet in power? Or how else […]

Nigeria’s game of politics is too nauseating to percuss; and its government business environment too nasty to peregrinate. For many years, I had switched off Nigeria in my head; the choice to stay back in […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has been inching forward in his three-point agenda: securing the nation from terrorists, declaring war on corruption and opening up the economy. After raising serial alarms both at home and abroad about […]

In the past week, the right to alms received a shot in the arm. It was Senator Shehu Sani’s shot at Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Sani supported almsgiving and clobbered Rufai as an anti-revolutionary. […]

Ibrahim Babangida, former military president, on Sunday showered encomium on the late Sani Abacha, who was the country’s head of state between 1993 and 1998. Speaking in Minna, capital of Niger state, during a press […]

There is a famous speech by the former British Prime Minister, iron lady Margaret Thatcher, she gave  at  her  party  conference in 1980: “If our people feel that they are part of a great nation […]