Politics

For a long time, due to the checkpoints and traffic gridlocks these bring on highways and inside our major cities, many like me have hardly travelled. Suddenly, Buhari appointed new service chiefs who came with […]

Nigerians are angry with the senators for rejecting a pay cut as recommended by the Finance Committee of the National Assembly. Prominent opinion leaders expressed shock that the law makers are not bothered about the […]

THERE is no doubt whatsoever that the Olusegun Obasanjo presidency was wasted on a platter by all ramifications. It is also evidential that his regime was the most corrupt, as his ministers and subservient acolytes […]

PROFESSOR Pat Okedinachi Utomi has a problem. It is a huge and intractable problem. And if our guesses are right not even the gods may save him. He is damned almost literally. Pat Utomi writes […]

“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered”. That is the pithy line from the Psalmist. It is found in the very first line of Psalm 32. Behold, there is joy in […]

I make it a point of duty to be respectful of President Olusegun Obasanjo, whether I happen to mention his name in public or in private. I am sure that is part of my respect […]

They touted it as a city to be built on virgin land; a city on the hill, so to say. But not comparable to the holy city of Jerusalem, which the Bible talks about. However, […]

WHEN was the last time you read or heard Dr. Junaidu Mohammed making constructive points in the media? He calls himself the “convener” of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen (CNPAPB). When […]

Nobody said the Peoples Democratic Party would have a smooth transition from Nigeria’s ruling, to its main opposition, political party. Its leaders boasted they’d rule Nigeria for 60 years without break! With a call and […]

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 […]