Politics

Former Minister of Transport and member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI speaks on the conduct of the general election, agenda […]

Determined to surpass his predecessor, the new Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday said he would vacate his official residence to reside at Alausa, in Ikeja in order to serve the state better and […]

As Saraki gets backing of PDP senators As elected senators get set to elect a new  leadership, Assistant Editor, Ismail Omipidan, reports on the politics and intrigues that may determine who carries the day, between […]

For the first time, first civilian Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, on Friday night, disclosed that the immediate past First Lady, Patience Jonathan, opposed the nomination of her husband, Goodluck, as his deputy […]

The immediate past President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Friday, said he had been worried about the kind of reception he would receive in his home state, Bayelsa. Speaking at a civic reception in his honour, […]

FOR the first time in Nigeria’s history, an elected president is today handing power to another elected president following an election that was, by and large, free, fair and comparatively peaceful. President Goodluck Jonathan, in […]

I am concerned because I know the whole world would be paying close attention to Nigeria that day. I worry not just because of the import of the occasion but because some of the world […]

THE Igbo stirred up controversy by the way they voted in the last presidential and national assembly elections. This has put the people in a very precarious position in the new government of Muhammadu Buhari […]

SO, it has finally arrived – the day on which General Muhammadu Buhari will become the President of the Federal Republic for the second time. The flags are out. Armed forces personnel and police officers […]

During the heady days of the Late General Sani Abacha regime, a group of patriotic politicians who defied the odds by remaining at home formed the G-34 which pressed for the return to democratic rule […]

OLATUNJI Dare’s piece, Osoba: The veteran politician at bay, recently published in the papers, was an elegant public relations stunt. Any reader without the knowledge of the politics of Ogun State in recent years will come to […]

There have been moves to settle the constitution amendment row amicably. A Presidency team led by the Attorney-General of the Federation Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), and National Assembly leaders yesterday met in Abuja on the stalemated […]

A few days ago Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s newly elected President to be sworn in on May 29, snubbed and rejected a lavish convoy of cars—including the ultimate vehicle among the power establishment, the Rolls Royce. […]

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came to a climax on Wednesday following the dramatic resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Adamu Mu’azu. He had been under intense pressure to quit […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on May 17, at a special thanks-giving church service to end his tenure as president of the country, held in Abuja, pleaded for forgiveness from those he had offended through his policies. […]

Nyesom Wike, the incoming governor of Rivers state, says he would probe the administration of Rotimi Amaechi, the outgoing governor of the state. Amaechi, who got elected in 2007 after serving as the speaker of […]

  IT is all going to happen within four days.  Four days to the great national revival and renewal.  Four days to the rejuvenation and restoration of the Nigerian economy.  Four days to the great […]

Robert Greene, in “The 48 Laws of Power” counsels that we should associate with the “fortunate” and avoid the “unlucky”. But this admonition does not apply to President Goodluck Jonathan who, right from birth, was […]

In the run up to the presidential election on  March 28, 2015, figures  obtained  from the protocol  department of the Presidential Villa indicated that more than two thousand visitors visited  President Goodluck Jonathan on the […]

As the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met last night  to appoint a replacement for the former chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, who resigned last week, there was fear that if […]