Politics

Every newly-elected regime is entitled to a period of “honeymoon”: that moment of euphoria, high expectations and good wishes; people trying to curry favours, everybody entertaining the hope that the new kid on the block […]

“When Barack Obama took office in January 2009, he had an unprecedented chance to do what no other recent President could: Seize the nation’s financial reins from the corporate elite and return them to the […]

President Goodluck Jonathan is set to be appointed as a global crises envoy by the United Nations (UN), sources said on Monday. Jonathan will hand over power to the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on May […]

WITH a month to the inauguration of an All Progressives Congress (APC) federal government, the street partying to celebrate the sweeping success of the nation’s most successful opposition party in history is winding down. Now […]

Adesina Akinpelu, the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Oodua Peoples Congress is entangled in a web of crisis with Otunba Gani Adams. To him, Adams has had enough in OPC since 1994 and it […]

Gradually, things changed for General Muhammadu Buhari for good. He is no more the ordinary Nigerian of yesterday. He is now the president-elect. But that is no more news. The news now is that everything […]

After the euphoria of the celebrations and the making of history, it is time to get to the serious business of the sharing of the spoils of office. The APC decided to zone the Senate […]

Tinubu has moved on to a bigger stage. He has shown that he recognizes talents and he is not afraid to help put them in positions of authority where the talents could be put to […]

General Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s President-elect, has said Nigerians should expect change from June 1 this year, noting that his administration and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will live up to its manifesto commitment, […]

So much has been said and written about the star of this article in the grapevine, in the social media, in the mainstream media, in political circles in Lagos and much of the Southwest. Most […]

Once again the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has posted another massage on his Facebook page this time he  said that he has respect for the mandate given […]

IN spite of a court order restraining Multichoice, the operators of Digital Service Television (DStv) from giving effect to the increase in the cost of its services, the company has been collecting higher tariffs from […]

Metuh: We did not see campaign funds   Party’s NEC to meet in two weeks Chuks Okocha in Abuja 
 The defeat of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently concluded national elections is […]

Further details emerged at the weekend as to the factors that informed the decision of top bigwigs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to betray President Goodluck Jonathan at the just-concluded March 28 presidential election. […]

Senate President David Mark is allegedly plotting a sensational return to the plum office regardless of the defeat of his party, PDP, in the recent elections. Although, the PDP won only 45 seats in the […]

Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to start preparing to run again for election in 2019.President Goodluck JonathanThe Wall Street Journal The group, which held a high level […]

As Muhammadu Buhari closed in on Nigeria’s presidency, an aide to election commission chairman Attahiru Jega sent a text message to an independent voting monitor, warning of an imminent threat to the electoral process. The […]

It is exactly six weeks to May 29 today. Six weeks to the end of Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s six year presidency. This, as traditions go all over the world, is called the transition period […]

Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Inter-Party relations, Senator Ben Obi, speaks on a wide range of issues, including the recent defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]

A tumultuous celebration erupted in the Mile 1, Mile 4 and town areas of Port Harcourt on Monday. It later extended to the Ogbunabali and UTC areas.One of the APC supporters injured during election related […]