Politics

The position of the First Lady in the constitution of many countries has no mention or any clearly defined role. Gender equality activists opine that the writers of these constitutions are mostly male chauvinists who […]

Chief Edet Nkpubre is a former South-South National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He has been a consistent crusader for the governorship of Akwa Ibom state to shift to Oro Nation on […]

President Goodluck Jonathan seems to have taken personal abode in the southwest in the last three weeks. With little or nothing to sell to a people he has treated with absolute contempt in the last […]

Ten days to the presidential and National Assembly elections, the storm is still gathering for the Chairman of the Indepen­dent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega. Although, the INEC boss had declared that he […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Senator Babajide Omoworare (Osun East), who reflects on President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the Southwest to woo traditional rulers, contends that the last minute clandestine moves will not swing the […]

“THERE are too many poor people living under the bridge. Nigeria is too rich for people to be poor and Nigeria is too poor for the super upper class to be so rich. That has […]

P.U Global Engineering services is one of the many indigenous oil servicing firms in Nigeria that owes its existence to the Nigerian Content Act, signed into law by Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Today, jobs that […]

THESE are times when every statements made of political figures are read through partisan lenses. This is surely not the first time I will be making this point since the contest for the Nigerian presidency […]

By Chioma Onuegbu Group Capt. Samuel Ewang (retd) is a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, APC and a former military governor of Ogun State. He is presently the Akwa […]

For many discerning Nigerians, the recent protest by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the alleged plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to air a television documentary “to destroy the private life of […]

I had never met Gov Amaechi at close quarters until we had breakfast together, not at Government House Port Harcourt, but at our own residence at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Abuja. It was a Sunday, […]

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. .. Every step towards the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; The tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals” The 2015 general election is about […]

Former Lagos State governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to be wary of former Aviation Minister and the Director of Media and Publicity, Peoples Democratic Party […]

ONE would naturally feel proud to share the same Alma Matar with the All Progressives Congress (APC’s) gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode. It is even double in our case because we were not […]

Last week I promised I will play truant for three weeks and only reproduce my choice of the best three articles in Nigerian newspapers from the last fifteen years for their currency, beginning with last […]

Alhaji   Balarabe Musa was the Governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic. He is at present the National Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). In this interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,GABRIEL JOHN, […]

There is no doubt that the only way the Igbos apart from political accident can produce the president in the country is by zoning. If not for the sudden demise of President Umaru Musa Yar […]

I AM no politician. I have not even decided on who to vote for as my next president. As events unfold, I am sure I will be decisive by the eve of the proposed election […]

ONE month ago, the APC had whipped its supporters into frenzy in believing it is bound to win an election it really has no chance of winning. In truth, if the election had been conducted […]

IN a space of one week, U.S. Republican law makers in Congress acted most disrespectfully to President Barack Obama in particular, and the White House in general. First, it was Speaker John Boehner’s undiplomatic snub […]