Politics

The Nigeria project cur­rently cuts the perfect im­age of one surviving on life support and reeling in the throes of decay. Corruption has taken strong hold of its jugular and insecurity wraps up the land […]

In this nostalgic evoking piece by making reference to an imaginary Nkechi (Jumoke, Halima or Blessing), depicting the Nigerian ‘anonymous woman’) who said ‘‘Me, I don’t know. I don’t care. Na Grammar. I am just […]

Chief Tom Ikimi, the National Chairman of the Third Republic National Republican Convention (NRC), was part of the process that gave birth to the opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), but now in the ruling […]

There is an eerie rendezvous between love and politics. And we have seen this in the past few months, especially in the past two weeks.  They woo, they enact rites of affection and play chivalry. […]

All things being equal, the presidential and national assembly elections will hold in five days time. There is no foreseeable reason they should not hold after the initial postponement. This is more so given that […]

Days to the country’s potentially reforming presidential election rescheduled for March 28, the language and logic of compulsion coming from the camp of President Goodluck Jonathan deserve contemplation and rejection.  In particular, the implication of coercion […]

The presidential election approaches with major party candidates in a war of character assassination rather than on issues. Those policy and performance matters taking the back seat reminds of one of the many wars Iraq […]

With eight days to the presidential election,  JACOB-OLATUNJI SEGUN,  NIGERIAN TRIBUNE,captures the happenings  within the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja From afar, one could feel the tempo and mesh of activities going […]

•Security alert nationwide •President threatens prosecution of advocates of interim government for treason The two leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential race, President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday commenced the last lap of their […]

A socio-cultural organization, Igbo Delegates Assembly, has thrown their weight behind the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, in the March 28 presidential election. Speaking at the Buhari campaign office in Abuja […]

The Southwest Peoples Assembly (SWPA) has said that moarchs in the region can not gurantee the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the polls. The group said: “President Goodluck Jonathan is not sincere with the […]

One of the arguments put forward by supporters of the status quo is that Jonathan should be allowed to serve his two terms, after all he is an Ijaw man from the southsouth, where our […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revealed how President Goodluck Jonathan repeatedly appealed to him to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, and return to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Atiku said the president pleaded […]

Apparently buoyed up by his political maneuverings which had led to a major division between some Yoruba leaders and other stakeholders, President Goodluck Jonathan who is also the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]

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 […]