Politics

As criticisms and commendations continue to trail his dramatic exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained how he arrived at the decision to dump the party to which he belonged […]

Sahara Reporters has learned of a new twist in the desire of some top officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a six-month postponement of polls in Nigeria, with several sources saying a faction […]

The Esogban of Benin kingdom, Chief David Edebiri, has come under severe criticism over a statement that the Benins will not vote President Goodluck Jonathan in the 28 March, 2015 Presidential election, but will vote […]

Explosion, gunfire rocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Okrika, Rivers state today, although casualty figures are yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. It would be recalled that […]

  Goethe-Institut Nigeria cordially invites the general public to DISSECTING DEMOCRACY, a panel on Democracy and Governance with Ayo Obe, Sylvester Odion Akhaine, Cheta Nwanze, Jimi Disu and Victor Ehikhamenor. The discussion will be moderated […]

Chief Gani Adams is the national coordinator of O’odua People’s Congress (OPC) and a member of the recent national conference. He speaks on some issues, including the postponement of the 2015 elections, the South-West zone, […]

Former House of Representatives Speaker, Ghali Umar Na’Abba is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Daily Times has learnt. Na’Abba, whose leadership of the House was […]

INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that the face- off between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan may be far from abating as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the latter would soon disclose […]

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has said he is “healthy and of sound mind”. A statement by the Director, Media and Communications, Akinwunmi Ambode Campaign […]

National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, Hajia Amina Zakari, said in Saturday in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital, that the outcome of next month’s presidential and governorship elections would be announced within […]

Two days after he spoke against President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in London, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, now at home, attacked the President, yesterday, accusing him of a hidden agenda over the 2015 polls. Specifically, Obasanjo […]

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress surely has a sense of humour. After withstanding several days of intimidation by some unidentified Nigerian soldiers around his Ikoyi home in Lagos, […]

Eight years ago, Jimi Agbaje ran a very impressive campaign when he first came into public consciousness and was contesting for the gubernatorial job in Lagos State. His jingles were catchy and his message resonated. […]

He is so passionate about tomorrow. And so, looking back, he discovered that not a healthy and solid foundation had been laid for a strong future. To him, the return of democracy in 1999 was […]

Director General, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Lady Onyeka Onwenu, in this interview with Saturday Independent Editor, Charles Okogene, speaks on the centre, its activities, and how women have fared under President Goodluck Jonathan’s […]

One thing that sets this year’s electoral campaign miles apart from the previous ones is the overflowing stream of cheap talk – call it pedestrian propaganda. One is also astonished at the creative, even if […]

On the evening of September 26, 1960, about seventy million Americans watched two men debate on a live television show. The men were both candidates for the office of President of the United States. The […]

  The National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) proposed for a postponement of the February 14 Presidential elections in Chatham House, London. His reason was for the populace to get the permanent voters cards […]

So the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decided to postpone the 2015 elections with just seven days to go? What a shame. Since January 2014 — more than a year ago — when INEC released […]

And finally, it came to pass. After a week of meetings, speculations and sliceable tension, Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday night announced a six-week postponement of the […]