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 […]
There is a saying that those who live in glass house should not throw stones. The rationale for this is the dark prospect of retaliation which could be more heinous and destructive given the structure […]
When the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, in company with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, addressed the party’s faithful at the Township Stadium in Umuahia recently, he mandated them to […]
Possibly the worst year of my life was 1984. I was 10 years old and blissfully unaware of the changing face of Nigeria’s political landscape. And a rather unyielding face it was – that of […]
President Goodluck Jonathan once had a father. His name is Olusegun Obasanjo, aka Owu Chief. Father was so good to him that he schemed for him, imposed him on others, defended him against a weak […]
At last, the hour for genuine Nigerians to vote the future they desire has started being truncated. This Saturday presidential election has been pushed out of the will of the people. The desperation of those […]
Olujimi Kolawole Agbaje needs little introduction in the politics of Lagos State. The man popularly called JK, a once-upon-a-time progressive is surprisingly the Lagos governorship candidate of the conservative Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He stoked […]
All things being equal, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold this Saturday. There is no cogent reason they should not hold despite suggestions from some quarters that they be postponed due to the […]
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