Politics

By Jemilat Nasiru The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos says no governor has surpassed the achievements of Lateef Jakande, first civilian governor of the state. Jakande, who ruled the state from 1979 to 1983, […]

The immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, kicked against the party’s membership revalidation exercise. Oshiomhole said the exercise is unconstitutional and double registration for people who have […]

By Muyiwa Adeyemi • ‘I’m not an advocate of self-help in security matters’ For Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who turns 56 today, self-help cannot solve security challenges […]

By Kehinde Olatunji Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has lamented insecurity in the country, declaring that Nigerians will vote out the administration of All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. He said Nigerians had realised […]

By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh, Abuja As the Presidency moves to rejigging the country’s security architecture with a view to addressing the spate of insecurity, a former majority leader of the Senate and Chairman of its […]

It should come as welcome news so early in the New Year that APC is rejigging itself through its current registration of new members and the re-validation of its existing members. Coming on the heels […]

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said nobody will lose sleep if Fulani herdsmen decide to return to the North. The Northern Elders Forum had earlier asked Fulani herdsmen to relocate to the North if […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday, urged his colleagues all over Nigeria to avoid anarchy and uphold the rule of law and the right of all Nigerians to reside wherever they choose to live. […]

By Richard Elesho Even with a little more than two years to go as President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces, permutations over who will succeed Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock has resumed […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Pastor Tunde Bakare on Tuesday said although he will love to have someone from Igbo extraction as president of Nigeria, democracy which Nigeria practices is a ruthless game of numbers and South […]

By Okafor Ofiebor Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Tuesday lamented that the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC) wasted trillions of dollars without lifting the people out of poverty. Wike spoke when he played […]

Mischief-makers are having a field day discussing what they described as the ‘final return’ of former Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This started after all seven lawmakers elected under […]

A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) no longer has any unifying factor potent enough to make it retain power beyond the eight- year tenure of […]

It is almost two years to the next general elections. In Oyo State, the two major political parties, the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) are already trying to […]

For about his first time of mounting the rostrum to speak on the contentious issue after leaving office, immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the National Assembly to bow to the wishes of […]

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with a former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, in his Asoludero Court country home in Sagamu, Ogun State. The meeting […]

US President Donald Trump says his administration’s accomplishments in office were miraculous, considering the challenges they faced. Trump’s tenure ends in a few hours, as Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of […]

Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region and some politicians, including Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, have differed sharply and significantly over the continuing stagnation of the Ogoni cleanup exercise. This is just as the people […]

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has been reelected to the country’s highest office for the sixth consecutive time. Museveni has so far spent 35 years as president of the East African country. He was first elected […]

Former President of Igbo think tank group, Aka Ikenga, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, in this interview with ONYEDIKA AGBEDO, speaks on the recently concluded national election of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Uwazurike, who contested […]