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The Lagos State government has chosen not to prosecute the Synagogue Church of All Nations for criminal negligence as recommended by a coroner’s court which investigated the September 12, 2014 collapse of the church’s guest […]

Today, July 17, is Eid el-Fitr, a major Islamic festivity marking the end of the annual Ramadan fast, one of the five pillars of Islam. With the celebration holding today, it means the Eid prayer […]

 The thoughts that provoked this piece are not original to me; they are not mine, but the expression of the thoughts is mine while the conveyance belongs to the publisher of this column. It was […]

The social media is now a factor that can make or mar politicians in the world and social media has also created and aided the spread of information more than the conventional media. Information travels […]

The Great Ife Students’ Union Building (Ken Saro Wiwa Building) means different things to many people. While to some, it is a place that has produced heroes and legends; to others, it is the bedrock […]

SaharaReporters initially reported that EFCC representatives had attended the Saraki briefing. But our impression was later corrected by a press release signed by Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC’s head of media and publicity.Senator Bukola Saraki Officials […]

Something I have been reading in the past few days has left me thinking,  wondering and worrying. I refer to something in our Yoruba homeland,  something that only few of us know anything about – something from […]

Since the military first intervened in our politics in January 1966, the presidential-type Constitution they replaced the old Parliamentary-type of the First Republic with in October 1979 has been a bone of contention, not least […]

LEADING Media buying and planning agency, Media Perspectives, in collaboration with ARM, Coca-Cola, Jumia, Leadway, Mansard and Samsung has announced the launch of the Good Morning Nigeria initiative. Good Morning Nigeria (GMN) is a Corporate […]

For the All Progressives Congress (APC), managing victory at the top might prove more difficult than the achieving the peoples mandate to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Since its feat at the […]

In the run up to his inauguration, President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has been telling the nation of his plans and policy direction and one of those policies is his stated intention to resume the search for […]

For daring to invite the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Oyegun, for questioning, a police officer has been transferred from his initial post, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Fave Semali, a Deputy […]

There are strong indications that former Governors of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, and Otunba Gbenga Daniel and their supporters are heading back to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Osoba and his supporters defected from […]

For pitching tent against a political party and for the role played during the last general election, the Yoruba farmers’ group, the Agbekoya, has described the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere and the militant Oodua Peoples […]

Former Anambra State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Tourism and Coordinator, All Progressives Congress Campaign Council in the state, Mr. Chima Okafor‎, told journalists in an interactive session that political leaders in the South-east have […]

Except the five governorship candidates challenging the credibility of the April 11 governorship election in Rivers withdraw their cases from the election petition tribunal or fail to present material evidence like the one exclusively obtained […]

NO doubt about it, the North betrayed Goodluck Jonathan in the last election. The greatest ally of the North in Nigerian politics has been the South-South. Therefore, it was not asking too much for Jonathan […]

The loss of last month’s presidential re-election effort by President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to inflict major social and political changes on the Nigerian landscape, including the desertion of the once bubbling Abuja residence of […]

The signs thus far, are looking pretty positive. Pronouncements and the quality of contacts, as well as the nature of interactions observed in the camp of the President-elect, have been leaving more hope than frustration […]