In the last two months, several court orders and counter-orders had been issued against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), particularly as it relates to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra […]
As political preparations for the 2023 general elections are gradually gaining steam, the Chairman of the country’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, is at the centre […]
Elections were held in Lagos on Saturday 24 July 2021 to choose new leaders for the 57 Councils in the State; the Councils comprise of 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council […]
In recent years and perhaps since the return of democratic rule in Nigeria, no other issue has been discussed on a national scale across political and ethnic divides like the subject of […]
It was the campaign posters of Rotimi Chibike Amaechi and Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, all over the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, that brought discussions on the possible presidential candidacy of […]
When reports came in on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, that the Federal Government has re-arrested Nnamdi Kanu, it took many people by surprise. Since his sudden exit from the country to the […]
Most observers thought that the crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will not throw the party on the same pedestal as the other two leading political parties until last Thursday’s […]
Governor Bello Matawalle recently formally announced his defection to the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) in Zamfara State. Speaking at a rally in Gusau, Matawalle said that he had been nursing the ambition […]
I have been privileged to interview quite a number of world leaders in the course of my journalism career. These include President Olusegun Obasanjo, President Ketumile Masire of Botswana, President Umaru Musa […]
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Aliyu Wamakko, on 5 June 2021 challenged Southeast leaders on the spate of attacks going on in the region. In a statement, he challenged leaders of the […]
In recent times, the front burner issues in Nigeria have revolved around political restructuring. The clamour for restructuring of the federal structure dates back to the independence era. Since the amalgamation of Nigeria […]
As the Continuity Bill that seeks to criminalise the abandonment of projects by governments passes its second reading at the National Assembly, there is a growing concern on how the law will be enforced. Presently, […]
When General Abdulsalami Abubakar came to power in 1998, he set up a Constitutional Review Committee headed by late Honorable Justice Niki Tobi of the Supreme Court, who hailed from the South-South. […]
As a Septuagenarian, I cannot but feel concerned for the way our great nation, Nigeria is going. In my first decades on earth which were spent in Nigeria, I saw Nigeria as […]
I saw a video clip of a group of young Yoruba elites canvassing the creation of Oduduwa Republic. The spokesman claimed that they are not even interested in restructuring;, that it is […]
The current entanglement surrounding the suspension of a popular online platform, Twitter, seemed to have revealed what opposition politics in Nigeria is all about. It is rather regrettable that the well-being of […]
The President asked a question: Can they say that I have not been governing according to the Constitution? In the practice of law, lawyers are always delighted when such an open question […]
Governance through representation is the prevalent practice across the world today. Nigeria, like other countries, has representatives across the various arms of government. Of all these arms of government, the legislature receives […]
Undoubtedly, every right-thinking Nigerian should be concerned about the state of our nation, a country we love so much known as Nigeria. Long before now, the country has been foremost attraction within […]
The Federal Government has been urged by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, to provide an explanation as to what use recovered loot has been put under the incumbent administration in […]
