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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 the last six years. The Sultan made this known on 25 May at the zonal dialogue with stakeholders on the National Ethics and…
The assassination of a former Special Adviser on political matters to President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak has continued to generate reactions in a development that has hitherto remained controversial. Gulak was said to have been attacked and shot dead in a Toyota Camry cab taking him and two others to Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch…
Recently, agitations for restructuring, fiscal federalism, state police, amongst others, have been very loud, especially in the Southern region of the country, with 17 governors and socio-political groups including Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Afenifere clamouring for drastic changes in line with the desires of their people. Some extreme groups are also agitating for Yoruba Nation and…
The likelihood of another military coup in Mali was fast gaining momentum when everything started. This was following the detention by the military of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, who lead an interim government that was installed under the threat of regional sanctions following a coup last year August. Eventually, the military…
It was William Ellery Channing, renowned American theologian and public analyst who said that every man is a volume if you know how to read him. But looking at the personality of Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, one sees a volume in a man that is difficult to read. With him, nothing sits on…
Although the storm in Kaduna State seems to simmer relatively, the smoke dispersed by the hot dry whirlwind to every nook and cranny still chokes many even to suffocating points. Governor of the state, Nasir el-Rufai is under fire for incessant vociferous termination of appointments of workers hiding under different guises. Any case involving El-Rufai…
Benedict Ayade, former Senator and suave-talking Governor of Cross River State, is one of the few politicians of colour and aesthetics in Nigeria today. The 53-year-old University of Ibadan-trained microbiologist, and former Delta State University lecturer, who hails from Kakum in Obudu Local Government, Cross River State, first contested on the platform of the PDP as…
The bill to provide a timeframe for a President-elect to appoint Ministers scaled second reading in the House of Representatives recently. The bill seeks to, among other things, ensure that a President forms his cabinet within 30 days of his or her swearing-in. According to Kpam Sokpo, a lawmaker from Benue who sponsored the bill,…
Whenever Olujimi Kolawole Agbaje (popularly known as Jimi Agbaje or JK) emerges from his cocoon one or two years to the next elections, observers understand that he is up for a game he has played so well in the last 20 years. Anyone with gubernatorial aspirations in a major opposition party in Lagos has a…
Nigeria is going through difficult times. From the harsh economic realities of inflation to the country’s security challenges, the problems are quite inundating. The recent demise of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, and his entourage who were poised to halt some of these challenges, especially in the area of security, has equally added…
