Politics

Saraki Arguably one of the most influential politician at the moment, a submission President Muhammadu Buhari recently affirmed at a public gathering. But curiously, every attempt to deconstruct Senate President Bukola Saraki has only further unveiled his positive politics and development inclination. Olawale Olaleye takes an introspective look at this …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon at the Presidential Villa. Speaking to State House Correspondents after the meeting, the former head of state said he came to welcome back the president from his medical vacation in the UK and thanked  God for bringing …

We are peeved with the media trial of the suspects of the recent communal clash in Ile- Ife because the media trial by Nigeria Police Force looks like height of affront and assault to the collective integrity and value of the Yoruba people. In this vein, as the face of …

The Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, Mrs. Ada Ugo-Ngali, fainted on Friday at the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja after being convicted of N754m oil subsidy scam by the court. Ugo-Ngali, who had stood in the dock while Justice Lateefa Okunnu was delivering judgment in a …

A foremost South West traditional ruler, the Awujale, Oba S.K Adetona, has rubbished the eight year rule of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, describing it as eight wasted years. Adetona, an ally of Obasanjo, in his book; ‘Awujale: The Autobiography of Alaiyeluwa Oba S.K Adetona, Ogbagba II’, accused the former president …

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has alleged that a cabal of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is out to destroy Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement issued by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, the governor noted that should the “APC cabal” succeed in destroying the nation’s democracy “no one will …

Ahmed Markafi The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the shameful role played by its factional candidate in the Ondo State governorship election, Jimoh Ibrahim will not be forgotten in a hurry. This was contained in a statement by the Sen Ahmed Makarfi’s faction and signed by its National Publicity …

Timi Frank The drama surrounding the suspension of the embattled deputy spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, continued with him insisting that he still remains the party’s spokesman since there has not been any convention to appoint another in his place. Comrade Frank further dismissed …

Detained former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday stunned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with a fresh revelation that he gave former Osun State Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore, the sum of N1.7 billion out of the N4.7 billion he got from embattled former National …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that the repeated allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party that ongoing corruption investigations and trials by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration are politically-motivated are baseless. Responding to a statement by the PDP which alleged that the President has disdain for the rule …