Politics

Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy has written an open letter to president Muhammadu Buhari over the IPOB issue. My president, I bear my heart out in this letter with great respect and humility. Often times I wonder if you read any of my open letters. However, I write ...

The Peoples Democratic Party, has said the former president would not contest in the 2019�presidential election. this is coming in after claims that the former president wants to hijack the party structure in Bayelsa for his personal ambition. The Party has zoned its presidential candidate to come from the North ...

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Immediate past governor of Edo state, reacts to some criticisms against his views on restructuring. Excerpts: I am clear that we need devolution of powers and review of the Revenue Allocation Formula. Those are the two things I believe are doable and they will transfer more resources ...

“Indifference” best describes the willpower of a great portion of Africans who desire, yet slumber on their bid to untie the leash strapped on them by tyrant/under-performing leaders (most of which have overstayed their welcome with scanty and counterproductive ideas, but just wouldn’t leave), as well as the fraudulent tactics ...

Remember a tweet Rosie O’Donnell tweeted 5 months ago calling for the head of the then-FBI Director James Comey? POTUS Donald Trump just found a reason to agree with her believing that Comey should be fired, tweetint this �We finally agree on something Rosie.” As you’ll remember, the tweet was ...

A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has said that he has only one wristwatch, which he has worn for 17 years, alongside two pairs of black shoes, which he traveled in with most times. Speaking at The Platform, the flagship programme of Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, Obi ...

By Nimi Princewill In the coming year, there will be a lot more roadside thieves and ‘phone snatchers’, hence more jungle justice in 2017! There will also be more treasury looters, accompanied by more ‘prosecution’ and ‘persecution’ (it depends on how you see it) of ex-treasury looters by the current ...

As written by Dele Momodu  I have been reading about the rising profile of our former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and wish to state without equivocation that no one should rule him out of the 2019 presidential race. I first hinted this possibility about two months ago and wish ...

Ex president, Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, while speaking at the famous Oxford Union in the United Kingdom on the subject of promoting youth entrepreneurship, said it was impossible for Sambo Dasuki, the National Security Adviser (#NSA) during his administration, to steal $2.2 billion as claimed by the Economic and Financial ...

Usman Bugaje, an ambassadorial nominee from Kastina State, has rejected his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari. This is coming barely three days after Pauline Tallen, former deputy governor of Plateau state, turned down the offer as well. Unlike Tallen, TheCable reports that Bugaje was prevailed upon by top government officials ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old suspect, Tayo Adeyemi, who confessed to have been hired to kill a female hotel lodger in the Alakija, Satellite Town area of the state. Adeyemi, who hails from Kwara State, told our correspondent that he was arrested by the police after ...

Read the open letter written by Emeritus Archbishop of Lagos, Cardinal Anthony Okogie to President Buhari below Dear Mr. President, Last year, when you assumed office, the chant of “Change”, your campaign slogan, ushered you into the Presidential Villa. Today, cries of “hunger” could be heard across the length and ...

The tussle for the seat of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship has intensified as the chairman of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Dokpesi has categorically stated that he will not step down for anyone. Dokpesi reiterated his plans not to step down in a meeting with members of the ...

The poll concluded with an astonishing triumph. The next president of Nigeria was a bloke who was no model citizen. He frequently declaimed bigotry, ferocity and was utterly condescending. He pledged to the voting public that if he was elected that he would build great roads, establish stable power, regulate ...

A heavily armed man who identified himself as both Jesus Christ and the son of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe was charged Friday morning for attempting to kidnap one of the Obama family’s dogs. He was actually a crazed North Dakota man named Scott Stockert and he was arrested ...

A constitutional lawyer and founder of Change.org, Ms Carol Ajie has petitioned US President Barrack Obama, the National Judicial Council (NJC) amongst others, over President Muhammadu Buhari’s perceived disobedience of court orders. This came following Buhari’s statement during a presidential media chat in Abuja that the former National Security Adviser ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said for the time being, he remains a ‘party-less Nigerian’. Speaking to the governor of Kogi state, Captain Idris Wada (retd.) and his delegation during a courtesy visit to his Abeokuta Hilltop residence, he said party does not matter as long as one is a ...