I still cannot understand why the Director of the DSS, who was appointed by the President and who reports to him through the office of the National Security Adviser, will lend the Senate a gun to execute the head of another organ of the executive, not once, but twice
Author: Azu Ishiekwene
Show me a driver who has a complete set of valid documents and I’ll show you an officer who can find the crime. If you don’t know this then you have never been a driver on a Nigerian road
I don’t know if there is still one thing in the world, outside the US, that Trump cares about, or if our foreign minister is more concerned about keeping the US happy than being honest with his own country
On the sidelines of the retreat, another controversial subject was representation. How did honourable members who have more than one wife ensure fair representation?
fter the fall of its two chairmen, Adamu Mu’azu and Uche Secondus, the PDP machine, comprising the national caucus, governors, members of the National Working Committee and the party’s leaders in the National Assembly, all lined up behind Modu Sheriff. Femi Fani-Kayode was the notable exception
deposits in their care managed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for the country
Was it likely that Obasanjo knew more than he was letting on when he advised visitors from CAN led by Bishop Tunde Akin-Akinsanya that Igbos should prepare for 2019 one week after Buhari travelled on health grounds?
For Africa, the problem was different. If the UK had actually fired the missile at West Africa, it could have landed in Accra, Abuja or Abidjan
Ezekwesili, the Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls and former Minister, spoke in the current edition of The Interview magazine
But it happened and Obama made the most of his lemons. In a number of ways, he’s leaving America better than he met it, with jobs growing, the country cured of its addiction to oil, its economy in better shape, and its youth unleashed and innovating
It’s not enough for Buhari to sack Obaze, obviously out of panic to appease influential faith leaders, and announce that the controversial code has been suspended
Awujale is one of the most forthright accounts of the personal odysseys of a traditional ruler who through longevity and other circumstances of life has earned immortality
I’ve been shocked how many people will not say a word about Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s endorsement of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s style, because they think that doing so will offend God
When former President Mwai Kibaki started the war against corruption in Kenya, those who wanted it to fail did more than using aphorisms to fight against John Githongo, the anti-corruption czar at the time
Buhari reportedly said to Osinbajo as their convoy snaked through the wildly excited crowd: “From the look on their faces, these people expect everything to change from the first day we take office!”
‘The government announced N145 as the new pump price. Are we hurting? Yes. The hardship in the country today confronts you wherever you go. Do we need a private army to recruit us into its own private war? No’