Governance
As all eyes are on the House of Representatives over allegations and counter allegations of budget padding, the question that has not been posed, much less answered is whether padding is exc... Read more
Could the budget palaver unfolding in the House of Representatives be more about politics than a question of rottenness in the legislative arm of the government? This is the question being p... Read more
By Daniel Yaro The theology of predestination forbids inferring the untimeliness of anyone’s death. By that theology, the life of each mortal on earth has been marked out from birth to death... Read more
By Adagbo ONOJA It is, to date, the sharpest shot, the most ringing attack on the ruling party – the All Progressive Congress, (APC). The delegitimizing impact must have been felt right to t... Read more
The first part of this special report carried the views of the four respondents whose interviews had been transcribed by press time yesterday morning. The first of the voices had been Dr Abu... Read more
Professor Mvendaga Jibo whose interview opened this online newspaper on July 26th, 2016 has protested the portion of the interview which quoted him as describing the Idoma as narrow minded.... Read more
Most students of oil or, more broadly, energy security, would stand by the claim that there is no coup, war, subversion, insurrection, grave intrigue, peacekeeping operation or market volati... Read more
Which political party should take the credit for the Abuja – Kaduna rail project commissioned last Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari? The standard wisdom has been that government is a co... Read more
What some people would call the historic power struggle between General Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida, aka IBB, has resumed in full force. Verbal missiles from each of the combatant... Read more
By The Staff It is a major conundrum in Nigerian politics that the key actors in politics in the First Republic are still the reference points in terms of substance, standards, bearing. Very... Read more
