THE 2015 TRACKLIST: PDP govs battle Senators for 2015 | APC gets ready to touch up its Constitution | Someone’s not telling the truth about Ekiti debt profile | More stories

As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today. Someone’s not telling the truth about Ekiti debt profile. Nation Edo APC lawmakers get heroes welcome in Benin. Leadership APC gets ready to touch up its Constitution. Nation Court wants Taraba combatants to chill. Leadership... Read More

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October 17, 2014

Today’s Daily Brief: IBB’s son joins Niger gov race, Presidential taskforce chairman joins Rivers gov race, PDP govs meeting with Mu’azu ends in deadlock, and more

We deliver your news brief for Friday, October 17, 2014. Mohammed Babangida, son of former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, may have joined the Niger State governorship race to contest the 2015 governorship poll in the state. This is contrary to speculation that the son of the former military ruler had backed down on... Read More

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June 24, 2014

Femi Falana: The President cannot sack governors

by Femi Falana, SAN It is high time the attention of Nigerians are drawn to Sections 180,188 and 189 of the Constitution, which provide that an elected Governor can only cease to hold office on account of resignation from office, death, permanent incapacity and impeachment. When President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in... Read More

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June 8, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Governors and their juicy pensions

by Simon Kolawole The first is that governors and their deputies are, without any questions, enjoying too much at our expense. To add insult to injury, they carry this enjoyment into “retirement” If I were a former governor, I would be cursing Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State by now. He has inadvertently revealed... Read More

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June 5, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Clark, Adoke and Presidential powers

by Olusegun Adeniyi So for Clark and fellow travellers to suggest that President Jonathan can suspend three governors from office in one fell swoop is not only to carry mischief too far, it is also a misreading of the political barometre of the nation today and the dangers inherent in the course of action they... Read More

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March 29, 2014

2 governors will die before 2015 ends – Soul E prophesies again

by Zara Mustapha It appears singer, Soul E is not backing down anytime soon on his new vocation of supernaturally seeing beyond the now. The singer turned born-again prophet received a lot of backlash over his initial prophesy which gave a warning of doom ahead for singers, Wizkid and Davido. Even the seat of power,... Read More

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March 5, 2014

Who rocked the ‘galala’ dance better, Fashola or Peter Obi? (LOOK)

by Adeola Balogun The recent ‘deportation’ from Lagos of some citizens of Anambra ruffled many feathers around the country especially those of the deportees’ kinsmen. However, it seems that the saga has been forgotten and even forgiven as Governor Fashola of Lagos and Governor Obi of Anambra can be seen in this photo practicing ‘galala’... Read More

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February 28, 2014

Bukola Saraki: Jonathan must prove to Nigerians he can defeat Boko Haram

by Bukola Saraki The first, leadership, lies squarely in the hands of the President. President Jonathan says the situation will improve but this isn’t instilling confidence in the rest of his countrymen. He must now urgently provide all the necessary resources allocated by our Government to help ensure our nation’s security. The President must also... Read More

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December 26, 2013

Opinion: End game for the Jonathan Presidency

by Lekan Sote After denying some of the allegations, disclosing some positive actions he has taken, and spattered some of his own mud, he tells Obasanjo: “… You have done me grave injustice in your public letter in which you wrongfully accused me of deceit… dishonesty, incompetence, clannishness, divisiveness and insincerity.” For the moment, please... Read More

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December 25, 2013

Opinion: Neither the PDP nor the APC are Nigeria’s problem

by Enenim Ubon APC,PDP or any other party is NOT Nigeria’s problem, the individuals therein are. We should “look(well) before we leap” and avoid taking sides blindly. Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999 came with a lot of expectations from the citizens who believed things would change and they will have a better experience of... Read More

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December 21, 2013

REPORT: APC set to woo Obasanjo today

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to woo the amiable former Head of State today to canvass for support. According to investigations, the planned template for the current steamy campaign includes a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo today. The Vanguard reports: According to a report earlier published by a national newspaper... Read More

December 19, 2013

PDP begs Tambuwal to sack 37 defecting House of Reps members

The Peoples Democratic Party has appealed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to help sack the 37 members of the House who defected from the ruling party to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP argued that the affected lawmakers should vacate their seats immediately having left the party that brought them to the legislature.... Read More

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December 17, 2013

Governors gather support for plan to impeach Jonathan

by ‘Jola Sotubo The movement for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan has begun to gain momentum as some governors are said to have thrown their support behind it. Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano and Kwara Deputy Governor, Elder Peter Kisra are some of those said to be involved in... Read More

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December 9, 2013

Defecting governors maintain stance, turndown president’s overtures

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Sokoto State governor, Governor Aliyu Wamakko has insisted that his defection along with the five other governors from the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress(APC) is permanent. Wamakko declared their stand while addressing State House correspondents on Monday after a seven-hour meeting of some PDP governors, including three of the G-7 governors, with President... Read More

December 9, 2013

PDP crisis: Bamanga Tukur may be shown the way out

It has emerged that the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur may be on his way out as governors elected on the party’s platform last night asked the North-east caucus of the party to shop for an immediate replacement. This was part of the resolutions reached at the meeting... Read More

December 4, 2013

G5 Governors: Tambuwal meets with Buhari, Tinubu, others

by Adeola Balogun Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday had a meeting with the governors who crossed over to join them from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The meeting is said to have held at the Kano Governor’s Lodge in the Asokoro area of Abuja and it was aimed at fine-tuning the... Read More

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December 4, 2013

Hakeem Baba-Ahmad: ASUU strike – Mr. President, please look closely, you have no last card to play

by Hakeem Baba-Ahmad There is evidence around that President Goodluck Jonathan is toughing up his mien. He is not heeding the caution that you stop digging when you are in a deep hole. This can be explained by a number of possible reasons. One is poor appreciation of the circumstances in which he takes decisions.... Read More

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December 1, 2013

Amanze Obi: At last, the G-7 governors step out

by Amanze Obi No doubt, the Baraje group within the PDP tried its hands on relevance outside the umbrella of the original PDP but it failed severally. That was why Tukur was poised to bury the body. We have been told that after months of horse-trading, some of the G-7 Governors of Niger, Sokoto. Jigawa,... Read More

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November 21, 2013

Reps move to legalize foreign accounts for president, govs, others

by Adeola Balogun The Nigerian House of Representatives is preparing to pass a law which will allow the president, the vice president and state governors among others to legally run foreign bank accounts. The law will be an amendment to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act of 2004 which prohibits the ownership of... Read More

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November 17, 2013

“Completely false” – Okonjo-Iweala responds to “missing N50bn Excess Crude” money (TWEET)

by Chi Ibe Yesterday, Governor Rotimi Amaechi was on fire at the Governor’s Forum Retreat in Sokoto. With all guns blazing, he also hit the President’s right hand woman, coordinating minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. As reported by the Nation The River State governor said the Excess Crude Account stood at $9billion last January... Read More

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November 14, 2013

Opinion: Death of Festus Iyayi- When does the sacrifice to the Nigerian Government end?

by Ogaga Ifowodo Given the immediate circumstances of this tragic event, I call on the Kogi State Attorney-General to bring charges against the offending driver for manslaughter. I am stunned and saddened beyond description by the death in a road accident of Prof. Festus Iyayi yesterday (12 November 2013). As a student in the late... Read More

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November 7, 2013

Opinion: Why the APC should be wary of G-7 governors

by Ado Umar Muhammed As for the dialogue with the president, I wonder why the governors are still unable to see the writing on the wall. The PDP leadership and the president’s advisers have evidently decided to dispense with them. The commissioning ceremony of Sokoto State University last Tuesday provided the opportunity for notable leaders... Read More

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October 25, 2013

Dimgba Igwe: Stella Oduah should spare GEJ and tender her resignation

by Dimgba Igwe In the face of the prevailing national outrage, can Ms Oduah save Jonathan the misery of sacking her by sending in her letter of voluntary exit? That’s the least she can do in the circumstances, hiding behind no further excuses! In the acceptance letter, the president should remember to thank her for... Read More

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September 27, 2013

Opinion: A critical assessment of the EFCC journey so far

by Segun Dada Ever since, the corruption trials have not gone beyond the plea stage, some for as long as six years after first arraignment in court. Many ex-government office holders, who had been accused of corruption, are still walking the land free. Some of them are in the National Assembly making laws for the... Read More

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September 20, 2013

Opinion: The right to contest – GEJ and the Constitution

by Babayola Toungo If Goodluck Jonathan and his horde of Gulaks have honour (though I doubt they have) he shouldn’t contemplate contesting, constitutional right or not for the simple fact that he promised at four different occasions not to go for a second chance when voted for in 2011. In a suit instituted by Buba... Read More

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September 18, 2013

Opinion: The totalitarian tendencies of my president

by Olu W. Onemola On the flip side, what will it mean for us if our President does not get what he wants? If such a time were ever to come, he would be a man with nothing to lose – and when a man with nothing to lose, has nothing to lose, we must... Read More

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