Buhari, is Ngige the “change” Nigerians voted for?
The long-awaited ministerial list of President Muhammadu Buhari was finally aired yesterday, and the president’s choices confirmed many Nigerians’ worst fears that his campaign slogan of “change” was...
View ArticleReality check from Shekarau
Ibrahim Shekarau, a one-time presidential candidate, who was a minister for education and governor of Kano State, injected a much-needed dose of reality to the fanciful claims of President Muhammadu...
View ArticleBuhahari begs PDP senators
A source has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on National Assembly Matters Ita Enang to beg the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators to ensure that...
View ArticleAmaechi is getting desperate
Rotimi Amaechi, the former governor of Rivers State, who has been nominated for a ministerial position by President Muhammadu Buhari, is running scared that he may not scale through the Senate...
View ArticleKayode Fayemi and Ekiti senators
The former governor of Ekiti State Kayode Fayemi, nominated for a ministerial position by President Muhammadu Buhari, may not receive the backing of the three senators from his state during the Senate...
View ArticleWill Aisha Al-Hassan dance for us again?
Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan has been nominated for a ministerial position by President Muhammadu Buhari, with the Senate expected to hold confirmation hearings on Tuesday. Al-Hassan of the All Progressives...
View ArticleFeeding the multitude in Imo State
A source close to the former Senator for Imo North and one time candidate for the governorship, Ifeanyi Ararume, said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) politician spent a week in Owerri this...
View ArticlePDP senators cut deal with Fashola and Fayemi
Senators from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agreed a secret deal with ministerial nominees Babatunde Fashola and Kayode Fayemi to give them a free pass at the confirmation hearings....
View ArticleDifferent strokes for different crooks
The current plight of two former governors of two oil-rich states in Nigeria makes interesting reading. Godswill Akpabio, the former governor of Akwa Ibom State and now Senate Minority Leader, has had...
View ArticlePatience Jonathan reacts to Rivers State (s)election tribunal decision!
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View ArticleWhat the APC means by “change”
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) campaigned on a platform of “change”. They claimed that Nigeria needed “change” from the corruption of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that “destroyed” the...
View ArticleBuhari’s “give and take” with Saraki
A source in Abuja has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari met last month with Senate President Bukola Saraki and told him that Rotimi Amaechi, the former governor of Rivers State, must be...
View ArticleForeign minister Onyeama celebrates appointment
Nigeria’s new foreign minister Geoffrey Jideofor Onyeama celebrated his elevation into President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet yesterday at the Hilton in Abuja. Geoffrey Onyeama celebrating at the Hilton...
View ArticleBuhari and the Obasanjo “roadmap” to destruction
President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have a lot of time for and getting too cosy with former president Olusegun Obasanjo. They have regular meetings and Buhari sent Obasanjo as a special envoy to help...
View ArticleGoodluck to Washington via Tanzania
Former president Goodluck Jonathan, milking his new role as a (s)election loser and democrazy champion, was in Washington’s National Democratic Institute (NDI) to talk about his role as an...
View ArticleWhat next for Kogi State?
There are unconfirmed reports that Abubakar Audu, who is the likely winner of the Kogi State governorship (s)election held yesterday, has died from cardiac arrest. Audu, of the All Progressives...
View ArticleSenate President Saraki and Speaker Dogara back to PDP?
A senator has informed us that the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara and two other All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts are secretly...
View ArticleThe INEC decision on Kogi (s)election is possibly illegal
The death of Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor in Kogi State has thrown up a constitutional crisis. Audu died after the votes were cast on 21 November, but the...
View ArticleThe Kogi conundrum
The death on 22 November of Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Kogi State, a day after the (s)election in the state, has resulted in a legal minefield. The...
View ArticleFrom Jonathan to Buhari – the “change” that never was
These are strange times in Nigeria – the strangeness of the very familiar. President Muhammadu Buhari swept into power on 29 May on the promise of “change”. It was meant to be “change” from the inept...
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