When Olusegun Obasanjo became Nigeria’s president in 1999, the people celebrated. After years spent under repressive military juntas, democracy was a welcome relief. Obasanjo, a onetime military head of state had gone through the same turmoils suffered by the average Nigerian within a space of three years, three months and three days. He also understood…

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has praised the military for keeping away from the allure of political power. He disclosed this in a statement marking Democracy Day yesterday.

The contest to have Governor Ibikunke Amosun’s successor in Ogun State is already unsettling not only members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but camps of opposition parties in the state.

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has taken a new dimension as some of the party’s members who are loyal to former Speaker of the House of Representatives...

Lest we forget, the late Abubakar Audu (24 October 1947-22 November, 2015) was twice the Governor of Nigeria’s Kogi state. His first tenure was from January 1992 until November 1993 when democracy crashed again to ‘militicians’ led by General Sani Abacha.

Beyond their quest to produce the next governor, which is believed to be one of the undertones of the meeting, the forum pleaded with the governor over the alleged long-standing neglect of Yewa.

“I believe the situation is now getting clearer, I’m saying this because genuine PDP members and stalwarts will fall in and those who are being used will either go to their sponsors or find another party to go.”






Failure of the multinationals in telecoms and oil and gas sectors listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has constrained the scope and depth of the Nigerian capital market (NCM), limiting its competitiveness among the peers.

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West have met in Ibadan with a call on its two factions at all levels to unite to avoid monumental losses in the future elections.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has called on the Federal Government to urgently re-evaluate the criteria for admission into colleges of education to ensure that the best and brightest students...

By October 8, political parties in Ogun would take to the polls to determine who governs the third tier of government in the state.