An investigation by Sunday Vanguard reveals that President Muhammadu Buhari’s preference for mostly career politicians in his 43-man ministerial list was mainly a reward for loyalty and a step towards putting All Progressives Congress, APC, war horses in vantage positions across the states. In doing that, the President was said to have worked mainly with some advisers who wield influence, as well as minor inputs from other sources. 

NIGERIANS have expressed anger at the ongoing screening of ministerial nominees without portfolios, describing it as dangerous to national development.   

The rule of law requires everybody, Presidents and paupers, to obey the orders of an independent judiciary. Those on the bench are the people designated to determine guilt or innocence once the Executive branch has done its own duty

Governor Emeka Ihedioha took over the mantle of leadership in Imo State on May 29, 2019. In this interview, he says that it is unbelievable that in Imo there is nowhere public water is running. The former Speaker of the House of Representatives also laments that bridges are built in my state without iron rods. He also says that within a few weeks on the saddle, Imo is now a preferred destination for investors.

There is a war song we sing in my warrior village, Umunakara Imerienwe in Ngor-Okpala, Imo State. The song is Anyi gwara onye shi anyi agaghi abia? (Whom did we tell that we won’t come?). Well, The Piano Teacher never told anybody he won’t be back.

We may have been naive but at that time the key people in government assured us. We came with our first 11 in order to move the government from Abacha to June 12

Ossai Nicholas Ossai is a lawmaker representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In this interview, he gives an insight into the kind of bipartisan relationship to expect from members of the House.

ROMANS 10:8-10 says, “But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”

One would have thought that nearly two months after the presidential declaration, the apparently abandoned stadium would have changed to befit Abiola’s heroic status 

IN his lead paper titled: “African Pentecostalism, civic role and social capital engineering”, a United Kingdom based historian of the University of Edinburgh and University of Bayreuth, Princeton Theological Seminary, Dr. Emmanuel Anim averred that in the face of dwindling economic and failing welfare systems, Pentecostal Churches are demonstrating increasing social relevance by redefining their public role in ways that complement basic religious-spiritual tasks.