By Dayo Benson On assumption of office Last May, President Muhammadu Buhari left no one in doubt of his administration’s commitment to combat the cankerworm of corruption that has eaten deep into the fabric of the nation’s polity. The President who rode to power on the crest wave of change mantra, made anti-corruption one of […]

Alhaji Balarabe Musa, a second republic governor of the old Kaduna State, is a politician of the leftist tendency. In this interview, Balarabe speaks on the state of the nation, especially the Buhari administration that is one year old and the problem of corruption in Nigeria.

Death and the condolence visits that follow are remarkable opportunities for inward appraisal and sometimes rapprochement. However, in these climes, death and the sympathy visit that follow could also lead to the eruption of hitherto political animosities. The political burst up between Governor Umar Ganduje and his one-time political leader, Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso as many would recall was triggered by the condolence visit to Ganduje on the death of the governor’s mother last March.

Let me tell you, PDP boasted that they will rule Nigeria for 60 years but some of us who were there before, we cautioned them to stop the looting that we saw going on in government. You saw the former Governor of CBN questioning some money that was due to the Federation Account. What I am trying to tell you is that we knew they were lots of leakages at the federal level as at then. As a minister, my option was not to be part of the rot. That was why I resigned and left the party. What people don’t know was that PDP never knew that they will lose in that election but God wanted to expose them in that election.

MR Adeyemi Sabit Ikuforiji, is a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, who was at the helm of affairs of the assembly between 2005 and 2015. In this interaction, Ikuforiji speaks on President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year, removal of fuel subsidy, governance in Lagos state and other burning national issues

By Emmanuel Unah To a faction of the members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, the governor of the state is nothing but a serpent who through subtle means gained entry into a house only to chase the house owners away. To another faction, he is a reformer […]

MR Austin Ilenre Emuan is an All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Edo State. In this interview, he speaks on his plans and prospects ahead of the forthcoming primaries of the party.

Not much is heard again of the coveted Ibaka Deep Seaport Project, what is heard now is Ibom Deep Seaport, what informed the change in that nomenclature?

There is confusion in the ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the investigation of some of its leaders by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the sharing of the N700 million presidential campaign funds.

Alhaji Shehu Gabam is a national chieftain of the People Democratic Party, PDP, who also served as chief of staff in the Isa Yuguda administration in Bauchi State.