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365 days of Buhari: PDP, A tamed opposition

365 days of Buhari: PDP, A tamed opposition

THE outcome of the March 28, 2015 presidential election and swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari as president, inadvertently, carved out peculiar roles for the two leading political parties in Nigeria.

The gains of Buhari’s anti-corruption fight,  by Prof. Sagay

The gains of Buhari’s anti-corruption fight, by Prof. Sagay

PROFESSOR Itse Sagay, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Anti-Corruption. In this interview, Sagay reviews the Muhammadu Buhari administration in the last one year and opines that a lot has changed for Nigeria. Excerpts:

Abiola, Buhari and the social democracy Nigeria needs, by Falae

Abiola, Buhari and the social democracy Nigeria needs, by Falae

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and serial presidential hopeful, Chief Olu Falae, speaks, in this interview, on his social democracy philosophy. The incumbent National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) also speaks on the chances of his party in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election.

Anti-corruption war and human rights observance

Anti-corruption war and human rights observance

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 […]

CORRUPTION: 1966-2016, by  Balarabe Musa

CORRUPTION: 1966-2016, by Balarabe Musa

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 punctures the proxy war for Buhari’s heritage

Death punctures the proxy war for Buhari’s heritage

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.