Although political office holders are supposed to take the oath of allegiance and oath of office before assuming office, recent shocking disclosures of secret oaths of loyalty taken by members of the Ogun State House of Assembly has once again placed the controversial issue on the front burner of public discourse. Nigerians from different walks of life have been reacting to the phenomenon.

ALHAJI Ibrahim Idris, the Executive Governor of Kogi State in this interview with some Journalists in Lokoja spoke about various national issues and his developmental strides in the state. He explains what his dreams are for the state in the future just as he stated that his administration has achieved more in the areas of education, housing and Agriculture. He also argued that Nigeria’s democracy has achieved a level of stability but stressed the importance of unity to make a change in the nation’s democracy. Excerpts:

EFCC legal lead counsel, Mr. Ibrahim Isyaku (SAN), had called attention to the absence of the second accused, Mrs. Okoronkwo, and said the trial could not commence in her absence.

HE is a far cry from the more flashy Leaders that preceded him. But that Senator Teslim Folarin is today fully in the saddle and deftly asserting himself as the leader of the Senate is not in doubt. As the fulcrum upon which the business of the Senate revolves, Senator Folarin has remarkably carried out his duties with a simplicity that betrays his relative freshness to the complexity of national politics.

Again, the Peoples Democratic Party is playing yo-yo with the collective aspiration of a people.  Penultimate week, the party declared that come 2015, the South East geo-political zone would produce the next president of Nigeria.  But this declaration has been causing ripples in the polity. By Henry Umoru Abuja – The highest political position an […]