The Role of Nigerian Media in Nation-Building (I)
It is fairly axiomatic that in any democracy, the media plays an indispensable role in creating, moulding and reflecting public opinion. Edmund Burke, the Irish-born philosopher and politician was said…
APC In Disarray As Saraki Denies Supporting PDP Agenda
The crisis of confidence in the All Progressives Congress (APC) resulting from the emergence of Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives…
Senate Presidency: A Second Look At Sarakism
The emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the nation’s Senate President has pointed glooming and dooming parts for the vanquished nation. By their ascendant – Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu and…
Kidnapped Cleric will be Freed, Fayose Assures
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has described the kidnapping of a Catholic Priest, Father Emmanuel Akingbade in Ido-Ekiti as a challenge to the state. However he gave assurance that efforts…
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu Snubs Saraki at Swearing-in
In what was interpreted by many as registering her displeasure with the new Senate president, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday, Senator Oluremi Tinubu representing Lagos Central refused to shake hands with…
APC,Buhari Differ on National Assembly Leadership
Today is indeed a sad day for leaders of All Peoples Congress (APC) whose attempt to muscle their cronies into leadership of the National Assembly failed woefully. Consequently the party…
Editorial: The Leadership Hold-up in the National Assembly
If Nigerians ever thought that nobility found its way into the nation’s high offices with the conduct of the last general elections, the unfolding drama in the National Assembly, has…
My Emergence As Senate Presidency Strengthens Democracy – Saraki
New Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday thanked his colleagues for electing him as the President of the eighth Senate saying their decision adds to democracy. He said this in…
APC Rejects Saraki, Dogara As Senate President, House Speaker
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally unacceptable and the highest level of indiscipline and treachery the conduct of Tuesday’s inauguration of the National Assembly that led to…
57 Senators Elect Saraki as Senate President
The drama that engulfed the selection of the leadership of the National Assembly on Tuesday took a new twist as 57 out of the 108 inaugurated the 8th National Assembly…