Author: Frank Ofili

Buhari’s Ministers, Governors behind new mega party 0

Buhari’s Ministers, Governors behind new mega party

The intrigues and political manoeuvring that will shape the 2019 general elections have begun to unfold with revelations that some serving ministers and governors on the platform of the two major political parties are...

Undercurrents of APC South-West leaders’ meeting 0

Undercurrents of APC South-West leaders’ meeting

The crack in the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West, which became noticeable during the 2016 governorship poll in Ondo State, appears far from over.   Although, a meeting was...

2019: Northern politicians move against Buhari 0

2019: Northern politicians move against Buhari

Muhammadu Buhari When policemen were said to have been deployed in Bamaina community, Birnin Kudu local government council of Jigawa State, to ostensibly forestall a festive rally put together by some youth in the...

OBAZEE AS BUHARI’S OWN GOAL 0

OBAZEE AS BUHARI’S OWN GOAL

Jim Obazee   This will be my last word on the raging controversy surrounding the sacking of Jim Obazee as Executive Secretary of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN). For all we know, President...

Why we support Ndume’s removal as Senate Leader – APC 0

Why we support Ndume’s removal as Senate Leader – APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has welcomed the development in the Nigerian Senate, which led to the replacement of the former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, with Ahmed Lawan.   The party in a statement...

Why I was removed as Senate Leader – Ndume 0

Why I was removed as Senate Leader – Ndume

Ndume   Borno Senator, Ali Ndume, who was removed as Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday, has revealed why he was ousted.   The president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, announced Mr. Ndume’s removal shortly...

Democratic Coup: Ndume sacked 0

Democratic Coup: Ndume sacked

Senate President Bukola Saraki   In a civilian equivalent of a coup d’ etat, the Senate tuesday removed Senator Ali Ndume as leader replacing him with Senator Ahmad Lawan.   Senate President Bukola Saraki...

48 teams to participate in 2026 Word Cup 0

48 teams to participate in 2026 Word Cup

  FIFA’s ruling council on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026, with a format of 16 groups of three nations.   “The FIFA Council unanimously decided...

Ambode signs N812.99 billion budget 0

Ambode signs N812.99 billion budget

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has stated that the state government was committed to a prudent management of resources as well as fiscal discipline.   The governor said this yesterday during the signing...

Obama gives presidential goodbye speech 0

Obama gives presidential goodbye speech

Barack Obama   US President, Barack Obama, closes the book on his presidency Tuesday, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters felled by Donald Trump’s shock victory.   Obama’s...