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THERE is a ritual on State of the Union night in Washington. A little before the address, the White House sends out an embargoed copy of the President’s speech to the press

THE Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, once a strong political institution, has, in the last seven years, suffered a self-induced dwindling of fortunes both in terms of depleting membership and electoral

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, says his government will construct a light-rail system to unknot the traffic gridlock in Ikorodu and connect the

AS the countdown to the 2015 elections draws near, President Goodluck Jonathan’s kinsmen have advised him to ensure that members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State are in one accord.

WHEN Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, was in Abuja last week, he urged all presidential candidates and parties to rise above the personal and debate the issues that matter. But

Re-visioning continuity in Lagos THE forthcoming governorship election in Lagos State is surely arousing the curiosity of most Nigerians for a number of reasons. It presents an opportunity to further test

FORMER Lagos State two-term governor and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been given thumbs up as an authentic Yoruba leader for his incredible

THE other day, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, held a media parley in Lagos. The discussion, organised by the First Friday Group, was

MY fellow Nigerians, 2015 is not only ringing a bell in the nation’s polity because of the general elections associated with it, but it would also present a golden opportunity to redefine

THE threat by the opposition political parties to ‘expunge’ the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Taraba State in the forthcoming polls may have begun to gain ground. This manifested the