Wayas, Man Of Taste And Rosy Cheeks Bows Out
By Gboyega Amoboye
So Dr. Joseph Wayas is dead. If good life, taste, fame and power were to determine...
A Nation In Search Of Vindication
By Matthew Kukah Hassan
Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death:Let me paraphrase the holy prophet Isaiah who...
PERSPECTIVE: Section 84(12) Of The Electoral Act, 2022 Is Valid And Not Ultra Vires
By Kayode Ajulo
Kayode Ajulo, Senior Partner, The Castle
It is...
OPINION: The Last Auction…
By Diipo Fagunwa
An Auction happened in the years of old, on a day that only the rich would be proud to attend, and the...
OPINION: Goje: Sunset At Dawn
Senator Danjuma Goje
By Kabiru Danladi LawantiAfter the modest stewardship of Governor Abubakar Habu Hashidu, may Allah rest...
PERSPECTIVE: Why Jibril DanBarde Got It All Wrong
By Kasimu Sani Tanko
Normally, an interview on prime time television is a golden chance for a politician or...
NDDC Auditor’s Report: Matters Arising
By Dauda Bala
The recent controversial 2008 – 2012 report of the Auditor General of the Federation (AGF) on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)...
OPINION: Banjo, The Accidental Biafran
By Dare BabarinsaThe arrest and trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed IPOB, is going to dominate the news for...
TRIBUTE: “I Looked Back Instinctively… …But It Turned Out To Be My Last View...
By Femi Adesina
He told us he would be back at his desk soon. I believed it. But now,...
VIEWPOINT: Ninth NASS: Between Secret And Open Ballot System
By Michael Jegede
Soon after the
2019 presidential/National Assembly elections, the battle for the seats...
Reflections! Cuba: Lessons Of Social Inclusiveness, Resilience
By Olumuyiwa Jimoh
In 1958 Cuba then under the leadership of corrupt and selfish oligarchs experienced a deep impoverishment and emasculation of her citizenry, just...
2019 Presidential Election: Foretelling The Outcome
By Omoshola Deji
Election
is the recruitment of persons the largest percentage of the electorate...
TRIBUTE: How Are The Mighty Fallen
By Femi Fani-Kayode
Insults mean nothing to me. They only fuel my resolve and strengthen my determination. They are...
Our Judiciary: The Intrigues Of Judgement And Justice
By Umana Nsikak
Citizen Eseme Eyiboh, erstwhile member and Spokesperson of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic. The Supreme Court judgment of July 7,...
The Goons In The Other Room
By Hon. Segun Olulade
There exist a large room in the All Progressives Congress (APC) province; the room is large enough to accommodate the hopes...
Energy Magnate, Dr. Louis Ekere, Bags Doctoral Degree In America
THE billionaire businessman, Dr. Louis Ekere, Chief Executive Officer, Homeland Integrated Offshore Services Limited, is a man of great feats, who has made several...
How Tunde Ayeni, Lagos Business Magnate, Secured Multi-Billion Naira Loan To Revival Moribund Government-Owned...
…How government’s refusal to honour contractual agreements ran him into monumental debt
By Obafemi Ajayi
It wouldn’t be hyperbolic to say that Dr. Tunde Ayeni has...
55 % Of Nigerians Have No Access To Electricity – Clean Tech
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) Clean Tech Hub, a Non Governmental Organization which focuses on research, policy development and consumer awareness on climate resilience, says...
Kyari And His Hushpuppy
By Lasisi Olagunju Ph.D“There are lessons in this fall: I do not think Kyari started his career as a bad cop. Where...
Law Review Series: Provocation As A Mitigating Element In Murder Cases
By Collins Ogonnaya ARIKOR
In any jurisdiction during the course of a criminal trial, an accused person may claim that a certain set of facts...
OPINION: Bayelsa Dep Gov NYSC Certificate Saga, Sylva And DSS Credibility Crisis
By William Jumbo
Since its creation 34 years ago, on 5th June 1986, the credibility of the Department of...
VIEWPOINT: Politics Of Covid-19 Vaccines: The Odds Against Brazil’s Anti-Chinese’ Sinovac Stance
By Karin VazquezOn March 22 2021, Karin Vazquez, a Brazilian scholar, researcher at the BRICS Research Center, Fudan University, China who is...
COVID 19: Appeal To The President To Unlock Lagos And Abuja
By Ebun-Olu Onagboruwa
On March 29, 2020, the President directed the lockdown of Lagos, Ogun States and Abuja. Everything...
OPINION: Between Sambo Dasuki, EFCC And DSS
By Abdulkadir Umar
The way and manner with which the case between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Col. Sambo Dasuki on one...
OPINION: Olusegun Mimiko, An Enigma At 63
By Kayode Akinmade
It is not very often that a state helmsman gets more popular after office, certainly not in this clime. But that is...
AN OPEN LETTER TO PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA -By Sadiq Abacha
Sadiq Abubakar, son of the late military dictator responded to recent comments by Professor Wole Soyinka on the award of National Honour on his...
Buhari Inaugurates New Cabinet, Retains Petroleum Minister Position
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday swore in the 43 appointed ministers at the Federal Executive Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
OPINION: Making Do With The Warriors In White
By Dare Babarinsa
Rotimi Ireti Akinola is my friend. He is one of the few Nigerians who look trouble in the...
The Zamfara State Killing Field
By Olusegun Adeniyi
Nigeria is currently engulfed in a major crisis of intergroup relations that is rooted in the politics of economic survival but which...
Sacking Of Over 200 Staff Of Federal University Dutsinma: Matters Arising
By Jacob Onjewu Dickson
The unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable as the country must remain one indivisible country and progress on that threshold to become...
Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s UNGA Trip: The Gains And Wins For Gombe, Northern Nigeria
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
In the realm of politics, some leaders shine with exceptional brilliance,...
Which Economic And Development Policy’s Should Africa Pursue To Ensure Its Survival Path?
By Dr. Mehenou Amouzou
Africa has a very serious economic identity problem. When compared to Asia, the continent has made much less progress. China, India,...
PACAC’s 2018 African Anti-Corruption Day: A Thumb Up For Mr. President
By Ibrahim L. Dan-Halilu
The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) on Wednesday, July 11 celebrated the first African Anti-Corruption Day in Abuja with a...
Awo: Thirty Years After And The True Measure Of A Man
By Rotimi Opeyeoluwa
I don’t want funeral songs to be sung at my funeral because I won’t die. I will (only) change my life and...
OPINION: Nigerian Economic Recovery Through Industrialization And Diversification By Public And Private Sector Synergy
By Ehiedu Iweriebor/APO/
NEW YORK, The current economic crisis and recession in Nigeria has brought to the fore what is already known: that the existent...
ANALYSIS: How Nigeria Engages COVID-19 In Battle With Increased Health Infrastructure
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic impacted the year 2020 negatively with projected long-lasting effects across all sectors, especially the health sector in Nigeria.
OPINION: Buhari Administration, Is Patronage Undermining Change?
By Omoshola Deji
As the four year mandate Nigerians offered President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) approaches half time, mix reactions are trailing the performance of his...
EU, UNICEF Impacting Lives Through Health Services In Kebbi
EU, UNICEF Impacting Lives Through Health Services in Kebbi
How Funke Osibodu’s BEDC Defied Minister, Governor To Perpetuate Darkness In Ikale
By Mike Adeniyi Omogbehin
Ordinarily, I would have ignored the fabricated falsehood being peddled by some persons in government...
Kyari Tribute: I Need No Validation Of Man -FFK
By Femi Fani-Kayode
My opposition to the Buhari Government for the last five years has been as constant...
OPINION: Wake Up, Nigeria Is Dying – A Reply To My Fulani Friends
Obadiah Mailafia
By Obadiah Mailafia
TODAY concludes
the piece I wrote in this...
Aviation: Nigeria’s Hire And Fire Ministry
Chigozie Chikere
Since 2005, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Aviation has had no fewer that six Ministers. Three of them lasted less than a year. The...
VIEWPOINT: The Liberating Power Of BREXIT
By Isidoros Karderinis
The referendum of June 23, 2016 regarding Britain’s remain at or exit from the European Union, through its subversive BREXIT result...
South Africa Needs To Address Vaccine Shortage In Joint Collaboration With China To Combat...
China's Sinovac
By Guan Jintai
Latest statistics on the covid-19 pandemic in South Africa indicate...
VIEWPOINT: How French’s Next Presidential Election Can Modify France/Africa Relations?
By Dr. Mehenou Amouzou
From the slavery that lasted a little more than four centuries, to the colonization and independence tailored to sculptor African countries,...
OPINION: Kidnapping: Is Capital Punishment A Deterrent?
By Mufutau Egberongbe
Yes, Lagos is more than a country if it is to be compared with some countries in Africa. The Gambia is just...
The Imperial President And His Self-Absorption
By Nosa IgieborPresident Muhammadu Buhari is hypocrisy personified in very vivid colours. The irony of the cosmic...
PERSPECTIVE: How Edo Deputy Governor Breathed Life Into Baby Mercy
By Austin Otas-Osegbe
‘’Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.’’
The above scriptures aptly describe the mood of Mr. and Mrs....
PERSPECTIVE: The Evolution Of Broadcasting In Africa
BON
By Joseph Hundah
Africa’s Over
The Top (OTT) market is poised for growth and it’s...
PERSPECTIVE: Africa – An Imminent Financial Peril ?
The Nigeria case, Former Nigerian late President Sani Abacha had an estimated sum of funds deposited in Europeans banks, American banks and other global...
OPINION: Stay Calm And Confident -How To Face The Coronavirus
By Wang Yongjun Everyone can help to fight the novel coronavirus pneumonia. In Chinese culture, we denounce such actions of throwing rocks...
My Lord, Tell Me Where To Keep Your Bribe?
By Niyi Osundare
A poem by the renowned Nigerian poet
My Lord
Please tell me where to keep your bribe?
Do I drop it in your venerable chambers
Or...
PERSPECTIVE: In Election Year, Will African Countries Get Investor’s Vote?
African map
By Laurie Hammond and Thibaut Hollanders
The
world, including investors, will keep a...
OPINION: Before Buhari Tampers With Press Freedom Again
By Martins Oloja
Even if we encourage ourselves by wishing for peaceful coverage of the 2019 election processes, as journalists, there are warning signals...
VIEWPOINT: Biafra And Kanu, A Possible End Foretold
By Omoshola Deji
Nigerian ethnic groups are enduring the pains, rather than enjoying the gains of unity. From 1960 to date, successive governments, both the...
PERSPECTIVE: The Centenary City Project and Free Zone Disparity in Nigeria
By Hassan M. Bello
The recent shameful ranting by some failed politicians led by Dr. Cairo Ojougboh against the Centenary City Project and their caustic...
Abba Kyari’s Death, End Of A Surrogate Presidency, The Coming Chaos
By Farooq Kperogi
To say I was shocked by Abba Kyari's death would be to tell a lie....
3 Years of Governor Inuwa’s Saddle in the Savannah: A Vindication Of A Promise...
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
Given the character of politics and...
Transparency Is Key To Corruption-free Infrastructure In Africa
By Chris Heathcote
The first Regional Roundtable on Infrastructure Governance was held in Cape Town at the beginning of November. Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency...
OPINION: DINO D BRAVO!! Dino Melaye: The Making Of A Brand
By Reuben Abati
It is a sign of the times, and a tragedy that the most popular Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly at this...
PERSPECTIVE: Sit Tight Syndrome And Western Hypocrisy
… The Donald Trump, Boris Johnson's Example And Silence Of World Powers
By Raheem Ishola
That...
Calming Frayed Nerves After The Storm Of Quit Notice(s)
By Idowu Samuel
It sounds like an irony, but diplomats and expatriates who serve or work in Nigeria often profess uncanny love for the...
View From Abroad: Chibok Release And Boko Haram’s Strategy
By Amb. John Campbell
Boko Haram’s release of eighty-two girls to the Nigerian government appears to be part of its strategy to maximize the value...
Viewpoint: Peter Obi’s Anambra, Paul Kagame’s Rwanda, And A Democracy Unsure Of Itself
By Chima ChristianFor some reasons I was thinking of my home state of Anambra this morning. My focus was on what the...
OPINION: Bill Gates, I Found Your Type Of Man And He’s 62 Today!
By John Adenekan
World's second richest man, Bill Gates gave a damning verdict on the execution of the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) of the...
Northern Nigeria: Riding On The Wings of Development With Inuwa Yahaya
Governor of Gombe State
By Bola Saliu
"Good governance is the art of putting wise...
PERSPECTIVE: Making Data Relevant To The Business
By Irene von Buddenbrock
Data doesn’t work for everyone, so stop reading. It’s true, business intelligence (BI) tools...
Edo Without Allocation: The Quest For A Refreshing And Visionary Leadership
By John Mayaki
According to Thomas Hobbes, life for man in the state of nature was, solitary, poor, brutish,...
The Tragedy Of Nigerian Journalism
By Godwin Onyeacholem
For anyone who truly lays claim to the practise of journalism in Nigeria, this is the time to shield the face from...
Dakuku Peterside: A Credible Alternative For Rivers People
By Priye Briggs
“A Leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way” – John C. Maxwell.
Until the All Progressives...
PMB At 74: Peace Shuttle In Birthday Week
By Femi Adesina
What a helluva week for a man who turns 74 today. In one day, in his birthday week, he flew from Abuja...
Presidency Pressured Daily Trust to Stop my Saturday Column
By Farooq Kperogi
I had chosen to
let this issue slide because it’s frankly of...
VIEWPOINT: Abba Kyari: Speaking Ill Of The Dead
By Remi Oyeyemi
"The evil that men do live after them." -- William Shakespare
I am...
Rethinking Tourism For A More Sustainable World
By Folorunsho Coker
As we celebrate this 42nd edition of the World Tourism Day, this is within the frame...
Marwa, NDLEA And The Headline Blackmail
By Toyin Raheem
Precisely 7pm on Friday while searching the internet for subjects of interest to write on, I...
Developmental Strides Of Dr. Yahaya Isa Bunkure, Provost, Sa’adatu Rimi College Of Education
By Abdullahi Umar Bunkure
Barely few months of his appointment as Provost of the...
PERSPECTIVE: How Can Use Of Smartphone’s Affect Human Health?
By Mehenou Amouzou
Africa needs technologies to develop its resources and meet the needs of today and its growth. The harmony of this development can...
OPINION: A Case For Ejection Of Godwin Obaseki From APC
By John Mayaki
This
distinguished committee headed by Chief Bisi Akande, one of the founding
fathers and leaders of our great...
OPINION: Deserving Cheers For DSS Boss, Gentleman Bichi
By Amos Dunia
"My vision is to create a friendly work environment, enhance staff capacity...
VIEWPOINT: Ekiti And The Drama Of Power
By Dare Babarinsa
At least Kayode Fayemi knows how to be a governor. Yes, we have had governors in Ekiti; the dignified Niyi Adebayo, the...
OPINION: Watch Out Trump, China Is Taking Africa From Under Your Nose
By David A. Andelman
ATLANTA, United States of America, August 13, 2018/ -- Look out Donald Trump, while you're not watching, China is quietly...
PERSPECTIVE: Boko Haram Conflict Enters Counterinsurgency Phase As Nigeria Erects “Fortresses”
By Jacob Zenn
The latest news from northeastern Nigeria is that the Nigerian army will erect fortresses around the region’s larger towns to prevent Boko...
Marwa: Birthday Tribute To An Enigma
By Femi Babafemi
There danger of writing a tribute to any high profile personality in Nigeria today is obvious:...
VIEWPOINT: Thoughts On A Tambuwal Presidency
By Okey Ikechukwu
Prince Kasim Afegbu`s intervention on this page last week threw up some interesting aspects of the unfolding drama around the 2019 presidency,...
OPINION: ‘Keeping Vigil Over This Democracy’
By Martins Oloja
The 2019 general election is barely five months away. Though the campaigns are yet to begin in earnest, key issues...
VIEWPOINT: NDDC: When Strange Bedfellows Unite Against Region
By Eghosa Salami-Sunday
If the news of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, on...
PERSPECTIVE: Revisiting SEPLAT, After Six Years
By Okey Ikechukwu -
History was made, nearly a decade ago, in the oil and gas and financial services...
VIEWPOINT: Virus Outbreak Requires Better Media Environment
By Li Han Stereotype, according to the Oxford Dictionary, means “a fixed idea or image that many people have of a...
VIEWPOINT: The French Realm Within West Africa Remains!!
By Dr. Mehenou Amouzou
Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Alanssane Ouattara, the French and Ivory Coast leaders respectively, have decided...
PERSPECTIVE: Why Amaechi Is Called Man Of Uncommon Courage
By Oby Ndukwe
Every political leader is 'courageous' to even lead a group of people, create human capital, and...
VIEWPOINT: EFCC And The Burden Of Credibility
By Sule Yakubu
Nigeria`s most vocal and most visible anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is breaking new grounds in what is...
OPINION: May We Ask, Your Honour, How Much Would This Buffoonery Cost Us?
“The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.”
Samuel Butler
By Joseph Cachia
Most Maltese are unaware of the heavy price that we have...
Gombe APC Brouhaha: Let The Truth Be Told
By Sadiq Umar
The recent development in Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in which 7...
ANALYSIS: How Gov. Inuwa Yahaya Is Tackling Basic Education Challenges In Gombe
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
When Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya assumed the mantle of leadership in Gombe State, he...
OPINION: Wazirin Atiku Abubakar And The Renaissance Of Restructuring
By Benjamin Ogueri Enwerem
3 Years of APC is a Millennium just too long to bear.
It is excruciatingly hard to imagine that the collective patience...
PERSPECTIVE: Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit: The Hypocrisy Of The Heritage Foundation’s Alarm
By Abubakar JohnFor those who have been following the turn of events in the trade war between the United States (U.S.) and...
DSO Nigeria: Beyond Devil’s Advocates
By Hamid Hendrix
Freedom without responsibility continues to pose a great challenge to the realization of the full potentials of our democratic dispensation and it...
VIEWS FROM ABROAD: Nigeria’s Abuja Airport Challenge Shows Why African Countries Need To Improve...
By Professor Calestous Juma
In a remarkable feat of engineering earlier this month, Glasgow Airport‘s runway was resurfaced with new high-tech material, all at night...
Profile of Sarkin Yaki, Late Lt. Col. Muhammad Abu Ali
Hardly has a story of bravery evoked such passion in recent times amongst Nigerians as is being told of the Late Lt. Col. Muhammed...
OPINION: Sahara Reporters’ Suspicious Motives For Attacking Saraki, In Defense of Truth
By Bamikole Omishore
On Thursday, August 6th, 2015, SaharaReporters published a totally fabricated report entitled: "Nigeria's Senate President Saraki Lied In His Official Election Forms"...
What’s Going On In Abuja?
By Dele Momodu
Fellow Nigerians, I don’t know how many of you feel the way I feel but some things are not very clear to...
Unfixing Tinubu’s Fixation About Jonathan’s National Confab
By Sufuyan Ojeifo
The cerebral Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, captured it succinctly in a recent interview wherein he described the proposed National...
Now That The Draft UNSC Resolution On Humanitarian Ceasefire In Gaza Has Collapsed
By Femi Mimiko, mni
With the US veto of the UAE draft resolution on...
PERSPECTIVE: Economic Recession And Path To Nigeria’s Genuine Rediscovery
By Idowu Samuel
Nigerians over the years had been treated to spirit breaking economic phrases often coined by experts and authorities in their attempts to...
American Sh*thole
By Dayo Olopade
U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported comments maligning the people of African nations were a foreseeable outburst from a man addicted to the...
VIEWPOINT: Italy In The Maelstrom Of The Euro
Isidoros Karderinis
By Isidoros Karderinis
Italy joined the eurozone in 1999,...
Letter To Him, By Bimbo Manuel
Bimbo Manuel
Dear Sir,
I am sure that
this letter will meet you well in the...
OPINION: The Zero Sum Game In Political Appointment
Babatunde Fowler
By Abubakar Ismail
Let’s first look at the role of the media in
politics....
OPINION: Travails Of Apostle Suleman And Inciting Words Of Sultan Of Sokoto
By Femi Fani-Kayode
Nothing sums up the dangerous way in which the DSS is handling the Apostle Johnson Suleman affair better than the words of...