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...
The Same Sex Prohibition Law
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s assent to the bill banning same sex-marriage and same-sex partnerships in Nigeria, in spite of pressures from certain quarters of the...
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...
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"...
Taking Us For A N36.5m Ride To Hell
By Azu Ishiekwene
For all that is ripe and fit to pluck, our senators think the most concerning thing now is how to find themselves...
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...
With CNG-Powered Buses, Ogun Leads The Pack In Post-Subsidy Transport
By Kayode Akinmade
A thinking leader is a planning leader. There is no gainsaying...
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....
On Louis Odion’s Poorly Executed Hatchet Job On Governor Mimiko
By Imefv Efuda
The piece by Louis Odion is emblematic of the new low to which journalism has fallen in Nigeria. This is a piece...
Tragic Consequence of Religiosity and Politics
The deaths caused by a stampede during a visit by the All Progressives Grand Alliance to the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry in Anambra State...
Sustaining Rural Development Through Solar Power System
By Constance AthekameElectricity access is essential for people’s lives and livelihoods; from using fridges for storing food and medicine; charging mobile phones...
Ocholi: Too Late To Stop Believing
By Femi Adesina
Let's be honest with ourselves. When some baffling things happen, we question God, if not verbally, at least, in our hearts. But...
OPINION: Chibok And Dapchi Girls: The Whoredom Of Karma
By Sufuyan Ojeifo
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, and second, as farce. -Karl Marx
On Monday, February 19, 2018, Boko Haram insurgents invaded Government Girls...
Liberation Movement And Vijah Opuama’s Petition: A Storm In A Tea Cup
By William Jumbo
It is not ethical to discuss pending issues in court. However, the barrage of recent misleading,...
OPINION: Magu, EFCC Chairmanship And Senate Confirmation
By Michael Jegede
I am not a lawyer, and so, I cannot not speak with authority on issues of law. But there are certain issues...
January 15: Where We Came From
By Reuben Abati
January 15 every year is Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day: wreaths are laid, statements are made, soldiers, government officials and the Nigerian...
VIEWPOINT: Chimamanda, Obi And Uwazuruike
By Adekunle Ade-Adeleye
While the Supreme Court was finally laying to rest the illusion that Atiku Abubakar of the...
The Imperative Of Stopping Nigeria’s Annual Loss Of At Least One Trillion Naira (N1Tr)...
Attention: Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and Engr. Andrew Yakubu
It is extremely disturbing to read the first response of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to...
OPINION: Ambode’s Wife And The Chaplain: The Objectivity Test
By Toks Oguntuga
I doubt if there is anyone in Nigeria who has not heard of the sack of the Chaplain of Chapel of
Christ the...
VIEWPOINT: Jibrin Barde’s Affront And Flagrant Disregard For Lawful Authorities
By Sirajo Bala SBNo sooner the Gombe State Urban Planning and Development Authority (GOSUPDA), removed the illegally erected structure belonging to Gombe...
10 Tips For Driving Inside The Rain
Crashing lightning and heavy downpours can purpose most important risks on the street, but did you already know even a light drizzle...
Dapo Abiodun: When Awards Keep On Knocking At The Door
By Lekan Adeniran
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun was recently honoured with two...
VIEWPOINT: Ninth Assembly, NASS Leadership And Micro-Zoning
Mohammed Ali Ndume
By Michael Jegede
“The principles
of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost,...
PERSPECTIVE: FOREX Debate: Ifeanyi Ubah’s Economic/Financial Intervention – Volume I
By Ifeanyi Ubah
This Media Guidance Note has become necessary to ensure that the media capture in proper context the views I am expressing on...
COVID-19 & KWADON ‘PROTEST’: Lest We Lose Sight of Task at Hand
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
In the ongoing fight against the dreaded novel coronavirus disease, code-named COVID-19, different states in...
The Unspiritual Side Of Aso Villa: A Reply To Reuben Abati
By Femi Adesina
Let me begin with two clarifications. Aso Villa is not my home, I am just passing through. Even this world is nobody’s...
Boko Haram, Jonathan And The Northern Elders
By Femi Fani-Kayode
“I am going to marry out any woman who is twelve years old, and if she is younger, I will marry her...
Who Is Afraid Of Senator Teslim Folarin?
By Suleiman Arapaja
It is generally acknowledged that in a democracy such as ours, especially where voter apathy is replete, quite frequently, the number of...
Governor Wike, INEC And Burden Of Conscience
By Felix Balogun
It will do our Democratic experience a whole lot good if concerted efforts are made not only to raise caution against surreptitious...
Updated: Basheer Lado’s Second Coming
By Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman
I recall that he belonged to the twelve original senators who were the pro-All Progressives Congress arrowheads that started the APC movement...
Why Edo Deserves to Produce the House Speaker
By Ebomhiana Musa
The elections are over, the battles have been fought fiercely, lost and won. Ultimately, Nigerians and Nigeria are the real winners. Yes,...
Why Buhari May Consider Godwin Jedy Agba For Petroleum Ministry
By Sufuyan Ojeifo
One of
Nigeria’s very experienced energy administrators, Mr. Godwin Jedy-Aba, is a
minister-nominee of President Muhammadu Buhari. And...
SUNDAY MUSINGS: On this Matter of the National Conference
Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD
alukome@gmail.com
February 2, 2014
My People:
The Federal Government recently announced the modalities for the much-awaited National Conference, following the submission of the report...
APC Primaries: NWC Annuls Lagos Governorship Poll
The All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary in Lagos state has been cancelled.
National Working Committee (NWC) panel for the poll led by former Cross...
Our Christmas Wish List
By Funk Egbemode
I was all set to write something hard and political until Maupe Ogun reviewed my back page in New Telegraph on Channels...
OPINION: Buhari And Minister Controversy – Matters Arising
By Lolu Onabule
It is not clear whether the Senate is bent on requiring the President to present himself for screening should he go ahead...
West Africa Single Currency: Lesson From European Single Currency
By Dr. Mehenou Amouzou
Western Africa states which are represented by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a commission comprised of countries of 15...
OPINION: Rivers: Before Every One Is Killed
By Ibrahim Modibbo
I have no doubt in my mind that Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers state is a tragic hero. Taking full control of...
PERSPECTIVE: Nigeria’s Military, A Deep Reflection
By Godwin Onyeacholem
For Nigeria’s military, times have never been this challenging. Plagued on the one hand by the fiendish activities of some twisted minds...
PERSPECTIVE: RE: 2020 Amendments To RPC 2007
By Kayode Ajulo
My attention has been drawn to various reactions to my opinion on the issue of the...
Experience Of A 17 Year Old Boy Cleaning A Female Toilet
(News investigators) I visited a friend’s house, while we were working at their garden, her 17-year-old brother came back home from work...
PERSPECTIVE: Don’t Let Yourself or Your Enterprise Get Kidnapped Online!
By Lolu Onabule esq.
Cybercrime rates are at an all-time high in Nigeria and world over. Our threat landscape continues to expand. One of the...
Kaadi Igbeayo: Spreading The Gains Of Democracy The Mimiko Way
By Femi Adepoju
"This is part of planning , Mimiko has taken us back to the Awolowo school of leadership, that leadership is not by...
Tinubu’s Certificate: Setting The Records Straight
By Tunde RahmanFormer Vice President and roundly defeated presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was a pitiful sight to behold on Thursday at...
Buhari’s ‘Change’: The Place Of Women, Children, President’s Wife
By Rukkayat Aminu
The change mantra of the All progressives congress at the 2015 general election may have indeed earned president Muhammadu Buhari and his...
NASS Leadership: A Harvest Of Whirlwind
By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Some have described what happened in the National Assembly on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, with the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki and...
Excitement As Tokunbo Oguntuga Joins News Investigators
A prolific writer and public commentator, Tokunbo Oguntuga has teamed up with News Investigators Nigeria as its Editorial Director.
PERSPECTIVE: Drones Over Malta?
By Joseph Cachia
“Whatever one thinks of the justifiability of drone attacks, it's one of the least 'brave' or courageous modes of warfare ever invented. It's...
Botswana Polygamist Pastor, Seraki Kemmonye Shares Photos With His 2 Wives
(News investigators) Popular polygamist pastor from Botswana, Seraki Kemmonye Seraki, has shared a photo of himself with his two wives, describing them...
OPINION: Nigeria: Time To Domesticate United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250
By Lawal Rafiu Adeniran
On the 9th December 2015, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2250. This is the first Resolution that deals with...
OPINION- Ambode: A Humanist And Pragmatist At 53
By Habib Aruna
During the thick of the governorship campaign in 2015, the then candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode,...
Garlands For Senator Abatemi-Usman At 43
By Michael Jegede
On May 6, 2014, the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, clocked 43 years...
OGUN: DATKEM And Lessons From Lawlessness
By Olaniyi Adebayo
Going by the intensity of mixed reactions that trailed the demolition of DATKEM Plaza in Ijebu-ode,...
OPINION: Buhari And The Single Treasury Account
By Michael Jegede
Since his assumption of office on May 29 this year, President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB has not left anyone in doubt that he...
How I Shared Father With My Mother – Woman.
(News investigators) A woman has opened up about the harrowing moment she discovered that the man she knew as her maternal grandfather...
Between Inuwa Yahaya’s Promise Keeping Governance & PDP’s Illusionary Antics
By Sunday Yilwa
Gombe State is currently being confronted with a deluge of promises by the People's Democratic Party...
Understanding The Centenary City Project
By Ike Michaels Odenigwe, Jr.
There have been several media comments on the Centenary City Project and we have deliberately refrained from responding to most of them. The...
Atiku Abubakar’s Certificate Forgery Allegation: More Posers For Dele Momodu
By Ismail OmipidanI admire Chief Dele Momodu's passion and unwavering support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the current Osun Governor,...
In Memoriam: Prof. Kole Omotoso – A Luminous Artistic Soul
Dr Kayode Ajulo, OON
With a heavy heart, I join others in bidding farewell...
PERSPECTIVE: Does Killing Nigerien Babies Bring Glory To Our Names?
By Femi Fani-KayodeA dear and respected friend of mine who was once our Ambassador to a European country, who has relatives and...
OPINION: Obaigbena Lies Again Without Shame As He Manufactures Alternate Reality
By Dele Alake & Bayo OnanugaOrdinarily, we consider it beneath us as well-bred media professionals to continue to engage in public spat...
Open Letter To President Muhammadu Buhari On Soldier’s Welfare
DEAR MR PRESIDENT: A PROMISE IS DEBT
Dear Mr President,
We the members of ‘Lets talk Nigeria’ (LTN) - a group of young professionals - write...
Joint Task 10th NASS: And The Search For Peace, Stability And Progress
By Idowu John Bakare
The race for leadership in the two chambers of the National Assembly has intensified. Expectedly,...
The Importance Of History, The Bloody Coup Of January 15th 1966 And A Tribute...
By Femi Fani-KayodeNigeria is the only country in the world in which history is not taught.
OPINION: Ahmad Gumi, Cleric Of Blood, Face Of Hate
By Femi Fani-KayodeI am a Christian. I was born one and I will die one. I take my faith very seriously and...
VIEWPOINT: Fayemi Must Be Stopped
By Gboyega Ajayi
Indeed, this is an interesting moment in Nigeria with the unceasing multifaceted mudslinging everywhere. Now we...
Call To Bar 2022: How A Little Girls Dream Became A Reality
(News investigators) I woke up to this morning to an inspiring story of a young lady who dared to dream, the two...
Senator Uche Chukwumerije: Another Meteor Has Blinked Out
By Unico Kalu Uduka
This is the exit of one of the few remaining aerolitic fireballs that came to titivate Nigeria’s political firmament. They are rare,...
VIEWPOINT: Who Is Afraid Of Gbajabiamila?
By Abu Sulaiman
In the last few weeks, anti-Femi Gbajabiamila reports have been syndicated widely,...
Ray Of Hope As Inuwa Yahaya Mounts The Saddle At Northern Governors’ Forum
Gombe State Governor
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
"If you possess the stuff of a champion...
Kaleidoscope Of Governor Inuwa’s Chatham House Visit
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
At the prestigious Royal Institute of...
OPINION: Gombe PDP And The Dilemma Of A Boastful Gubernatorial Candidate
By Sule Bello PindigaIn every election, everyone that could help in improving the chances of one (or a party) winning an election...
Obasanjo: The Pontius Pilate
By Buruju Kashamu
INTRODUCTION
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is quick to point a finger at people, forgetting that four of his fingers are pointing at himself....
“Our People Are Running Short Of Food Supply, Water…” Madagali Residents Cry Out
By Tom Garba, Yola
Madagali the last of Adamawa's troubled territories under occupation of Boko Haram sect to be liberated by the military, in March,...
Adieu Frank Kokori, A Relentless Advocate For Justice And Democracy
By Dr. Kayode Ajulo (SAN)
I write to pay my final respects to a remarkable individual, Chief Comrade Frank...
PERSPECTIVE: O Godwin, How Art Thou Fallen!
By Femi Fani-KayodeO Godwin, where are your backers, protectors and soldiers today? You enjoyed the ride and thought it would last forever....
PERSPECTIVE: Why APC Is A Better Choice
By Godwin Onyeacholem
With many years of uncertainties as the hallmark of her wobbly existence, Nigeria has once again arrived at a critical juncture –...
Gov Suswam’s Certificate Scam Suit At Supreme Court
By Terna Aper
Judicial Jettison of 1999 Constitutional requirement Of Educational Qualification And Adverse Consequences On National Electoral Processing
Appeal No SC/236/2013 is a pre-election suit...
PERSPECTIVE: Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and His Detractors
By Ebenezer Omodu
The least you should do when accusing someone of an impropriety is to get proof and evidence of the said misdeed. Conjuring...
Hurray! Dapo Abiodun is 63!
Governor of Ogun State
By Kayode Akinmade
If the streets of Ogun State blare forth...
Peaceful Conduct Of Ebonyi PDP House Of Assembly Primaries And The Question Of Impunity
By MAXWELL EZE, Abakaliki
The November 29th 2014 primaries for the House of Assembly aspirants under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in...
Buhari: Beyond The Iron And Steel
By Femi Adesina
They were called the unsmiling duo. In his first incarnation as Nigerian leader, the then Major General Muhammadu Buhari was paired with...
Ogun: Many Gains Of A Governor’s Foresight
By 'Dare OdufowokanThe year 2023 is ending on a blissful note for Ogun State. For the first time in a long time,...
OPINION: Why We Are Hopeful About Improving Health In Africa
By Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates
This week, more than 138,000 vaccinators will fan out across five African countries in the Lake Chad area in...
Justice Ayo Salami And Nigeria’s Moral Burden -Another View
By Chima Ubeku
At the 10th Gani Fawehinmi lecture held recently in Lagos,delivered by Suspended but now retired President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal...
Why Lagos Commercial Drivers Are On Strike
(News Investigators) in case you have no idea why Lagos transporters commenced a 7 days strike, let me give some clarity and make...
Sanusi, The New York Times and Intellectual Racism
By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is a man that can put a canary to shame. Even when he...
Jonathan And Zero Allocation For Ajaokuta Steel
By Michael Jegede
"One thing that is dear to Nigerians is the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and until we revive that complex, we cannot talk about Vision...
Trouble In Nigeria (Views From Abroad)
...Now for the fallout The president’s decision to get rid of the central-bank governor is bad new
WHEN President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Lamido Sanusi, the...
100 Days In Office: Tambuwal’s Progressive Scorecard
By Imam Imam- When former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was sworn-in as Governor of Sokoto State on May 29, attention...
Re: The Wind That Blew Dapo Abiodun’s Rump: Of Wale Adedayo And Half Falsehood
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BECAUSE of the privations to which Nigerians have been subjected over...
Stopping Wike’s Macabre Dance In Rivers State
By Babatunde Oladipo
This has not been the best times for Rivers indigenes and residents due to the return of the war drums in the...
PERSPECTIVE: Saraki Is Best Man For The Job
By Rotimi Opeyeoluwa
One of the major realities of the victory of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), in the recently concluded polls is the attendant...
Using my family’s dark history to teach about vaccines
By Rachel Schraer
(News investigators) How do you ask a community to trust medicine when history has given...
Katsina APC Congress And Senator Bello’s Objection
By Michael Jegede
Few days to the National Convention of All Progressives Congress (APC), which took place on June 12 and 13, 2014, Katsina State...
State Of Osun And The Hijab Politics: The Rule Of Law Must Be Protected
By Honourable Olumuyiwa Wahab Jimoh
I have followed the unfolding but unfortunate drama in state of Osun schools over the Rulings of a Court on...
On Governor Ayodele Fayose’s Attack On INEC Chairman
By Jacob Dosunmu
It is a known fact that no democracy survives without a conscious well organized opposition party, suffice to say there is need...
As Ndoma-Egba Obtains Form For Fourth Term
By Michael Jegede
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, the Senate Majority Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba was at the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party...
PERSPECTIVE: Labour Party Threatens PDP’s Dominance In Cross River
By Eyobong Ita
Mama, Papa, Pekin!
The slogan of the Labour Party is becoming a familiar chant in Cross River State, less than two weeks to...
INEC And The Burden Of Conducting Free And Fair Elections
One of the major reasons, we are fully supporting the postponement of the general election was to prevent INEC under Professor Jega from compromising...
Before Goje’s Final Political Demise, Matters Arising
By Aminu Mohammed
The April 11 Governorship elections in Gombe have been won and loss. But, like a huge stone cast into a still ocean,...
OPINION: Martins Babale: Of Loyalty And Visionary Leadership In Adamawa
By Tom Garba, Yola
Permit me to borrow the words of John Mason "Humility is a vitreous of a great leader grafted in the vision...
Osun Election: A Post Mortem
“When a society demands change there is no need attempting to change it on old principles”-Foday Sankoh.
Only yesterday, the winner of the recently conducted...
My Husband Hates Me For Giving Birth To Three Girls – Housewife Tells Court
(News investigators) A divorce-seeking woman, Temilade Rasheed, on Wednesday told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan that her husband, Adeboye...
Still On The Sedition Charge Against Ebere Wabara
By Michael Jegede
On Friday, March 28, 2014, I was taken aback when I first read about the arrest of Mr. Ebere Wabara, a veteran...
Why Tajudeen Abbas Will Be Next Speaker
Idowu BakareIn a matter of days President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will by proclamation dissolve the 9th National Assembly. The dissolution would mark...
General Buhari’s Fight Against Corruption Sham
By Ado Adamu
The general election is just weeks away and campaigning by political parties and their candidates are in full swing. The presidential election is undoubtedly...
Baga Barrack Invasion: Chad, Niger Are Still In Multinational Force -Badeh
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall, Mr. Alex Badeh, Tuesday dismissed insinuations that Niger and Chad have withdrawn from the multinational force...
PERSPECTIVE: March 28, A Vote To Stop An Impending Cardiac Arrest
By Rotimi Opeyeoluwa
Exactly nine days from now, Nigeria will be going to the polls to either in the slogan of the All Progressive Congress,...
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