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...
When Bell Rings Twice
By Sam Omatseye
Not many thought the first year of Muhammadu Buhari would look like this. The price of pump price at 145, the naira...
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...
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 Alex Badeh, Tuesday dismissed insinuations that Niger and Chad have withdrawn from the multinational force...
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,...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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...
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: 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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
Buhari’s Battle Against Grex Venalium
By Chris Okotie
These, certainly, are not the best of times for the grex venalium (the venal crowd), popularly known by ordinary Nigerians as treasury...
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...
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.
Dapo Abiodun: A Honour Well Deserved
By Kayode Akinmade
On February 17, The Sun newspaper will roll out the drums...
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...
VIEWPOINT: Fayemi Must Be Stopped
By Gboyega Ajayi
Indeed, this is an interesting moment in Nigeria with the unceasing multifaceted mudslinging everywhere. Now we...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Celebrating A Visionary Leader, Inuwa Yahaya At 62
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
Today, october 9, we celebrate the 62nd birthday of a visionary...
Letter To Him, By Bimbo Manuel
Bimbo Manuel
Dear Sir,
I am sure that
this letter will meet you well in the...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
VIEWPOINT: Tragedy In Rivers State: A Missed Opportunity For Akpabio To Intervene
By Christie Oby Ndukwe
After a period of relative silence, I am compelled to address the recent tragedy that...
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: 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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Ghali Na’Abba, Akeredolu: A Tale Of Two Death
By Victor Ndoma-EgbaDecember 27, 2023 dawned in a very grim manner. As I woke up I saw a news item on the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Labour Act Should Be Reviewed to Accommodate Sexual Harassment In Workplace
Dr. Kayode Ajulo
Dr. Kayode Ajulo
Dr. Kayode Ajulo is a lawyer with special...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
PERSPECTIVE: Sit Tight Syndrome And Western Hypocrisy
… The Donald Trump, Boris Johnson's Example And Silence Of World Powers
By Raheem Ishola
That...
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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hurray! Dapo Abiodun is 63!
Governor of Ogun State
By Kayode Akinmade
If the streets of Ogun State blare forth...
VIEWPOINT: Who Is Afraid Of Gbajabiamila?
By Abu Sulaiman
In the last few weeks, anti-Femi Gbajabiamila reports have been syndicated widely,...
VIEWPOINT: Yusuf Magaji Bichi: Leading Department Of State Services With Integrity And Commitment
By Charles Bassey
Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi stands at the helm of the Department of State Services (DSS) with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
EU, UNICEF Impacting Lives Through Health Services In Kebbi
EU, UNICEF Impacting Lives Through Health Services in Kebbi
2019 Presidential Election: Foretelling The Outcome
By Omoshola Deji
Election
is the recruitment of persons the largest percentage of the electorate...
VIEWPOINT: Dapo Abiodun’s Emphatic Governance Style
By Folorunsho Fatai AdisaPrince Dapo Abiodun's style, anchored in empathy, not only resonates profoundly with the people of Ogun State but is...
Kaleidoscope Of Governor Inuwa’s Chatham House Visit
By Ismaila Uba Misilli
At the prestigious Royal Institute of...
OPINION: Ahmed Kuru And His Adversaries
By James Imoru
BEING a beacon of integrity in an abundantly blessed but criminally...
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...
The Unending Rivers Political Pattern
By Obiaruko Christie Ndukwe
The drama in the political space of Rivers State which has taken center stage in...
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...
ISESE FESTIVAL: An Open Letter To Sulu Gambari
By Wole Soyinka
July 6. 2023Your Royal Highness,So soon...
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...
In Memoriam: Prof. Kole Omotoso – A Luminous Artistic Soul
Dr Kayode Ajulo, OON
With a heavy heart, I join others in bidding farewell...
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...
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...
Re: The Wind That Blew Dapo Abiodun’s Rump: Of Wale Adedayo And Half Falsehood
By Kayode Akinmade
BECAUSE of the privations to which Nigerians have been subjected over...
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...
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,...
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