By Emeka Arinze and Daniel Ezeigwe When the curtains are finally drawn on Governor Willie Obiano’s…
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The legendary allure of Lagos street foods
By Sylvester Asoya Some years ago, a broadcaster described Lagos as the capital of street foods…
Bamise’s murder and this Cryptocurrency generation
By Festus Adedayo On Saturday, March 12, 2022, I delivered the paper below at the Kegites…
Reuben Abati’s revolt against broadcasting’s titular conventions
By Farooq A. Kperogi Arise TV anchor and former presidential spokesman Dr. Reuben Abati stirred a…
Beyond INEC’s 2023 timetable
By Emeka Alex Duru Parts of the headline for this piece, are taken from the Editorial…
OPINION: The story that didn’t hug the headlines
By Femi Adesina A story broke last week that you would think would be everywhere, topic…
Women’s day and Ambassador Emenike
By Olukorede Yishau Nigeria’s United States’ chancery sits pretty on a hill’s crest at 3519 International…
OPINION: Overcoming the people who know our yesterday
By Aniekeme Finbarr One of the biggest obstacles to a successful life are the people who…
Oluwabamise Ayanwole: Grievous murder; troubling investigation
By Jiti Ogunye Oluwabamise Ayanwole, the murdered 22 year old girl was abducted on a BRT…
Why I became a politician
By Kingsley Moghalu As recently as 7/8 years ago, I would have reacted with disdain and…
Murder inside BRT: IGP, FG should take over investigation
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Events unfolding concerning the murder of Miss Oluwabamishe Ayanwole are as intriguing as…
Why ritual murders like Bamise’s will continue
By Farooq Kperogi The heartrending murder of 22-year-old Bamise Ayanwole in Lagos yesterday is sadly just…
Even If Umahi does not vacate his seat
By Emmanuel Ogbeche On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Governor David Umahi announced his defection from the…
OPINION: On Trust TV’s banditry documentary
By Gimba Kakanda Last Friday, I was privileged to attend the screening of Trust TV’s unreleased…
OPINION: Emmanuel Okala, Christian Chukwu and Obiano’s response to Igbo affairs
By James Eze The Igbo are often impatient with their leaders. Our republican nature makes it…
OPINION: Tinubu, Dogara and the prison and poison of religious politics
By Farooq A. Kperogi The two most disadvantaged groups in Nigeria’s representational politics are northern Christians…
IWD: Accepting women as partners in progress, the way forward
By Abiemwense Moru It is a day set aside by the UN to bring issues that…
The jurisprudence of zoning or rotational governance
By Chimezie Ogenna Nwodo Law, incidentally, does not enjoy a universal acceptance in terms of definitions.…
OPINION: Buni repeats history
By Emmanuel Ogbeche On March 4, 2020, I had cause to reflect on the fall of…
OPINION: Buhari’s serial abuse of Nigeria’s Lady Justice
By Festus Adedayo Though it looks harmless, political cartooning can be nerve-racking, provoking the bile of…
OPINION: As Nigeria toys with the youth, gambles with the future
By Emeka Alex Duru Unless, as it is said, the carriage of a messenger depicts the…
OPINION: A Nigerian air traveller’s day
By Olukorede Yishau Your flight was 11.50pm. The airline advised that you should get to the…
Does Christianity condemn alcohol or drunkenness?
— Who created the “new law” among Christians that tasting or even touching alcohol is a…
OPINION: Ozoemezina – Obiano’s tribute to Igbo memory
By James Eze Seven years ago, Governor Willie Obiano symbolically laid wreaths before a long list…
OPINION: The Ninth National Assembly and Electoral Act 2022
By Ola Awoniyi The happy ending of Electoral Act No.6 2010 (amendment) Bill 2022, which was…
OPINION: Exit talks of political office holders
By Dakuku Peterside The beauty of democracy lies in the transient nature of political power. The…
Nigeria’s windfalls from Russo-Ukrainian war
By Gimba Kakanda A few days ago, a former presidential aspirant stirred up controversy when he…
OPINION – PDP 2023: Atiku Abubakar lied
By Kassim Afegbua I read with dismay the statement credited to former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku…
Emir Bayero, African bigmanism and audacity of the blue blood
By Festus Adedayo The spat between the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and Air…
OPINION: A brief allocution on the salient provisions of the amended electoral act
By Kayode Ajulo Today, 25th of February, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Electoral Act,…