By Gimba Kakanda Perhaps the most dreaded end of every public figure today, especially one who’s…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
Atiku Abubakar and the sexual history of the Nigerian presidency
By Festus Adedayo In early 2014, the Zimbabwean public sphere literally caught fire. Rumours that the…
Buhari: General who sets up his successor for death
By Azuka Onwuka Last week, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), took a disappointing action…
TRIBUTE: Azuh Arinze marks 50th birthday with two new books
By Sylvester Asoya He is a good writer who finds writing pleasurable. But nowhere is the…
PMB and the NDDC
By Femi Adesina The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is an interventionist agency created for the…
Hanifa Abubakar and death of the innocent
By Emeka Alex Duru Since the pathetic story of Hanifa Abubakar, the five-year-old child that was…
OPINION: The khaki boys are going mad again
By Olukorede Yishau We thought their time was gone. We rejoiced when one by one our…
OPINION: Why Tinubu’s PR experts have been awfully woeful
By Farooq Kperogi In my April 10, 2021, column titled “Tinubu: A Presidential Disaster Waiting to…
OPINION: #Pause: Taking the time may help save a life, even yours
By Strive Masiyiwa _”Nobody can do everything but everyone can do something…” When I was a…
Why we celebrate Emeka Oparah as VP Comms and CSR Airtel Africa
By Chido Nwakanma The high decibel celebration of Emeka Oparah as Vice President of Communication and…
OPINION: Searching for Dan Amana of Nigeria
By Dakuku Peterside Symbols, like gestures, are central features of organised human society. They are crucial…
General Abubakar, was MKO’s death really natural?
By Festus Adedayo Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English,…
How to manage a child with eating challenge
By Azuka Onwuka One challenge many parents have is coping with children that are picky of…
OPINION: Clarity on Tinubu’s age and postsecondary education
By Farooq A. Kperogi I resent Bola Tinubu’s politics and don’t want him to be president…
OPINION: Fuel subsidy removal and duplicity of Nigerian leaders
By Emeka Alex Duru The maxim is that the primary function of government is protection of…
2023: ‘Buhari wants Sylva, not Tinubu or Osinbajo as successor’
By Farooq Kperogi It has turned out that it was actually Buhari himself, not the Aso…
OPINION: Losing is part of the game
By Femi Adesina Soccer-loving Nigerians were heartbroken last Sunday when the Super Eagles of Nigeria could…
OPINION: To Ado Doguwa with admiration
By Olukorede Yishau When I first knew you, you were Chief Whip. Now, you are House…
OPINION: Nigeria’s future and 2023 consequential election
Nigeria’s future and 2023 consequential electio By Ikechukwu Amaechi “Elections have consequences.” Those three words, first…
OPINION: Afegbua and the misguided quest for a southern president in PDP
By Hon. (Engr.) Ahmed Muktar Recently, Kassim Afegbua, one of the former spokespersons of Atiku Abubakar…
International Day of Education: The giant strides of Governor Tambuwal
By Fabian Okoye January 24 is observed every year to celebrate the role of education for…
OPINION: A subject you must not fear if you want to succeed as an entrepreneur (Part 2)
By Strive Masiyiwa “If you don’t know your numbers, you don’t know your business”. If we…
Banditry: Time to apologize to General Danjuma
By Lasisi Olagunju Some people sold their father’s land to purchase guns; now that war is…
OPINION: Still on 2023 and political masquerades
By Dakuku Peterside Last week, we metaphorically likened presidential aspirants to masquerades stepping out for the…
OPINION: Observing Tinubu in Atiku’s mirror
By Gimba Kakanda When former Vice President Atiku Abubakar picked the PDP ticket to tackle President…
2023: Atiku and the age of Methuselah politics
By Kassim Afegbua Having concluded the convention of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, with a new…
Observing Tinubu in Atiku’s mirror
By Gimba Kakanda When former Vice President Atiku Abubakar picked the PDP ticket to tackle President…
Teens, ‘Yahoo-plus’, rituals and cultism
By Emedolibe Ngozi Emeka It is unfortunate that we don’t see the likes of Frank Olize,…