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OPINION – The year 2022: A peep into the political crystal ball
By Dakuku Peterside The year 2021 is gone. Political intrigues and manoeuvres were commonplace and sometimes…
Africa: IbomAir, Airbus and the takeover of the Nigerian aviation space
By Ikechi Uko I was in Toulouse in 2000 for the first Airbus A330 to Africa.…
The Eagle finally landed
By Olusegun Odegbami Yesterday was something. Needless to go into the details of the tension, pressures,…
2023: The price of apathy
By Gimba Kakanda Even though Nigeria’s next President appears to be the most unpredictable since our…
Buhari should give no more interviews
By Farooq A. Kperogi One of the self-care treats I’ve chosen to indulge in, for…
OPINION: “If you want to play, bring a ball”
By Strive Masiyiwa • “Your gift [that thing which only you can do well] will bring…
TRIBUTE: Goodnight, Comrade Bonnie Iwuoha
By Emeka Alex Duru My intimacy with former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ),…
Sanwo-Olu and this joke called federalism
By Olukorede Yishau On Tuesday, we all got another piece of evidence that we are deceiving…
Magodo fiasco, Gov. Sanwo-Olu and genuine leadership
By Gboyega Akosile I have read a lot reactions and media reports on the engagement between…
2023 and the quest for all-Nigerian president
By Abu Shekara Who’s to say there was ever a time, since the civil war, when…
OPINION: Remembering Bashir Tofa
By Doyin Okupe I was a director of communication for Alhaji Bashir Tofa’s campaign organisation. I…
Governor vs IGP: Only restructuring can save Nigeria
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Section 215 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as…
OPINION: Soot and our collective conscience (2)
By Dakuku Peterside Last week, in this column, we looked at the scientific, social, economic, and…
Restarting the fuel subsidy war
By Simon Kolawole Mrs Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, dropped a…
EULOGY: Tribute to the most fearless person I ever knew
By Strive Masiyiwa “A burning and shining light” For me Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the best…
OPINION: What money can’t buy
By Gimba Kakanda Whether in measuring a nation’s vulnerability in the balance of power or the…
Perhaps nature should not have blessed Nigeria
By Azuka Onwuka If countries could be categorised as “blessed” or “cursed” by nature, which countries…
Between Muhammadu Indimi and John D. Rockefeller
As another year begins tomorrow, please let us make it a habit to touch lives in…
OPINION: Soot and our collective conscience (1)
By Dakuku Peterside As you read this column, there is a high probability that there is…
OPINION – Hisbah: The poor man’s police
By Gimba Kakanda Nothing emphasizes one’s vulnerability in Nigeria as much as being poor, and this…
OPINION: Letter to the land of the happiest people on earth
By Olukorede Yishau Forty-eight years after his second novel, ‘Season of Anomie’, Wole Soyinka released another…
OPINION: #Pause: How big is the industry in which you do business?
By Strive Masiyiwa __”Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others”… As…
Reducing the cost of governance in Nigeria revisited
By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze Every so often, the calls for reducing the…
OPINION: Has democracy failed Nigerians?
By Dakuku Peterside Globally, citizens of countries with democratic profiles are beginning to question the efficacy…
Circumstantial evidence says it’s murder, sir!
(A factionalized – fact and fiction – account of murder in a hotel) Festus…
APC and threats to Nigeria’s democracy
By Emeka Alex Duru The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is at war with itself,…
Buhari at 79: Lessons we’ve learnt from him
By Femi Adesina When he popped out of his mother’s womb 79 years ago in rustic…