By Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside My dear people of Rivers State, The seàason, especially the beginning…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
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…
OPINION: Wike is a chartered ignoramus on economy
By Dakuku Peterside I watched Governor Wike spend more than one hour of precious time on…
VAIA Terminal: Udom’s evolutionary legacy in aviation
By Martin Inyangetoh & Glory James There is no gainsaying the fact that, there are many…
OPINION: Ngige, Andy Uba and the pendulum of leadership in Anambra APC
By Ife Osemedua The current tussle for the control of the leadership of the Anambra state…
Shehu Ilelah: The proverbial cow tail and the new reforms at NBC
By Rev Solomon Semaka A story was told of a grocery store owner whose only…
A bloody NUJ election, police detention and assassination: Excerpt from Emeka Nwosu’s new book
“Within the period I was in active journalism practice, I was deeply involved in the…
Nwanyi Imo Bus Stop: How mentally challenged woman was immortalised in Nnewi
By Azuka Onwuka In the 1970s and 1980s there were few but notable and popular…
Why the North bleeds and the people sleep
By Farooq A. Kperogi Northern Nigeria, particularly Muslim northern Nigeria, has become by far the…
Bisi Akande: Beatifying Buhari in a season of the butcherbird
By Festus Adedayo As former governor of Osun State and pioneer Chairman of the All…
Publications against Military irresponsible, politically motivated – CSOs
… Laud efforts of security forces in combating crimes 1. A coalition of civil society organisations…
OPINION: Sokoto State in dire distress; time to act, Mr. President
By Aminu Waziri Tambuwal It is with gratitude to Almighty God that we receive…
OPINION – Osinbajo’s road to Abuja: The untold story
By Olawale Olaleye Since his emergence as Nigeria’s number-two citizen, different accounts had been flying around…
TRIBUTE – Sam Nda-Isaiah: One Year After
By Azu Ishiekwene I still remember that night like yesterday. Our lives had been turned upside…
OPINION: Aba and leadership failure in South East
By Emeka Alex Duru If Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State and indeed, the…
Lies and scandals on the pulpit
By Olukorede Yishau Sylva Nze Ifedigbo— writer, essayist and many other things— has a collection…
An Uncommon Public Officer, Godswill Akpabio hits 59
By Jackson Udom He is an epitome of Excellence in Service; a staunch believer in…
Governor Obiano: When will they stop underrating him?
By James Eze It is hard to believe but true that governor Willie Obiano of…
OPINION: My boarding school experience
By Azuka Onwuka Since last week when 11-year-old Sylvester Oromoni, pupil of Dowen College, Lagos, was…