By Gimba Kakanda The directive to have telecoms services suspended for two weeks in Zamfara…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
My battles with domestic violence, parenting a violent autistic son – Kemi Olunloye
Social Media is the right place to tell the world your mind. If I did…
Adanma Okpara and leadership failure in the East
By Emeka Alex Duru Let us commence with a prayer for the soul of the…
OPINION: Presidency: Who picks up the gauntlet?
By Abu Shekara Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) enjoined that we…
How Buhari broke the jinx at NNPC, by Femi Adesina
The news came like a thundering typhoon last week. For the first time in its…
OPINION: Between Gov. Ortom and President Buhari
By Ikechukwu Amaechi In the last couple of weeks, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and President…
Why ZLP will take us to Anambra Government House
By Obiora Okonkwo Today marks the beginning of a historic journey which we had committed into…
OPINION: Brain drain and the chaos within
By Sylvester Asoya Last week, frantic medical doctors in Abuja drew our attention once again, to…
OPINION : Igbo traditional burial practice of ‘Igbukpo Ozu Ife’
By Uche Nworah, Ph.D The dead have a special place in Igbo cosmology. When Ndigbo pray,…
My opinion on IPOB’s sit at home Monday – Bianca Ojukwu
It was Calvin Coolidge who once said: ‘A nation that forgets it’s own defenders will…
OPINION: When will Buhari release Nnamdi Kanu?
By Azuka Onwuka When Buhari arrested Kanu in 2015, his plan was to keep him away…
OPINION: Striking the Soul of the Nation
By Dakuku Peterside Omoni Oboli’s “Wives on Strike” is a blockbuster Nollywood movie where four…
OPINION: Commodore Olawunmi and the maladies this time
By Festus Adedayo An early morning inferno broke out in Circus Maximus, Rome on June 19,…
OPINION: NDA attack and Yusuf Buhari’s lavish wedding
By Farooq A. Kperogi The attack on and abduction of military officers at the Nigerian Defense…
OPINION: Why private doctors honoured Kayode Ojo, Rabiu, others
By Dr. Lawson Itua The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) has…
OPINION: Buhari’s legacy as a failure already sealed
By Ikechukwu Amaechi President Muhammadu Buhari never ceases to confound. Even his most strident supporters, who…
A distressing call for self-defence
By Sylvester Asoya Finally, those in elective and appointive positions in Nigeria are now at…
The law school dinner
By Valentine Obienyem Permit me to start with the story of Lucius Laus Licinius Luincus, Lucullus,…
OPINION: As Sokoto bonds for security
By Abu Shekara There was this movie about two warring communities who were ‘bitterest’ enemies for…
OPINION: Post Afghanistan implications for Nigeria
By Dakuku Peterside In the past week, the unfolding events in Afghanistan have dominated the media…
OPINION: Continuity and change in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy under President Muhammadu Buhari
By Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari (Being a paper delivered at the 2021 Annual Public Lecture of…
Buhari: How not to fail
By Festus Adedayo President Muhammadu Buhari made one of the most down-to-earth statements of…
TRIBUTE : Memories of hilarious stories Ahmed Joda told us
By Farooq A. Kperogi When I read the heartbreaking news of Malam Ahmed Joda’s passing…
OPINION: Jos mayhem and Nigeria’s killing fields
By Emeka Alex Duru In 2016, the United States (US) and United Nations (UN), issued two…
OPINION: COVID-19 and violence
By Olukorede Yishau They were lonely times with seemingly longer nights and days and weeks that…
OPINION: The city where motorbikes are celebrated
By Azuka Onwuka Driving a car in Anambra State, especially in a city like Nnewi, is…
OPINION: Siege on Political Parties
By Dakuku Peterside Reading through the newspapers and social media in the past two weeks, I…
Top 5 lies about Buhari that won’t go away
By Farooq A. Kperogi Muhammadu Buhari is a magnet for both extravagantly flattering myths and…