By Dakuku Peterside In the past week, the unfolding events in Afghanistan have dominated the media…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
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…
OPINION: That is not good advice
By Strive Masiyiwa When we were little, we were taught by our parents and teachers…
OPINION: Secondus, PDP and Nigeria’s political development
By Emeka Alex Duru The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, may…
If not infrastructure, then what?
By Femi Adesina Former Governor of Anambra State and running mate to Atiku Abubakar in…
Why we must take steps to save the health sector
By Dr. Iyke Odo As we know, health is a universal need. It is everybody’s desire…
OPINION: What do young people read these days?
By Uche Nworah I work in the media and my experience with the quality of writing…
OPINION: Nigeria – A land of strange heroes
By Sylvester Asoya Nigeria’s hall of fame stinks. The consolation however, is that citizens are gradually…
OPINION: What god do policemen worship?
By Gimba Kakanda Someone here reached out to plead that I let go of the Abba…
Who is in Charge of the Southeast?
By Sam Amadi Who is in charge of the southeast? The Governors should be. But…
OPINION – 2023: The familiar as unknown (3)
By Dakuku Peterside We started this series penultimate week with permutations regarding the conventions and…
Is Babangida also a master satirist?
By Festus Adedayo In 1964, the Nigerian Tribune’s editorial comment, entitled Where do we go…
Abba Kyari’s twelve sides of the story
By Gimba Kakanda I often wonder why those with hideous skeletons in their cupboard tend to…
Obiano @66: Why Anambra will remember him
By James Eze At 66 today, Governor Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano is a fulfilled man. He…
Encounter comes with persistence
By Pastor Wale OlaOluwa John 20:11-12: “But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping:…she stooped…
TRIBUTE: Tears still for Gezawa, BUK’s “Brain on a Wheelchair,” one year after
By Ikechukwu Amaechi When he died on August 6, 2020 at the age of 21, not…
Orlu and creeping culture of violence
By Emeka Alex Duru As I write, many young men and women of my Orlu…
OPINION: Media and the crisis of national integration in Nigeria
By Emeka Nwosu, PhD. Nigeria, is currently passing through turbulent times. It has continued to…
OPINION – Nigeria: Of Heroes and Anti-Heroes
By Sam Amadi Nigerians are myth-makers. They are also very religious and sentimental. They are…
OPINION:Abba Kyari: Have the enemies done their worst?
By Ikechukwu Amaechi In Nigeria, unseen enemies are always doing their worst. They seem to…