By Olukorede Yishau There are people who believe that love overrides a multitude of sins. I…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
Playing extreme and dangerous politics with insecurity in South East
Senator Ike Ekweremadu I have noted with concern the growing and well-choreographed attack on the South…
OPINION: Why Nigeria must avoid another war
By Hafsat Abiola-Costello I live in Brussels now, the capital of the European Union. The…
OPINION: Dr. Chidozie Nwankwo will emerge first APC Governor in Anambra State come March 17, 2022
By Overdose Media As devising for the gubernatorial election in Anambra State gathers momentum, aspirants are…
OPINION: Fighting a losing war with Twitter
By Dakuku Peterside It began with a tweet on June 1, 2021, from President Muhammadu Buhari’s…
OPINION: “There came the messengers”
By Pastor Wale OlaOluwa Job. 1:14-19 Every day that breaks has vibes that often…
OPINION: Not because of one tweet
By Gimba Kakanda The speed with which Twitter was banned in Nigeria, just two days after…
OPINION: We have banned your darling Twitter
By Jiti Ogunye We have banned your twitter They aren’t our well wishers They want…
OPINION: Imo cannot remain in this state
By Emeka Alex Duru A friend and colleague, Ken Mokwenye, put a call that…
Opinion – Joe Nwodo: Humanity has lost a man with the heart of gold
By Chukwuka Utazi Dr. Joe Nwodo whom all of us gathered here tonight needs…
OPINION: In the spirit of ‘japa’
By Olukorede Yishau One major addition to Nigeria’s lexicon is the word ‘japa’. The…
OPINION – Southeast Nigeria: When silence is no longer golden
By Ike Chioke Nigeria and Nigeria’s friends must speak out on the heightened spate of…
OPINION: Anambra awaits the arrival of an amazon
(Chidi Alexandria Onyemelukwe, née Ekwueme) By M.O. Ene Good leadership depends on how the leaders were…
Dismantling this charity organisation
By Gimba Kakanda In the movie Dante’s Peak, a memory from my adolescence, the character Harry…
OPINION: Transcending the lean times
By Dakuku Peterside Criticism makes leaders wake up, and it puts them on their toes. It…
Growing cult of Abidemi Rufais
By Festus Adedayo The arrest of Abidemi Rufai, Senior Special Assistant to Dapo Abiodun, the governor…
COAS appointment as missed opportunity for unity
By Farooq A. Kperogi The appointment of my namesake, Major General Farouk Yahaya, as…
OPINION: Military onslaught in South East is diversionary
By Ikechukwu Amaechi In normal climes, it will be odd for a columnist to comment…
OPINION: Ibori’s loot: How AGOF saved Okowa from the wrath of Deltans
By Charles Okogene The clarification of the earlier statement credited to the Accountant General of…
OPINION: Beyond IPOB May 30 sit-at-home order
By Emeka Alex Duru The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has, since the last days…
OPINION: They have names too
By Olukorede Yishau Journalism is an interesting profession; it thrives on oddity, popularity and proximity. It…
OPINION: Need for urgent probe into incessant military air crashes
By John Nwokocha Nigerians are still in grief since Friday, May 21, when a military…
Opinion – Military Rule In Nigeria: Perish The Thought
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa A few weeks back, I sat down listening to an elder statesman,…
Yoruba Nation: Tinubu, others standing against a moving train
By Femi Fani-Kayode One of the lessons that Bola Tinubu and those with him will soon…
Secessionist agitations in Nigeria and Israel – Palestinian conundrum
By Dakuku Peterside Perhaps no conflict in the world has lasted so long, generated as many…
Emperor El-Rufai and hapless Kaduna workers
By Emeka Alex Duru If you had assumed that the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was…
Opinion: Dissecting Malami’s spare parts logic
By Simon Kolawole According to Mallam Abubakar Malami, LLB, BL, the Attorney-General of the Nigerian Federation,…
Opinion – El-Rufai, Malami, Ayade: Nigeria’s three troublers in one troubling week
By Festus Adedayo Perhaps if Alois Hitler, father of a man who would later…
Opinion: Yahaya Bello and delusion of grandeur
By Olukorede Yishau Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is slightly older than me, but…
Opinion: Dementia, not Buhari, fired NPA’s Bala Usman
By Farooq A. Kperogi Muhammadu Buhari’s “suspension” of Hajia Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of…