By Charles Okogene The clarification of the earlier statement credited to the Accountant General of…
Category: Opinions/Columnists
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…
Aburi ghost, Asaba secessionists and waffles in high places
By Festus Adedayo When you listen to Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmed Lawan’s skewed submission on…
Rapists and their apologists
By Olukorede Yishau Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted;…
Lessons for Nigeria from EPL, by Femi Adesina
Manchester City football club was on Tuesday confirmed winner of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL).…
Opinion: CP Odumosu, Ndigbo are not Nigeria’s problem
By Ikechukwu Amaechi In his famous 1984 book titled, The Trouble with Nigeria, legendary novelist,…
Opinion – Saving Nigeria from dance on razor edge
By James Eze Truth crashed home last Tuesday when 17 Southern Governors rose from a…
The scourge of ritual killings in Nigeria, by Dakuku Peterside
Iniobong Umoren was a young woman in her early 20’s who lived in Uyo the Akwa…
Opinion – Nigeria Customs’ Gestapo rice raid
By Festus Adedayo In a Nigeria where the abnormal and the skewed are fast…
Opinion: They should let us breathe
By Femi Adesina Don’t asphyxiate us, let us breathe. Remove your knees from the…
Opinion: Time and season
By Olukorede Yishau As a boy growing up in Lagos and schooling later in Ogun…
When a Presidency becomes “wailing wailer”
By Ikechukwu Amaechi President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, was credited…
A Fraud on Our Collective Humanity, by Dakuku Peterside
It was a compelling story – a story that showcases the best and worst in us.…
Crimson as colour of Mrs. Tinubu’s wolf and sheep allegory
By Festus Adedayo Did Itsekiri, Delta State-born Senator representing Lagos in Nigeria’s National Assembly, Mrs. Oluremi…
My outrage fatigue about Nigeria
By Farooq A. Kperogi In the last few months, I’ve noticeably scaled down the frequency and…
The latest ‘own goal’ by Mallam Garba Shehu
By Uche Diala I was asleep yesterday while my Boss Mallam Garba Shehu unleashed his latest…
Obiano’s Anambra Airport Miracle
By Uche Nworah I am going to bed tonight, Friday, 30th April, 2021, a happy man.…
Opinion: Nigeria and her path to doom
By Emeka Alex Duru It is necessary that we confess that the title to…
Opinion: The good, the bad, the ugly of NYSC
By Olukorede Yishau As a young woman, what will your reaction be if a…
Opinion: Reflections on Police Reform
by Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze Police is an integral part of every…