Opinion: When will Nigeria get its own Mandela?
by Toks Ero The ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and the emerging All Progressives Congress, APC, both two sides of the same coin, are flexing political muscles not because they have the interest...
View ArticleElnathan John: Why I hate people who complain
by Elnathan John And it is in this light that I agree with Chief Edwin Clarke who said recently that he who challenges Jonathan challenges God. Because God must want this kind of leadership for us,...
View ArticleOpinion: Why Jonathan must go in 2015
by Mike Redford Those who are not with us are against us. President Jonathan and PDP are against us. President Jonathan has made fundamental economic woes for Nigeria. Those who are not with us are...
View ArticlePerry Brimah: Is there no way to stop this Boko Haram madness?
by Peregrino Brimah Are Boko Haram sponsors ghosts? Did the politician sponsors Goodluck Jonathan, the president of Nigeria, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, our late ex-NSA Andrew Azazi and others refer...
View ArticleDahlia Nosakhare: The soul mate myth (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Dahlia Nosakhare “Hence, we view a successful relationship as what happens to us rather than what we create by working hard. “ I want a hen(s) party with shameless debauchery but I really want to...
View ArticleAbimbola Adelakun: Now that Jonathan has silenced el-Rufai
by Abimbola Adelakun El-Rufai’s defenders might like to point out that his statement was conditional on how the elections are conducted but then, so what? Does anyone actually imagine that the 2015...
View ArticleAlkasim Abdulkadir: And citizen Onigbo sentenced himself to death (Y! FrontPage)
by Alkasim Andulkadir These days the government is trying to reduce poverty by initiatives like YouWin, one of the most pragmatic ventures initiated by the government to provide jobs, no doubt it has...
View ArticleMichael Orodare: APC and the burden of a mega-party (Y! Politico)
by Michael Orodare Pardon my digression, the APC crises is no longer looming, it’s now a big threat to the less than a-year-old marriage of strange bed fellows, which might result in a shipwreck as...
View ArticleTochi Ozulumba: In a flash, everything changed (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Tochi Ozulumba “I got reminded of another of God’s big gifts: humanity.” It’s the morning of January the 18th, 2013, the expiration of my mandatory national assignment under the NYSC scheme...
View ArticleOpinion: How the Ombatse Cult killed my brother; I hope he died quickly…
by Nicholas Ibekwe Families who could recognize their loved ones were asked to pay for their embalmment. The authorities provided no support and didn’t bother to treat the corpses with dignity. I know...
View ArticleOpinion: 20 lies we all tell ourselves… and others
by Hemenseter Butu Corruption in Nigeria should be eliminated: Oh yeah? How did you get your drivers licence in 2 days? Did you pay tax on the last revenue you received, though the government wasn’t...
View ArticleAkin Osuntokun: Gen. Aliyu Gusau, the spy who loves Nigeria
by Akin Osuntokun The return of Gusau to the government of President Goodluck Jonathan as minister (of defence?) is pregnant with meanings. In the ensuing months of a testy political season fraught...
View ArticleOpinion: Let’s talk about Okorocha’s Imo deportation
by Mustapha Saddiq According to the report, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state raised the alarm that they might be Boko Haram insurgents and so the government was left with no option than...
View ArticleGarba Shehu: Labaran Maku and his frenzied attacks on Northern leaders
by Garba Shehu At another occasion, he thundered that “the fiction in the North that President Jonathan and Vice President Sambo are not developing the North, is the fiction whipped up by politicians...
View ArticleOpinion: Amaechi, NGF and the ‘missing $49.8 billion’
by Chijama Ogbu He also once said it was his perceived ambition to run for vice presidency (or is it presidency), that set off their disagreement. Not quite long ago, he alleged that the presidency was...
View ArticleTunde ‘Leye: Why policemen disobey the IGP on checkpoints
by Tunde Leye Our policemen are paid salaries that are simply unable to provide a decent living. They therefore resort to getting what they can from citizens directly. Apart from people who have cases...
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Dele Momodu: Nigeria – In search of a cheaper democracy
by Dele Momodu With due respect to Madam Ngozi, a woman I admire so much and saw as a potential President of Nigeria, I wonder if she prepared that budget or it was prepared and sent to the Ministry...
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#RepostOfTheDay: Will you be late to work on Monday? Then send this photo to...
by Akan Ido Monday mornings are notorious for satanic traffic – especially in Lagos where the rush goes up a thousand ‘notches’ – setting you up on a collision course with your boss. But that doesn’t...
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Opinion: On Jonathan’s proposed CONference and my apologies to Tinubu
by Wale Adedayo It appears Tinubu, with his many shortcomings, is better at seeing deeper than most of his critics as I am one of them. I was among those in the forefront of castigating Asiwaju Bola...
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Hannatu Musawa: My encounter with a 2-year-old raped by a police corporal
Hannatu Musawa There is no doubt that the institutions that are meant to protect women from rape have failed in their duty. Particularly, a major way the Nigerian government is failing curbing this...
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