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Opinion: Let’s fact-check Sadiq Abacha’s letter to Wole Soyinka
by Okechukwu Ofili I broke down Sadiq’s letter and researched his claims written in bold font below. My goal was to be as objective as possible, without showing any bias. Yesterday, I read Sadiq...
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‘Folabi Ogundipe: The human resource manager (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by ‘Folabi Ogundipe “They were eagerly waiting for me in the other room with our new client, a foreigner as usual, waiting for me to finish.” For fourteen minutes I sat there just staring at the...
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Demola Rewaju: Abacha, honour and the necessary question mark
by Demola Rewaju The name ‘Sani Abacha’ and the word ‘honour’ (or the Americanised cousin ‘honor’) must never be used in the same sentence without a question mark somewhere in the sentential structure...
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What were they thinking? SEE the WORST dressed celebrities at the 2014 AMVCAs...
by Tutu Akinlabi Every red carpet event is a fashion test and while some pass in flying colours, others fail, woefully. The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2014 were no different and just as some...
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Tunde Fagbenle: My encounter with Oyo State’s Ajimobi
by Tunde Fagbenle However, to my relief and joy, he turned out to be someone completely different once the interview got underway.He certainly is smarter and more knowledgeable than his initial gaffe...
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Here they are! SEE the 10 best dressed celebrities at the 2014 AMVCAs (PHOTOS)
by Tutu Akinlabi Biola Alabi The 2014 edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards have come and gone but of course the ripples are still being felt. It was a night of glitz and glamour and we...
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Femi Aribisala: How to determine if your dream is of God (Part 1)
by Femi Aribisala Many people dream but don’t understand their dreams. Without the correct interpretation, a dream is useless. Without interpretation, Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams would have been...
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Simon Kolawole: The evil that diesel does
by Simon Kolawole MTN alone spent N34 billion on diesel to power its business, mainly generators serving its 11,000 base stations. You may wish to read that figure again: N34 billion! Glad and sad....
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Sonala Olumhense: How the US can help Nigeria
by Sonala Olumhense If the objective of the US is to help the people of Nigeria, it needs to bear in mind that the challenge of recovering looted funds, indeed of assembling resources for Nigeria’s...
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Elnathan John: Jonathan the man of God, and other such theories
by Elnathan John However if this full recovery and revival of Alamieyeseigha is what results from Jonathan’s act of forgiveness, then I say today on record that I agree that Jonathan is a man of god....
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Opinion: How President Jonathan failed to wield absolute power
by Olaitan Ajiboye That absolute power is what Nigerians want Mr President to ‘ACTIVATE’ on Boko Haram and paralyse them. Yes, unleash that ‘absolute power’ on Boko Haram and indeed to guarantee the...
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The power of passion and the spirit of war
by Femi Fani-Kayode All these unseen things inspire. They stir the spirit and move the soul. They breath and bleed passion. They ARE passion itself. And passion is the essence of life. Until you hear...
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Opinion: We must take a closer look at these Confab delegates
by Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye Instead of Ladoja, Alamesgia, Odili, Bode Goerge etc going to CONFAB, why not recall Ibori from Prison to lead the talk? While not wake Lawrence Anini up from his mausoleum...
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Uduak Oduok: No Ma’am, Chimamanda Adichie’s use of “F__k you” on TV is NOT...
by Uduak Oduok Let’s separate the two issues. The choice of language is not the issue. The appropriate forum for such a language is the issue. In my world at least, the use of the f word is quite...
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Opinion: Sadiq and Gumsu Abacha – The genealogy of African kleptocracy
by Adeolu Ademoyo So while the Abacha Jnrs have rights to defend Abacha Snr-their father who used prebendalism to steal over 4 billion dollars of Nigerian resources as head of state, there is no...
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Opinion: Are Nigerians really tired of bad governance?
by Umar Yakubu Thoughts around security, national budget, state of the economy are not debated. Instead, you will read a lot of name-calling and exchange of insults. Ironically, that’s what...
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Demola Rewaju: Dealing with extended family of In-laws and outlaws
by Demola Rewaju Admittedly, there are challenges associated with dealing with one’s in-laws; interference with the day-to-day lives of the couple is one of them. Some parents-in-law make it their...
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Collins Uma: Mr. President, this is not a crisis, it is war ( Y! FrontPage)
by Collins Uma And, while Nigeria burns, President Goodluck Jonathan is more interested in smiling for the camera. His administrative posture in the midst of the ongoing carnage by Boko Haram and...
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Adaobi Okwy: Let me tell you how to gossip right (Y! Superblogger)
by Adaobi Okwy Some years back, I remember my mum saying that she would stop patronizing her hairdresser because the woman only gossiped about others. My mum said she didn’t want to hear whose husband...
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Opinion: Disbanding the JTF in the North-east was a grave mistake
by Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri Disbanding the JTF is apparently one of the worst things that ever happened to the security crisis in the north east. Ever since a military division was established to take...
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