Opinion: The National Conference is simply a ‘dictatorial safari’
by Garba Shehu Two, this budding dictator, the President of Nigeria is going about it in a way suggesting that he is not a firm believer in representative democracy. Why would he not call on the...
View ArticleOpinion: The thin line between out of work and out of hire
by Uzoma Elenwoke Having stated my case, I would want to see our government take a stronger stance on unemployment in our country so that at least the death of our fellow citizens who died last...
View ArticleOpinion: The social era and the magic of daring minds
by Charles Umeh To have the mind of goggle is one of the enviable dreams of young people born in this era. I am a millennial; my life is affected by default by the happenings on the internet....
View ArticlePerry Brimah: This Nigerian leadership is just cursed
by Perry Brimah You know it. I know it. This government is cursed. They have offended the Protector. They have done abominable things, things that cannot be spoken of; things that cannot be imagined....
View ArticleAkin Osuntokun: Two things the National Conference must achieve
by Akin Osuntokun It has to satisfactorily address the military misbegotten political and governance structural imbalance and duly seek and secure the voluntary consent of Nigerians in a referendum....
View ArticleOpinion: Why Arogbofa became Jonathan’s Chief of Staff
by Eric Teniola It is a tradition for officers of the Signal Corps of the Nigerian Army to be given political appointments.Therefore the recent appointment of retired Brigadier General Jones Oladeinde...
View ArticleOpinion: Is Nigeria really worth dying for? I think not
by Oluwasegun Somefun How can one explain the tragedy of the living, dying when he is trying to live? How can one console with the bereaved family of the victim of “Darwin’s theory”? How can one...
View ArticleDele Agekameh: Boko Haram – Our people perish for lack of Defence structure
by Dele Agekameh The temerity of the terrorists may have been halted for now, but the recent embarrassment suffered by Gusau so soon after assuming duty as well as the unrelenting terrorists’ campaign...
View ArticleTunde Leye: Mortgaging our future to a bunch of Amala-joint owners
by Tunde Leye It is these Amala-joint owners who make up the majority of those who are gathered in Abuja for the National Conference. People who have eaten the future are asked to discuss it, a future...
View ArticleOpinion: Fight against terror – Nigeria must bring method to its raging madness
by Onyeagolu Tochukwu The fact that most Nigerians can’t help being mean and unforgiving towards the one people that have brought so much tears to this nation, reveals another area of no less subtle...
View ArticleDele Momodu: Before the second coming
by Dele Momodu I have waited tirelessly for the men and women we call our leaders to wake up from their perpetual slumber and join hands with the people of this exhausted nation. Time is running out....
View ArticleChidi Onumah: Nigeria, one week one trouble
by Chidi Onumah But then, this is Nigeria. We are inured to tragic deaths. No week passes without bloodcurdling reports about one tragedy or another claiming the lives of Nigerians. Whether it is the...
View ArticleNgozi Achebe: Remembering Achebe’s transition and half a century of Arrow of God
by Ngozi Achebe I said something similar, or at least thought it, a year ago. Nigeria had lost one of its most salient and insistent voices – quiet but with the reverberations of thunderclaps and...
View ArticlePerry Brimah: Does President Jonathan hate the North?
by Perry Brimah This Northophobia is evident in the widely commented about failure of the President to visit the terrorized regions to empathize with the people and in his failure many a times to even...
View ArticleOpinion: But what sins have the Nigerian youth committed?
by Mayowa Okekale Actually, I don’t know the figure of our youths who applied for the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) job, but we know the number of our dear youths that have ‘migrated’ to the...
View ArticleOpinion: Why young people will embrace APC in 2015
by Aver Angweh The APC therefore is the most promising political party in the world right now with its strong features of reconciliation of the good, the bad and the ugly to one common fight against...
View ArticleTunde Fagbenle: Jonathan has to sack himself for Nigeria to be better
by Tunde Fagbenle The rot, the national rot, is from the head. Jonathan has to sack himself after sacking everyone else! For Nigeria to move forward, the sacking frenzy has to consume all. Maybe 2015...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: How Peter Obi swore to me over Anambra finances
by Simon Kolawole Looking in my direction, he said: “Simon always writes according to his convictions. You don’t have to agree with him, but he believes in whatever he writes.” I considered that to be...
View ArticlePerry Brimah: The Turkey arms to Nigeria terrorists mess
by Perry Brimah Does Nigeria act appropriately when arms are smuggled or cargoed into and through its borders? Is there a top-level Nigerian government involvement in smuggling deadly arms to...
View ArticleHannatu Musawa: #NISstampede – We demand a proper inquiry
by Hannatu Musawa Indeed, the Nigeria Immigration Service is a very prominent governmental agency responsible for ensuring that non-citizens coming into the country are without any blemishes and have...
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