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Opinion: Resignation, a strange path for Nigerian public officials
by Abiola Solanke Ever since then, there have been growing outrage and calls on the Nigerian Minister of Interior, who supervises the Immigration service, Comrade Abba Moro to take responsibility and...
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Okey Ndibe: Abba Moro and the war on the poor
by Okey Ndibe There are millions of desperate, unemployed and angry youths in every space in Nigeria. Sooner or later, sooner than later, they will realize that there’s a war on them, that their...
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Opinion: The Centenary awards without Ribadu was a huge mistake
by Saleh Ashaka One would have expected that if nothing else, the former EFCC chairman’s name would have been among the top three in the category of outstanding bravery and public spiritedness. While...
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Opinion: Buhari is Jonathan’s worst nightmare ahead of 2015
by Daniel Ojeh It implies that ceteris paribus , Buhari has assurance of up to 24 million votes already ahead of his likely contenders should he contest in 2015. Call this a layman’s analysis of...
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Tope Tedela: A penny for your thoughts (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Tope Tedela ”There I still was pondering many thoughts, hearing voices raging in my mind about what to fill this blank page with.” I used to think I was a writer. I used to think I had a voice....
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Frank Onuoha: High electricity tariff – A reflection on the UN query
by Frank Onuoha Months after, the much touted “thousands of jobs” and “mini-power” projects that will generate the miracle mega watts are still illusory. The United Nations is demanding that within 60...
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Perry Brimah: Northern Nigeria is under the siege of terrorists
by Perry Brimah Is there top level government involvement in the terror operations decimating the north which is permitting such utility of choppers in Nigerian airspaces to ferry terrorist and terror...
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Olusegun Adeniyi: One Central Bank, four governors
by Olusegun Adeniyi I am not one of those people who subscribe to the conspiracy theory that Sanusi was suspended because of his allegation that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
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Feyi Fawehinmi: Why Innoson’s Innocent Chukwuma is exciting (Warning: Long Read)
by Feyi Fawehinmi But the early days were characterised by him doing all sorts of different things as the opportunities came to him. Whereas back then he was at the mercy of crazy government policies...
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Dele Agekameh: My niece was involved in the Immigration recruitment tragedy
by Dele Agekameh In the wake of the hullabaloo that greeted the unfortunate death of more than 19 applicants at the charade recently organised by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, I reached out to...
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Abimbola Adelakun: What does Muritala Nyako really know about Boko Haram?
by Abimbola Adelakun First, how can Nyako be so certain that there is “simply no person in the North-East rich enough to foot the financial and logistic bills of Boko Haram?” Why the haste to look...
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Perry Brimah: Nigeria – How many more must die?
by Perry Brimah Hundreds in Borno, hundreds in Yobe, hundreds in Kaduna, hundreds in Katsina, hundreds in Adamawa. No less than 16,000 of us have been killed in this violence since 2011 according to...
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The arrogance of the North at the National Conference
by Femi Fani-Kayode The same way they have been behaving since the creation of the Nigerian state is the same way they are aggressively exhibiting their character at this confrence. ‘I see arrogance....
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Khadijat Bello: How to choose good yams (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Khadijat Bello ”Believe it or not, my dad taught me how to know a good and tasty yam just from the appearance and since then, I’ve hardly bought a yam that wasn’t superb” Yams are very tricky to...
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Opinion: Jonathan and the growing militia threats in Nigeria
by Zainab Okino How can the Jonathan-led government in clear conscience preside over a huge killing field called Nigeria and still have the boldness to seek for re-election? Everyday, hundreds of...
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Reno Omokri: On Progressives and Pro-aggressives
by Reno Omokri Said Governor Oshiomhole, “what the Edo election has confirmed is that when the President and Commander-in-Chief puts the country first and conducts himself as a statesman, not just as...
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Wale Bakare: The many ‘sins’ of Sen. Bukola Saraki
by Wale Bakare Again, Saraki was at the front burner to condemn the presidency for sacking the erstwhile CBN governor in an unceremonious manner. His views corroborate those of the majority who...
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Opinion: My role as a citizen of the earth
by Abidemi Oderinlo The role of every element on earth is indeed found in its nature and it is the same for man, but instead of functioning exclusively as humans, we intentionally bludgeon our role as...
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Akin Osuntokun: The crude oil identity
by Akin Osuntokun Rather than endeavour to free our minds from the shackles and incapacitation of the bondage of crude oil, it is tragic to note that some Nigerians who stake political leadership...
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Opinion: Nigeria’s National conference and the five fallacies
by Mahmud Abdullahi The most fundamental of these fallacies is the belief that Nigeria is a uniquely artificial state as it was created by the British colonialists, primarily for economic and...
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