Tunde Leye: We must take the mutineers’ complaints more seriously
by Tunde Leye One only has to look at the sequence of causes in Mali and see the dangerous parallels with the current handling of the grumblings and growling of our gallant military officers fighting...
View ArticleOpinion: Nation builders emerge in times of adversity
by Bobby Udoh So, as we demand for President Jonathan to rise up and take this adversity as an opportunity to deliver great leadership, we must rise up and take this adversity as an opportunity to get...
View ArticleOpinion: King JONA and the paradise of oil wells
by Okeke Godwin Iyke They brought to him one woman though NOT a prostitute but uses the wealth of her people to hire private jets worth billions. This woman is called Deziane, she is know and...
View ArticleOpinion: #BringBackOurGirls – Nigerians and their hypocritical patriotism
by Jackson Bassey Before the Nigerian celebrities joined the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, Chis Brown, Keri Hilson, Mary J. Blige and other international celebrities were already calling for the...
View ArticleOpinion: Are you a Dame or a lady?
by Hussaina Ishaya Audu In just a matter of days, with very little effort on my part, my girls have internalized the contrast painted by the picture of the Dame and the Lady! The Dame has become a...
View ArticleGimba Kakanda: Of conspiracy theories and denials
by Gimba Kakanda If you have joined our deception-gathering agents, whose operations are everything but secret, the Nigerian secret police, in living in denial of Shekau’s actual existence as shared...
View ArticleTony Usidamen: Let me tell you about the hero Nigeria needs
by Tony Usidamen The hero Nigeria needs is ordinary people, like you and I, who understand that a true democracy is a government of the people by the people and for the people and, as such, would get...
View ArticleBamidele Aturu: Chibok – The Commander in Chief chickens out
by Bamidele Aturu I am saddened, disappointed and embarrassed that the President could not damn the security report and visit the people of Chibok four weeks after the unfortunate abduction of our...
View ArticleOpinion: Chibok girls – Foreign assistance and need for caution
by Musa Yakubu One basic lesson from Mario Puzo’s Godfather, is that one should be wary of those who are quick to offer help. The tragic abduction of over 200 girls from a secondary school in Chibok...
View ArticleOpinion: Who wants to be a Nigerian politician?
by Aminu Yusuf Roni One thing you shall never ignore is what your opponent is doing for the people. Find out and add to it. Hire some snoopy loyalists to do it for you. If he is building ten shops...
View ArticleMuhammadu Buhari: On our economy and security – Nigeria should have one...
by Muhammadu Buhari The way out of poverty is to get people to work. Workers should earn reasonable wages for their work and farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The government should have a...
View ArticleDele Momodu: A birthday plea for our girls
by Dele Momodu What would have been a marvellous birthday for me on May 16 was torpedoed by some kill-joys yesterday. I had looked forward to a wonderful gift from our President and...
View ArticleOpinion: The vow of the Nigerian military is patrotism to death, let’s...
by Denzel Chukwudinma In the light of the unfair criticism that have been shot the way of our military officials in recent times, I write this article to bring what the military represents to the...
View ArticleFemi Fani-Kayode: Give us Oduduwa Republic or let us die
by Femi Fani-Kayode I have had enough. I say goodbye Nigeria: give us Oduduwa or let us die “If they ever tell my story let them say I walked with giants, men rise and fall like the Winter wheat but...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: All have erred on Boko Haram
by Simon Kolawole Let’s admit it: all of us have erred over Boko Haram. We made the wrong assumptions and came to the wrong conclusions. It is now getting clearer by the day that though they might...
View ArticleOpinion: Goodluck Jonathan still does not have shoes
by Olu Akinmade The reality is that, come 2015, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will win the Presidential election into his second term in office and Nigeria will lose yet again! “In my early days in school I...
View ArticlePerry Brimah: Negotiating with terrorists? Let the parents decide
by Perry Brimah We also strongly advise you not to listen to advice from any so-called northern leaders. Many of those who shout loudest and come forward to make suggestions to the government today...
View ArticleOpinion: Is Boko Haram really killing Western education?
by Suhaib Mohammed But the real question is this: by abducting our children from their schools, is Boko Haram really killing Western education? Every day at noon and late in the evening, I join my...
View ArticleFemi Aribisala: The popular things of this world are of the Devil
by Femi Aribisala Know this for certain: if it is popular in the world, then it cannot be of God. God says: “as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my...
View ArticleOpinion: We are Arsenal, and here is what we believe
by Chukwumerie Uduchukwu Aside winning the trophy, we remain the only club in the world that trains stars from their childhood, make them popular and thereby becoming an industry of football stars...
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