Joel Allotey: Lamentations of the Nigerian soul (30 Days, 30 Voices)
by Joel Allotey ”Our cries for deliverance from the scourge that Nigeria is synonymous with has fallen on deaf ears; both the ears of our God and that of our government.” “Her foes have become her...
View ArticleOpinion: Bring back our girls and keep our gays in the forest?
by Ebenezer Obadare Why have the same Nigerians who could not lift a finger in defense of homosexuals and lesbians suddenly found their collective voice in protest against the Boko Haram outrage? The...
View ArticleAnna Banner: How I became the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (30 Days, 30...
by Anna Banner ”When it was my turn to go down the catwalk in a bikini, I swallowed hard; I couldn’t stop feeling that everyone was staring at my butt” There were so many hot girls- Dark,...
View ArticleOpinion: What ‘There is God o!’ means to the rest of us
by Rotimi Fashakin Little wonder that the most horrendous corruption figures ever known to Nigerians (Living and dead) have sprang up under Jonathan Presidency! Where was God? Still on His Throne as...
View ArticleSimon Kolawole: ‘Dem say money no loss o!’
by Simon Kolawole To start with, Sanusi never said money was missing. He didn’t say Jonathan stole money. He didn’t say Diezani Alison-Madueke stole money. He didn’t say NNPC stole money. Go and...
View ArticleFemi Aribisala: Salvation from Coca-Cola and Fanta
by Femi Aribisala I have not taken any Coke and Fanta in the last sixteen years, and I will never take Coke and Fanta again as long as I live. Of what consequence is living water when what you want is...
View ArticleTunde Fagbenle: The Northerner and the rest of us
by Tunde Fagbenle Has anyone wondered, for example, how and why the powerful media machine of an Atiku Abubakar remains solid and perennial? How and why Sultan Abubakar III (and those before him)...
View ArticleSonala Olumhense: No governor is as greedy as Governor Akpabio
by Sonala Olumhense To be fair, a few other states in Nigeria have similar laws, aimed at providing for former chief executives once they are out of office. None, however, is as callous, greedy,...
View ArticleOpinion: Gov. Ibikunle Amosun and his predecessor(s) – A comparative analysis
by Rahman Alli It takes more than expansion of existing roads and constructing overhead bridges to add values to the lives of a people. Whatever happened to the employment generation programme,...
View ArticleSoyombo Ayomikun: Give me one more cigarette or I die (Poetry)
by Soyombo Ayomikun Some people talk about it. As being a cause of lung cancer. Instead,within its sweet bowel. I find load of answers Things I’ve heard: 1.With each puff I inhale gods...
View ArticleElnathan John: How to curb insurgency
by Elnathan John People underestimate the power of condemnation. No one likes to be condemned, not even murderous insurgents. I have no facts to back this but I can bet my three shoes and Tecno phone...
View ArticleOpinion: APC, South East and the 2015 election
by Diana-Abasi Alphonsus Udoh But it is appalling that a Presidential or Vice Presidential material can not be found in a region which has produced bright and competent minds like Professor Charles...
View ArticleOpinion: Why we must declare war on greed
by Osamwonyi Gabriel It wouldn’t take long to transform Nigeria to a 21st Century Eden, if we exorcise greed from our psyche. It will mark our exit from the defamed league of corrupt nations. It...
View ArticleDemola Rewaju: Dear Mr. President, these states need a different kind of...
by Demola Rewaju One major problem hindering the effectiveness of the emergency declaration in those states is obviously the retention of the democratic apparatuses in the same states. One cannot...
View ArticleTunde Leye: The indigene hypocrisy (Y! FrontPage)
by Tunde Leye I cannot be nominated a minister from Lagos State. And to think of becoming the governor of Lagos State? I will be asked what exactly I am smoking. Yet I would meet all the...
View ArticleBayo Oluwasanmi: #BringBackOurGirls – Can the Jonathan govt. please rent...
by Bayo Oluwasanmi Can the Jonathan administration rent commonsense for #BringBackOurGirls? This is the worst of times in Nigeria. It is the time of foolishness. It is the season of darkness. It is...
View ArticleHow we took the #BringBackOurGirls campaign down to South Africa –...
by Akintomiwa Agbaje Damilola Apotieri, a post graduate student at the Wits University, South Africa has been at the forefront of youth advocacy for most of his life founding the enormously...
View ArticleOpinion: Tom Ikimi and the politics of deceit
by Alfred Atoyebi Morgan It was no surprise that he became the man that the Abacha Junta leaned on to help launder the pariah image of Nigeria on the internationally, after an election that was...
View ArticleOkey Ikechukwu: Dangote, Seplat and who next?
by Okey Ikechukwu It is the same for Seplat, except that the latter has actually taken matters well beyond where Dangote is at the moment in the same market. The company is seen as capable of...
View ArticleAyokunle Odekunle: Biafra –‘Forgotten’ but not forgotten
by Ayokunle Odekunle You wish you can wish away History? You cannot. History is not something to be avoided or hidden from public glare. It is something to be taught to the present generation so the...
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