Niyi Osundare: Maya Angelou – Truly phenomenal
by Niyi Osundare Maya Angelou was a victim of the American nightmare and shining example of its dream. Her entire life provided a lesson in the act of snatching victory out of the jaws of defeat. She...
View ArticleSuraj Oyewale: Bad Muslims and the rest of us (Y! FrontPage)
by Suraj Oyewale Exterminating innocent souls is seriously detested not only in the Qur’an but also common sense, except one with a hardened mind and no conscience. How a Muslim will think killing...
View ArticleWhy we increased OAU school fees – Vice Chancellor
by Oge Okonkwo The Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Bamitale Omole, stated the school’s reason for increasing school fees, saying that it was to provide quality and...
View ArticleLai Mohammed: Nigeria – The chicken has come home to roost
by Lai Mohammed How can a people be so trampled upon, so disdained, so unloved, so abused, so oppressed, so deceived, so cheated, so raped, so robbed by an elected leader and his small cabal, and yet...
View ArticleAdaobi Okwy: 4 (acceptable) ways to break up with someone (Y! Superblogger)
by Adaobi Okwy Go straight to the point and say exactly what you want to say. You don’t start with, “You are the greatest person in the world…the best part of me, the one I cannot live without and I...
View ArticleFemi Aribisala: We are all Boko Haram
by Femi Aribisala The Boko Haram is not only the man who blows up buildings and kills the innocent. The Boko Haram is also that man who ensures that fake drugs are sold in our pharmacies, and that...
View ArticleIssa Aremu: Emefiele – The entry of another regulator
by Issa Aremu It is reassuring that Emefiele is committed to development financing. He was reported to have said that his immediate priority is beyond financial system stability to cover...
View ArticleAbimbola Adelakun: How Nollywood kills people in Nigeria
by Abimbola Adelakun There is insistence on materialising evil through a physical body, and in many cases, aged females are the culprits. Anyone who has ever seen a Yoruba film on a fairly regular...
View ArticleDele Agekameh: Nigeria and the cyber frontier in crime
by Dele Agekameh Nigerians who have picked up expertise and show promise in cyber security are picked up easily by foreign countries or have joined the criminals that have ensured inclusion of Nigeria...
View ArticleOgaga Ifowodo: The Northern victory in the derivation contest
by Ogaga Ifowodo The “North,” it must be remembered, was dragged into Nigeria screaming and kicking. Its disdain for Nigeria has been evident right from when Sir Ahmadu Bello would not deign to come...
View ArticleOlusegun Adeniyi: Clark, Adoke and Presidential powers
by Olusegun Adeniyi So for Clark and fellow travellers to suggest that President Jonathan can suspend three governors from office in one fell swoop is not only to carry mischief too far, it is also a...
View ArticleOpinion: How to protect soft targets from Boko Haram attacks
by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju As a step towards protection, different categories of soft targets must be identified, as it is impossible to define a “one size fits all” approach for all of them. One of...
View ArticleOpinion: #BringBackOurGirls – Lessons we must learn
by Adeolu Isadiran We should not let this happen again to any Nigerian in any part of Nigeria. We are our brother’s keepers. There is nothing so terrifying to any parent as the horror of not being...
View ArticleOpinion: A President and his image-makers
by Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo I do believe that one of the President’s biggest mistake is the choice of his image makers. With all due respect to the President, Labaran Maku, Doyin Okupe, Reuben Abati and...
View ArticleMaryam Uwais: For our girls, we march on
by Maryam Uwais So I have committed to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, and we, as a coalition, have tried to engage our elected and appointed leaders who swore on the Constitution of the Federal...
View ArticleFor the record: Scandalous pension Law – History will vindicate me – Godswill...
by Godswill Akpabio I am deeply saddened by the vilification of the Honourable Members of the House of Assembly for undertaking a course of action, which we as a state, we should applaud. In the last...
View ArticleJoe Igbokwe: 18 years after Kudirat Abiola
by Joe Igbokwe My take in all this is that Chief MKO Abiola, his wife Kudirat Abiola and other heroes of democracy stand tall today and are better in heroic death than all the millions of their...
View ArticleOpinion: Who will tell Okorocha that Justice Oputa’s burial is not for sale?
by Kazeem Popoola If Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo is not well read, he should make Google his friend in order to track the amazing records of Charly Boy when in organization and events planning. Someone should...
View ArticleTope Olofin: How to increase your Twitter followers by Madam Elsie (Y!...
by Tope Olofin Inject your personality, whether its cocky, sweet or nasty. Your humanness get people So around Christmas last year, I had a quick lesson with Madam Elsie of elsieisy.com We both wanted...
View ArticleDemola Rewaju: Where is the wheel of Goodluck in all these?
by Demola Rewaju We have institutions and Nigerian will do well to just leave Goodluck Jonathan alone and focus on the heads of those institutions. While the mainstream campaigns on television went...
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