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Jaye Gaskia: We must now take Nigeria’s destiny in our hands
by Jaye Gaskia The only sane lesson we must draw from all of these is that Our Destiny Is Truly in our own hands; and not in the hands of any of the factions or fractions of the inept, gluttonous, and...
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Ogaga Ifowodo: Being man and poet, at the Mandela Secretariat
by Ogaga Ifowodo His likes may never walk the earth again. When I was elected secretary-general of the students union at the University of Benin in 1987, I headed a secretarial named after Mandela. I...
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Olusegun Adeniyi: Jonathan should also reply OBJ’s letter and leak it out
by Olusegun Adeniyi Therefore, whether or not he responds to Obasanjo’s ill-tempered letter is no longer of any relevance. What I believe is important now is for him to begin to do the needful things...
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Opinion: Snitches in the military
by Dele Agekameh Take the attack on the Air Force Base for example. Without insiders’ involvement, it would not have been easy for the terrorists to overrun the base and other military establishments...
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Opinion: The hard knocks of death
by Somefun OluwasegunWhen Angel Death brings its hard knocks down on man, it is all a matter of how well you have lived in response to God’s benchmark. For the writer, man only exceeds this mark when...
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Opinion: Making sense of Iyabo Obasanjo’s letter to OBJ
by Nasir Suwaid It could be a kind of dirt for dirt’s exchange, where a member of the family of a defamer is encouraged to write a letter of complaint, highlighting all the betrayals supervised by...
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Opinion: Dear Iyabo Obasanjo, no one would wish to have a child like you
by Victoria Ohaeri I’m sure you worked hard and made all these sacrifices for the sake of your children; your family. How would you feel if they turn around and throw mud at you, like you are doing...
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Opinion: Why the West loved Mandela but hate Mugabe
by Stephen Gowans Mandela’s “great accomplishment” was to protect the South African economy as a sphere for exploitation by the white property-owning minority and Western corporate and financial elite...
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Opinion: OBJ’s letter – What options are open to President Jonathan?
by Garba Shehu The President has no option but to give a reflective response. He needs to show a full contextual understanding; have a correct reading of the mood of nation, and come clean before the...
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Tunde Ajileye: Death and the politician’s horsemen
by Tunde Ajileye The Constitution we have agreed to be governed by sets term limits for them and all attempts by incumbents so far to manipulate these limits have failed. But in Nigeria, many...
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Akin Osuntokun: From Nelson Mandela to Bode George
by Akin Osuntokun To be screened and get certified as free of HIV is definitely a better medical status than suspected carriers who are yet to undergo verification. What I found most unacceptable is...
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Dele Momodu: The season of satanic letters
by Dele Momodu But despite all these qualifications, Obasanjo could not lead Nigeria out of the doldrums. His tragic flaw was his decision to play God by not allowing Nigerians to choose their leaders...
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Opinion: Goodluck Jonathan and his loads of unfinished business
by Olalekan Adetayo All these persons were forced to wear the emblem before gaining access into the Council Chambers venue of the events. Some workers in the Villa were seen selling the emblems to...
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Opinion: On the battle for supremacy between Nigeria and South Africa
by Hannatu Musawa With such foreign policy stance, a viable economic base, an adept purposeful political leadership and viable governance structure, Nigeria would indeed be able to assert her...
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Femi Aribisala: Does God not care that we are suffering?
by Femi Aribisala Nevertheless, the Lord would not forsake his people. God had a plan and this plan was in motion from the foundation of the world. God was not just interested in comforting man....
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Tunde Fagbenle: Nigeria, what a total mess
by Tunde Fagbenle The helpless and hapless President withdraws into his own world of succour in liquor, waiting and hoping for things to ride. It ‘s getting messier and messier as we wake up each day...
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Soyombo Ayomikun: The curse of the open letters (Poetry)
by Soyombo Ayomikun The letters seem to be Fragmented parts of a jigsaw Perhaps reaffirming the truth That stones shouldn’t be thrown in a glass house 1.A sage died Baba travelled for his...
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Simon Kolawole: OBJ and the manual he forgot at Aso Rock
by Simon Kolawole Former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Dr. Julius Makanjuola, was being tried for corruption under Obasanjo’s government. Suddenly, the government entered a plea of...
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Peregrino Brimah: Let’s talk about atheists and their argument against God
by Peregrino Brimah So how do disbelievers explain the “singularity,” and how nothing became something; and in a meaningful and coordinated fashion? Also how life’s complexities, the signature...
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Theophilus Ilevbare: OBJ should shut it and allow those with integrity to talk
by Theophilus Ilevbare The former president is the personification of everything wrong with Nigeria. He epitomizes corruption, irresponsible leadership, dishonesty, double standard. Our collective...
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