Immanuel Ugwu: How we worship fake messiahs in Nigeria
by Immanuel Ugwu Doyin Okupe presented President Goodluck Jonathan as Jesus Christ in the most opportune time. We were in Christmas mood and should have been most receptive to the revelation of god...
View Article.@Catchoris: Is the Headies really Africa’s Grammy Awards?
by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo The real story of the 2014 Headies, Nigeria’s most visible music award ceremony, came at the end, strutting onstage in the toned shape of the strapping Okoye twins. Peter and...
View ArticleOpinion: APC is PDP’s waste basket | And 9 other things we learnt from both...
by Abdulazeez Amir The primary elections of Nigeria’s two strongest political parties, the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) may have come and gone, but the dust...
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Femi Aribisala: Be warned, Christmas has nothing to do with Jesus
by Femi Aribisala Christmas is no longer about the birth of Christ. Jesus warns that the thief has come to steal, kill and destroy. (John 10:10). Make no mistake about it, he has already stolen...
View Article@Simonkolawole: Dear Buharists and GEJites, may we now discuss the issues,...
by Simon Kolawole I am one of those Nigerians who cannot be easily moved by political slogans. I love the music of “change” as rendered by the APC, but talk is cheap. What we need to know now is the...
View ArticleOpinion: Dear Dele Momodu, you goofed on Buhari big time
by Enenim Ubon READ: Dele Momodu- As Buhari plays his last card [HERE] As the general elections draw nearer, it is very important for every Nigerian to take a stand. Irrespective of our biases,our...
View ArticleTunde Fagbenle: Much ado about a VP candidate
by Tunde Fagbenle After in his mind ruling out, for personal or other reasons, all those who were in the forefront of being picked, such as Kayode Fayemi, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomhole, etc, Tinubu...
View Article@ImohDavid: The fanaticism of Nigerians in politics
by Imoh David Like religion, anyone who does not worship your God or patronizes your holy-book is a Devil and agent of Satan. Thus “those who are not with us are against us”. Ajisafe Michael, the...
View ArticleOpinion: PDP primaries and the strangulation of democracy
by Onyiorah Paschal Wonders, indeed, shall never cease. While Nigerians are being made to believe that the Peoples Democratic Party allows a level playing ground for all political aspirants within its...
View ArticleOpinion: Jonathanians and Buharists – Let us compare
by Oyede Saheed The president must be duly acknowledged as a man that has the ability to tolerate the opposition to a fault but my fear is that if he eventually wins his re-election, will he still be...
View ArticleFemi Falana: Again, on the issue of residency rights in Nigeria
by Femi Falana Although the word “indigene” is not defined in the Constitution, it has been interpreted to mean a person whose parents or grandparents belonged or belong to a particular state or local...
View ArticleDemola Rewaju: I think Tinubu has Amaechi’s ‘mumu’ button
by Demola Rewaju Desperate to make an impression, Amaechi was ever willing to finance party programmes – from the Emirship tussle in Kano to the Ekiti and Osun elections, he was a willing ATM for APC....
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Femi Aribisala: How to lose presidential elections 4 times
by Femi Aribisala Buhari’s repeated failure to secure a national mandate provides a textbook case of how not to run for the presidency in a plural country like Nigeria. This is a compendium of some of...
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Opinion: Dear Femi Fani-Kayode, you goofed on Prof. Osinbajo
by Lakunle Jaiyesinmi Mr. FFK arrogates to himself the power of God’s spokesman and concludes, “We shall meet him in the field: let God’s will be done.” Even if many of us do not know the perfect will...
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Opinion: My worries about female suicide bombers
by Michael Egbejumi-David Why and how could a couple of teenage girls agree to go into a hair salon filled with people just like them who had come to braid their hair – people like their sisters, their...
View ArticleOpinion: No, we cannot move from a clueless government to an issue-less one
by Victoria Ohaeri We can no longer leave the business of governance in the hands of the political leadership. It doesn’t just work. It has never worked. When Goodluck Jonathan accidentally became...
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Opinion: Dear PDP, Buhari is not a semi-illiterate
by Dr. M. K. Hassan General Muhammadu Buhari has the kind of military strategic education and experience to deal a decisive blow on Boko Haram and end the insecurity challenges facing Nigeria. Buhari...
View ArticleOpinion: Gov. T.A Orji has shamed his detractors
by Madubiko Hart These bring to unclothe the fact that the PDP has not failed Abia people in this present administration. Accusing Governor Orji that he was the one who made Ikpeazu to win in the...
View ArticleOluwasegun Somefun: Are we the sick ones in the land of honey? (Poetry)
by Oluwasegun Somefun When one walks away from his father’s house Takes away mother’s wrapper Throws away the warmth of electric flesh Escapes the knit of family Away from the help of needing needy...
View ArticleRudolf Okonkwo: Why I can’t wait for May 29, 2019
by Rudolf Okonkwo So you can see why I’m restricting myself to thinking ahead-to Wednesday, May 29, 2019. That is the day that a new president will be sworn in Nigeria. And that president will neither...
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