By Kazeem Akintunde ON Friday last week, a delegation of the Nigerian Senate left Nigeria for the United Kingdom. Their […]
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Senate’s rejection of Lauretta Onochie: A refreshing act of patriotism
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN INTRODUCTION I think for once, something good has come out of Egypt.At least just for […]
Igboho: The iconic symbol of Yoruba resistance
MUCH has been said and written about the crude, brutish, uncivilized, cowardly and roguish assault on the Ibadan residence and…
Obiano Behaves as a Statesman, Not Politician
AS someone who served in Anambra State as Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and later as Special Adviser on Media and…
It’s Time to Stop the Borrowing Binge
THE rate at which Nigeria’s public debt has increased in the last six years is unprecedented, alarming, and unsustainable. From $10.31…
Politicians and political parties as enemies of democracy
By Paul Ejime A POLITICAL party can be described as a political organization by politicians, who seek to influence government […]
IGR: Why Lagos leads
AT long last the scales have fallen from their eyes and they can now see clearly, very clearly, that carrying handout bowls to Abuja…
Let us separately peacefully
By Tola Adeniyi At one point or the other every known political leader in this contraption created by British […]
President Buhari and His Faulty Policy of Non Restructuring
YESTERDAY, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked most Nigerians when he said those agitating for restructuring…
Twitter suspension: The gains and deprivations
AS a rave in social media, Twitter compared to Facebook, has been deployed by users to reach millions of readers…
Through the looking glass: an optimist’s view of West Africa’s 10-year prospects
WHAT will West Africa look like in 10 years? Will we continue on the path of slow advancement, or will technology be…
Saleh’s illogical and provocative inanity
DID you read the provocative inanity uttered by one Alhassan Saleh, National Secretary of Miyetti Allah? I read it, and…
Open letter to the most senior Biafran in Buhari’s government
WE chose to write you instead of President Muhammadu Buhari because it is apparent from the president’s two most recent media…
France to transform it’s military operation in the Sahel
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday that his country’s military operation in the restive Sahel region…
President Buhari’s drums of war and twitter’s reaction
THE most trending issue of the moment involves Twitter’s deletion of President Buhari’s threats to some Nigerians whom he described…
Nigeria’s security and good neighourliness
By Paul Ejime In international relations, a nation’s foreign policy is usually the aggregate of its national interests, especially […]
Pulling down democratic structures in Nigeria: who stands to gain?
THE phrase “State of Emergency” is being applied to virtually all aspects of life that it has become a cliché, especially in Africa…
Divergent views on suggestion to scrap NYSC
REP. Awaji Inombek Abiante, a member of the House of Representatives recently sponsored a bill proposing that the National…
Addressing insecurity in the South-East
WORRIED by the increasing insecurity and attacks on police personnel and other public infrastructure in the South-East, the…
President Buhari goofed on Southern Governors’ anti-grazing stance
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has obviously been ill-advised on the well thought out Southern Governors’ stance against…
Why some Northern elites are suddenly worried by southern governors’ Asaba declaration?
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN THE sudden unexpected kick by some Northern elites against the patriotic resolutions passed last week at […]
Nigeria cannot defeat the Igbo and Yoruba at the same time
THE greatest thing Nigerians accomplished in the last thirty years was electing Muhammadu Buhari as president. If he…
South East insecurity mostly about 2023 presidential election
By Ikeddy Isiguzo ATTACKS on the South East could be about the 2023 presidential election. Promoters of the campaign against […]
Warriors Have Smoking Guns
‘…..WHATEVER points Garba Shehu wants to swagger with to challenge Mbaka’s range fight, they are dull image laundering…
General Buhari and Emperor Nero: Two of a kind
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari appears to be the Roman Emperor Nero of Nigeria. They are two of a kind. The same six and…
Isa Patami: The Leopard and Its Unchanging Spots
By Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN Mallam Isa Pantami is no ordinary Nigerian. He is a Minister of the Federal […]
Government as metaphor for market volatility
EQUITY investors in Nigeria are navigating choppy waters. They sleep and wake with more downswing than an upswing. The market…
Nigeria’s security and good neighourliness
IN international relations, a nation’s foreign policy is usually the aggregate of its national interests, especially in the strategic socio-…
Nigeria: Before our glory departs
IF a religious leader is afraid to say what is right, what else can his silence mean but that he has taken flight? Hiding behind a wall…
Magufuli of Tanzania: An Unsung African Hero
By Paul Ejime WITH his burial in his hometown of Chato, some 950-km northwest of Dar es Salaam on March […]
Nigeria Is Bleeding: Emergency Action Required.
NIGERIA, the giant of Africa is fatally wounded and lies bleeding. He is bleeding from several bullet wounds, arrow wounds…
Nation on the boil
I sympathize with he on whose head the steaming vase boils. I can imagine the pains. Our President, General Muhammad Buhari…
Politicians versus the people
WHENEVER the history of the eventual collapse of this country is written Nigeria’s commercial/mercenary politicians…
The new EFCC chairman: When history beckons on the youth
By Mike Ozekhome, SAN The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was created as an anti-graft agency by the EFCC […]
Nigeria and the cow problem: Another letter to President Buhari By Niyi Osundare
Dear President Buhari, This letter, my second to you in five months, will begin with a very, very absurd question:…
No to return of gangster politics in Anambra State
By C. Don Adinuba On Saturday, February 5, 2021, an ominous event occurred in Anambra State. A pavilion set up […]