UAE robbery: Interrogating ethnic menace
Promise Adiele Femi Osofisan’s play, “Once Upon Four Robbers” dramatizes the violence unleashed on the society by armed robbers as a response against the pervasive and corrupt behaviour of the elite...
View ArticleNigeria 2019: A post-mortem
Afeez Odunoye TENSION and fears stimulated by the 2019 general elections have been consumed by the workings of history. But the footprints left by the process stare at us, begging for assessment....
View ArticleThe North and Nigeria
Iliyasu Gadu Last week the media was replete with news of the heroics of Governor El Rufai where he came head to head with kidnappers on the ever busy and important Abuja-Kaduna highway. It is not...
View ArticleINEC and foreign observers’ reports
Jerome-Mario Utomi When Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones- both Professors at the London Business School in their report titled; Why must anyone be led by you?, advised leaders to always reveal their...
View ArticleUnbalanced chequered checks: Judiciary fumbles
Victor C. Ariole Time to reconstitute the entire NJC for failing in its duties by allowing the executive to meddle in its affairs out of negligence of duty. Montesquieu, a great French philosopher,...
View ArticleWike’s symbolic victory
Ayo Oyoze Baje “To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes” – Lincoln Diaz-Bernet Rivers of Sorrows, Tears and Blood (apologies to the great...
View ArticleNon-payment of pension enigma
“There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.”—Ludwig von Mises, Australian-American economist. “It takes little courage to aid those who...
View ArticleStill on National Assembly leadership
After reading my last week’s article entitled, ‘National Assembly leadership and the rest of us,’ a reader called me and expressed his reservations on the plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress...
View ArticleBuhari, Zamfara and other killing fields
Ladesope Ladelokun WITH poverty headquartered in Nigeria and Nigerians ranked among the most miserable people under the sun,Nigeria no doubt cut the picture of a beautiful bride clad in filthy rags...
View ArticleBenchmarking Nigerian universities for impact
Ayobami Salami There was a time Nigerian Universities were the pride of the African continent. We had leading experts who dominated the various fields. From Ibadan, to Ife, to Lagos, to Nsukka, to...
View ArticleAPC must come clean about zoning
Sufuyan Ojeifo After nicking the historic presidential election victory in 2015, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was caught in the intriguing, embarrassing webs woven by its members in the National...
View ArticleRe-Igbo ‘ll get nothing in Buhari’s 2nd term — Okorocha
By Chukwudi Ohiri Reading through Okorocha’s outburst on how Igbo played bad politics in the 2019 general election, any discerning Igboman would see the submissions as no news. A few questions and...
View ArticleRivers: It’s time to consolidate
Simeon Nwakaudu The elections have come and gone in Rivers State. It was a turbulent period no doubt. It was a period when the people of Rivers State made a clear statement on the way forward. They...
View ArticleUgwuanyi’s re-election and reality of good governance
Louis Amoke The post-election actions and inactions of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration in Enugu State in sustaining the tempo of peace and good governance have further demonstrated the...
View ArticleRwanda’s genocide: Between Hutu majority and dictatorship
Inwalomhe Donald Though Kagame is facing little opposition in elections as his reign extends through the years, only time will tell if the Rwandan example of dictatorship and development proves an...
View ArticleCBN: Emefiele’s one good turn deserves another
Abba Adakole Public offices are held in trust for the people. Therefore occupiers of public offices are the golden fish that have no hiding place. It is thus instructive that they should justify...
View ArticleSenate presidency: Is APC really thinking?
Skc Ogbonnia Upon being re-elected, President Muhammadu Buhari endeared himself once again to the citizenry when he promised to show significant improvement in his second term. Buhari had also...
View ArticleIDPs camp and emergency management in lagos
Tayo Ogunbiyi Though the gory incidence of the building collapse at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, has come and gone, its fallouts have continued to resonate. In the aftermath of the sad event and in line...
View ArticleTroubling north west axis and a sick nation
Victoria Ngozi Ikeano It appears like a hydra headed monster. As soon as the authorities appear to have tamed it, it rears its head in another horizon, more ferocious and daring. From the era of pick...
View ArticleAppreciating Ugwuanyi’s post-election giant strides
Louis Amoke The post-election actions and inactions of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration in Enugu State in sustaining the tempo of peace and good governance have further demonstrated the...
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