Prophecy, Emeka Ihedioha, and Nigerian politics
Promise Adiele In a way, one can say that Nigeria’s living literary deity, Wole Soyinka is a prophet. When I use the word ‘prophet’, I do not refer to those who are desperately committed to...
View ArticleMuch ado about Amotekun
‘The issue of Amotekun is an issue of public safety and protection of property. There is no law in Nigeria which prevents citizens from being able to secure their lives and properties. The Nigeria...
View ArticlePondering on Buhari’s successor in 2023
Constitutionally, President Muhammadu Buhari will vacate the Presidential Villa on May 29, 2023 as he would by that day complete his second term in office. By the 1999 Constitution of the Federal...
View ArticleFinance Act and economic reform in Nigeria
Despite the barrage of economic policies by successive governments on the need to diversify Nigeria’s GDP, there still persists, a continued and large dependence on oil revenue with a corresponding...
View ArticleMark it, Amotekun betrayers may be among initiators
The word Amotekun is gradually becoming a household name in Nigeria. Hardly can one say, especially among close watchers of happenings in the polity, that someone, somewhere has not heard the name...
View ArticleÀmòtékùn: Symbolism and misrepresentations
Oludayo Tade ..a leopard shall watch over their cities; everyone that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backslidings are increased – (Jeremiah...
View ArticlePDP, opposition and Enugu council election
Justin Nwambah Ahead of the expiration of the tenure of the elected local government chairmen in Enugu State on December 4 last year, some briefcase and mushroom political parties tried to overheat...
View ArticleTribute to my friend, Festus Keyamo @ 50
Louis Odion, FNGE As he hits the golden jubilee milestone (on January 21), I couldn’t think of a better depiction of that biblical line, “a friend that sticks closer than a brother”. Sure, the story...
View ArticleAs Imo Assembly boards the Titanic…
Yinka Olujimi With the successful execution of the judicial coup that pole-vaulted Hope Uzodinma to office as Governor last week, I instinctively knew that it was only a matter of time for our party of...
View ArticleThe time is ripe for Lagos Infrastructure Development Fund
Abiodun Dina It has been estimated that Lagos State will require a conservative sum of about $50 billion in five years to bridge the infrastructure gap in the state. Critical areas identified include...
View ArticleNigeria’s road infrastructure renewal and the China relations
Charles Onunaiju Of the various strands of Nigeria-China comprehensive and strategic cooperation, infrastructure renewal which would fill the important gap in the Nigeria’s Economic Recovery and Growth...
View ArticleBuhari’s new priority to education sector
Yakubu Abolaji Isowo RECENTLY, President Muhammadu Buhari pledged to give a boost to the education sector. Irrefutably, the alarming crime rate in the country resulted from the neglect of the sector...
View ArticlePolitics without morality
Livinus Ukah In today’s world religion can be used to sanitize the world. There can be no sane society without law. The law of the land is important. In religion, there are laws that control our...
View ArticleThe Attorney-General and Amotekun
Kalu Ulu Eme Exactly five days after the launch of the South-West security outfit codenamed “Operation Amotekun” (Leopard), the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Malam...
View ArticlePeter Obi: An exemplar of public service
YOU needed to have been at THISDAY newspaper’s Silver Jubilee celebration which took place at Eko Hotels Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, last Monday, January 20. Beyond the pomp and...
View ArticleAmotekun and national security challenges
NWABUEZE AKABOGU The official take-off of the regional security outfit named “operation Amotekun” which was recently launched by the South West Governors came like a bombshell to the nation as the...
View ArticleNigeria’s dying factories and the exodus to Ghana
Hundreds of Nigerian manufacturing companies have folded up over the years, the surviving ones are grasping for breath, and some planning to relocate to Ghana, a country recently described as ‘the new...
View Article50 years after the Nigerian civil war
Gozie Irogboli It is difficult to believe that it is over fifty years since the end of Nigeria Civil War, what with the scars and the wounds that seem to fester and become more malignant and the...
View ArticleThe resurgence of violence
Since the launching of the special security outfit code-named Amotekun by the governors of the South West states, so many strange narratives have been woven around the initiative which is designed to...
View ArticleFG’s rejection of Amotekun and the mantra of one Nigeria
Yomi Obaditan “There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come” – Victor Hugo Chief Obafemi Awolowo described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression and not a nation. Abubarka...
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