Babajide Otitoju: Why the silence whenever Nigeria is winning?
Lanre Oteniya, Lagos When Chadian forces led by their president, Idris Derby Itno, launched an operation which resulted in the death of over 1000 ISWAP terrorists, media analyst, Babajide Otitoju was...
View ArticleAdieu, Mama Buratai in heavenly bliss!
Adam Biu, Borno “But let them sleep Lord, and I mourn a space; For, if above all these, my sins abound, ‘Tis late to ask abundance of thy grace, When we are there. Here on this lowly ground, Teach me...
View ArticleNDDC and needless distraction
Roy Nwabu Umezinwa The recent spurious corruption allegation against the interim management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) can be seen for what it is: it is nothing but the case of...
View ArticleTime to stop those selling poison to others
Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye I know that the dominant health topic now is Coronavirus but I feel compelled to draw attention to some egregious practices by some callous and cruel Nigerians that are ruining...
View ArticleLetter to Sen Ike Ekweremadu at 58
Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia Those Who Fear And Worship Him Will Always Emerge Victorious Your Excellency, I wish to use this medium to congratulate you as you gradually climb to meet many of us in the...
View ArticleCovid-19: The irony of lockdown in Nigeria
Ndubuisi Osele The novel coronavirus that was first noticed in Wuhan city of China had since landed in Nigeria as it’s also in Europe and America with untold fatalities. The Chinese authorities,...
View ArticleAway with this ethnic fever
Promise Adiele Michael Jackson, the American talented pop superstar, who enraptured the world with his electric dance steps and sonorous voice, needs no introduction. In his celebrated song, Black or...
View ArticleRivers’ fight against coronavirus and childish comparisons
Simeon Nwakaudu I have watched very closely Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike’s fight against coronavirus on behalf of Rivers State. It has been firm, decisive and basically in the interest of Rivers...
View ArticleWhere is Dakuku Peterside
Few days ago, I saw a news report where Peterside was shouting himself hoarse. But this man only finds his voice when it concerns Wike. Dakuku had no courage to face the House of Representatives that...
View ArticleRotational template and governorship contests in Enugu State: A rejoinder
Chimezie Ogenna Nwodo Esq. I read with keen interest, the brilliantly rendered opinion of Julius Aneke, titled “Rotational Template and Governorship Contests in Enugu State,” published in the DailySun...
View ArticleNiger Delta and the enemy within
Jerome-Mario Utomi In the evening of Saturday 2nd May, 2020, a friend who is also a member of the self-appointed group of people, who try to prevent crime in my area during the Federal Government’s...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and the imperative of personal hygiene
Ogbonnaya Akoma Before the emergence of the scourge that is now tormenting the entire universe, COVID-19, the world was disposed mainly towards pursuing curative health services. In the...
View ArticleAmid COVID-19 pandemic, qualitative education remains priority in Akwa Ibom
Idris Mabadeje The prevailing novel coronavirus, otherwise known as Covid-19 pandemic has foisted a new reality on the global community, such as was unimaginable just a few months back. Although,...
View ArticleCoronavirus, masking and herbal remedies
It is good that the coronavirus pandemic has sharpened our peoples’ creative ingenuity in making face masks. Credit should go to Aba tailors and fashion designers for showing us that Nigeria does not...
View ArticlePentecostal shepherds and empty cathedrals
Oludayo Tade In this piece, I analyse how some church leaders in Nigeria view the ban on religious gathering and through their utterances, project themselves as ‘protecting the Church’ against alleged...
View ArticleSalient issues in Kano’s COVID-19 fight
Auwal Garba Tarauni As nations continue their relentless battle to rescue their people and economies from the rampaging coronavirus pandemic, as if to further demonstrate that no part of the world and...
View ArticleThe virus of self-denial
Paul Nwosu Self-denial has proved to be one of the fastest ways to fan the spread of coronavirus. We have seen governments and people who, due to pride, culture, religion or political ego, were...
View ArticleAs Suleiman Abba mounts Police Trust Fund saddle
Ikechukwu Amaechi On Monday, May 18, former Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, assumed office as chairman, board of trustees, Nigeria Police Trust Fund. That is a big deal. It is momentous...
View ArticleCOVID-19 pandemic: Whither Nigeria?
Chief Olabode George All over the world, from Australia to the farthest reaches of Iceland, from the blue fields of Nicaragua in South America to the steppes of Asia, every inch of mother earth is...
View ArticleContinuous hegemony or politico-economic disequilibrium?
Okechukwu G. Ukekwe, Within the last decade, there were still orange-yellow and black signs on buildings in the United States of America depicting them as equipped with nuclear fallout bunkers. It was...
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