The Fajuyi spirit
By Femi Fani-Kayode FIFTY years ago, on July 29th 1966, Major General Francis Adekunle Fajuyi gave his life in defence of our country and the then Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi....
View ArticleNiger Delta: The way forward
By FRED BRISIBE THE Niger Delta Question has never lost its footing anytime in the several years of the struggle for equal rights and justice. Each agitator endeavoured to sustain this primordial...
View ArticlePerilous times are here
By EMMANUEL NWAGBONIWE ONE does not need the rare gift of clairvoyance to see through the palpable hopelessness, anguish and anomie across the Nigerian landscape in these uncertain times. Sad enough,...
View ArticleNigerian masses and the biting economy
By MICHAEL JEGEDE THE economic difficulties as currently experienced in the country have continued to hit harder on the Nigerians masses. This is obviously not the best of times for most Nigerians who...
View ArticleOkorocha: My scorecard
EBERE WABARA, ewabara@yahoo.com 08055001948 PENULTIMATE Thursday, I discussed with a colleague of mine based in Enugu over his earlier reportage on Imo State. After lengthy elucidations and exchange of...
View ArticleWhy Nigerians won’t trust INEC
When President Muhammadu Buhari, on October 21, 2015, appointed Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to succeed the then acting chairman Amina...
View ArticleTrump: Smart guy or demagogue?
By Kezie Ogaziechi Americans suddenly realized that time and season shape the face of politics in every nation no matter the perceived sophistry or level of political awareness. Since a Donald Trump...
View ArticleWither aviation sector without road map?
By Nwobodo Chidiebere there is no doubt that the political developments in the polity have preoccupied the minds of commentators and pundits. Sensational stories like the 2016 Budget scandal rocking...
View ArticleLessons for Nigeria from America’s great divide
BY Chuks Ofurum The outpouring of grief in the United States of America over the recent race-inspired killings is not only gut-wrenching but shows that the world’s acclaimed leader of the “free world”...
View ArticleThe budget padding controversy
IF there was any doubt about the propensity of the men and women at most levels of leadership for feathering their own nests at the expense of the people they claim to be serving, the ongoing brouhaha...
View ArticleModu Sheriff and PDP’s leadership tussle
By Michael Jegede There seems to be no end in sight to the crisis that erupted in the People Democratic Party (PDP) since Ali Modu Sheriff, the erstwhile Governor of Borno State emerged in February...
View ArticleCurbing the menace of baby factories
By GERALD ADEWOLE The term Baby Factories, also known as Baby Farms or Baby Harvesting, is a relatively new form of human trafficking in Nigeria. The factories are secret places where young ladies are...
View ArticlePower supply: Beyond the blame game
By Ikeogu Oke Most Nigerians have expressed dissatisfaction with the current performance of the power sector under the ministerial stewardship of Mr. Babatunde Fashola. They think that his...
View ArticleOgun State as beautiful bride
By ADEJUWON SOYINKA They converged on Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital from different parts of the country. As at the morning of July 30, not less than 250 of them had arrived the state capital. Some...
View ArticleDissolve the National Assembly
LEWIS OBI 08173446632 sms only lewisobi66@gmail.com UNLESS the National Assembly is dissolved, nothing is going to change in Nigeria. It will not matter if the entire leadership of the House and Senate...
View ArticleDo they know we are suffering?
By AYO OYOZE BAJE Your leaders have no respect for their people. They believe that their personal interests are the interests of the people. They take people’s resources and turn them into personal...
View ArticleIt’s still not too late for Nigeria
THE conference of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) opened Thursday in Portharcourt, Rivers state. This year’s conference has as its theme, ‘Economic diversification: Agriculture as option for a...
View ArticleThe threat to remove Ekweremadu
By Ifeanyi Maduako Since the present democratic dispensation in 1999, this is the first time the Nigerian Senate has its presiding officers, the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President from...
View ArticleBrexit: Not yet uhuru for Britain
By SOLAPE LAWAL-SOLARIN Most people must have thought that after weathering the Greek storm famously tagged “Grexit” last year that the EU had successfully meandered a delicate phase in its 41 year...
View ArticleEmulating Lagos–Kebbi rice partnership
By Bolaji Odumade No dought, Nigeria is going through economic recession. Many states in the country are finding i t hard to meet their statutory responsibilities. No nation can thrive without the...
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