Emmanuel Chidiogo

Is’haq Kawu: These xenophobic outbreaks have diminished South Africa on the continent

by Is’haq Kawu As a continent we should acknowledge the devastating effects of centuries of colonial exploitation. All of us, without exception, seek to ensure sustainable livelihoods. Last Sunday, April 19, the alliance of the African National Congress, ANC, South African Communist Party, SACP, and the Congress of South African Trace Unions, COSATU, issued an... Read More

Durban, Evelyn Omoluwa, Is'haq Kawu, Samson Kato, south africa, Xenophobia

Opinion: Nigeria – When not to borrow strange ideologies

by Alhassan Mustapha As a developing country, Over time we have become too comfortable adopting as it is called as opposed to the actual fact of borrowing that it is, we have become intellectually lazy to not only search for indigenous solutions to our local problems. We have even become overwhelmingly lazy to develop... Read More

Nigerian society, socio-cultural sphere, traditional malay

Opinion: Xenophobia – A message to the slackers in South Africa

by Adebayo Coker Nigeria may have its array of issues but never can it be said that we are hostile to other nationals. Never! We have a xenial spirit that will make us to pay exorbitantly for goods from abroad and trample on homemade wares of the same quality. My dear people, I must start... Read More

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Analysis: 10 things Jonathan did to unseat himself

by Prosper Ahworegba The seed for Jonathan’s failure was sown in 2011 when the opposition wore him the tags of ‘cluelessness’ and ‘kindergarten president’; tags that his media team miserably failed to take down. Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is the first Nigerian President to lose an election. It is a strange phenomenon in this clime... Read More

APC's win, Nigeria Decides, PDP's failure, President Goodluck Jonathan

Olu Onemola: Let’s recognise the ‘tree shakers’ who got Buhari elected

by Olu Onemola …those that have worked to make Nigeria better – the activists, the vibrant academics, the ‘tell-the-truth-as-it-is’ journalists, the fearless politicians, and the everyday Nigerians that have wrestled against overwhelming odds to achieve the objectives of our common struggles have never been the inheritors of their own successes. The ‘Tree Shakers’ have existed... Read More

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Attahiru Jega, Bola Ige, nigerian labour congress, Nigerian universities, nlc, Tree shakers

Ralph Egbu: This is for those who think Igbos erred in voting for Jonathan

by Ralph Egbu When people talk of voting oneself out of contention, I perceive that what they have behind their minds is politics of the old order, when for lack of exposure political leaders saw democracy in very restricted forms. In that era, if a people did not vote for the winning party, they suffered... Read More

igbos, Muhammadu Buhari, Ndigbos, south-east nigeria, South-South Nigeria

Simon Kolawole: 3 things that will define Buhari’s first few months in office

by Simon Kolawole The front-page pictures of the newspapers will be all Buhari. The subject of discourse by columnists and TV analysts will be Buhari. If the weather is too hot, it will be Buhari’s failing. If a policeman collects N20 bribe somewhere in Ode Omu, it will be Buhari’s fault. That’s the way... Read More

Agent of Change, Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

Femi Aribisala: The move of the Holy Spirit (Part 1)

by Femi Aribisala The same God of biblical yesteryears is the same God of today. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. I first observed the manifestations of the power of God in the ministries of J.T. Kalejaiye and Uma Ukpai. “While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior... Read More

Faith, Femi Aribisala, Holy Spirit, How to receive the holy spirit, Praying for the holyspirit

Sonala Olumhense: Dear Gen. Buhari, it is not enough to declare your assets

by Sonala Olumhense We need students, parents, schools, civic and professional associations putting down the pens and pencils of criticism, and replacing them with the rakes and shovels of national commitment and social action… In a highly-advertised public relations gimmick on July 14, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan announced what he called a “comprehensive” four-year... Read More

Agents of Change, anti-corruption, Muhammadu Buhari, Sonala Olumhense, Umaru Yar'Adua

Opinion: The burden of running a professional football league in Nigeria

by Chidi Arua Both the clubs and the LMC have roles to play inorder to make our league great. We shouldn’t blame the clubs for the role the LMC has refused to play. Likewise, the LMC shouldn’t be blamed if the clubs have refused to do what they should. My attention was drawn to an... Read More

League management company, LMC Creativity, Nigerian Football Federation, nigerian premier league, Patrick Omo-Sagie

Opinion: The fallacy of ethnic gang up against Pres. Jonathan

by Bemdoo Hulugh In 2011 Presidential election,General Buhari didn’t even come second in the southwest with a yoruba man as his running mate, so why will the yoruba people suddenly decide to vote Buhari because of Pastor Osinbajo? First it was Asari Dokubo who said President Jonathan’s defeat was a ‘gang up’. In his... Read More

General Muhammadu Buhari, Igbo people, Ndigbo, Niger Delta, President Goodluck Jonathan

Azubuike Ishiekwene: Suleiman Abba – From idealist to yes-man to Buhari-pleaser

by Azubuike Ishiekwene After what happened to him on Tuesday, I’m not so sure former Inspector-General Suleiman Abba will still want his son to follow his path. Why should the young man wish to live his father’s dream after the harsh treatment his father got at the hands of President Goodluck Jonathan? I still remember... Read More

Azubuike Ishiekwene, boko haram, Police inspector General, Suleiman Abba

Opinion: Buhari should be watchful as he prepares to name his cabinet

by Sulaiman Ibrahim The genie is back in the story. A former executive commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for 7 Years with an exaggerated sense of achievements is reportedly among those jostling for a top job in the Communication Technology Ministry. The commissioner once seen as a major light of the industry... Read More

Cabinet members, Communication Technology, General Muhammadu Buhari, ncc

Opinion: How violence killed democracy in Taraba

by Mathias Agbu The crisis presently going on in the Central African Republic is another recent example that suggests to us that violence will not take us anywhere. It is an evil that is very easy to start but difficult to end. The destruction of hard-earned properties and sacred lives that characterised the announcements... Read More

Chambas, Jenjos, Jukuns, Kutebs, Mathias Agbu, Mumuyes, Taraba Crisis, Taraba State

Opinion: Where are the men who vowed to die for Jonathan?

by Tayo Ogunbiyi One vital lesson to be learnt from the loss of President Jonathan at the poll is the temporary nature of political power. If only we could allow this to properly sink in, no one would substitute God for a political leader who is here today, gone tomorrow. The March 28 presidential poll... Read More

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Opinion: Why the ‘state of origin’ clause must be promptly abolished

by Chris Ngwodo & Naomi Lucas …with political will, public opinion and a progressive moral consensus, we can nullify the most virulent forms of identity politics and chauvinism. Much has already been said regarding Oba Rilwan Akiolu’s recent ill-conceived statement on the voting preferences of Igbos in Lagos and they need not detain us here.... Read More

identity politics, Lagoon, lagos state, Ndigbos, oba akiolu, Oba Rilwan Akiolu

Opinion: Chibok girls – Buhari has a duty to reconstruct the Nigerian state

by Jibrin Ibrahim Throughout the one year since the abduction of the Chibok Girls, the message of the military high command was that they were making steady progress in the fight, which every one knew was simply not true. On 14th April, the world commemorated one year in bondage of the 219 Chibok Girls. It... Read More

#BringBackOurGirls, Chibok girls, Jibrin Ibrahim

Opinion: Between Jonathan and Buhari, who has done more evil to the Nigerian church?

by Adedayo Osho Rather than become enemies of those who do not share our faith, Christ taught Christians to love them. There are better methods of preaching the Gospel than raising false alarms against a Buhari presidency! Few months ago in Nigeria, around the time the constitutional conference was going on in Abuja, an... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi’s tribute to Sen. Uche Chukwumerije

by Olusegun Adeniyi “His life is many volumes, which can only be told with care and time, of dedication and focus, integrity and discipline, and an unbroken love for the highest ideals of our shared humanity.” In the statement announcing the death of Comrade Uche Chukwumerije last Sunday, the German-based Che said of his... Read More

Olusegun Adeniyi, Uche Chukwumerije

Amanze Obi: Treacherous people like former IGP Suleiman Abba

by Amanze Obi Without taking into consideration how he became the Inspector General, Abba, in a reckless show of ingratitude and treachery, is already biting the finger that fed him. I am not about to join the amorphous crowd of pundits who have been commenting on the outcome of the 2015 presidential election. Their postulations... Read More

Amanze Obi, inspector general, President Goodluck Jonathan, Suleiman Abba

Opinion: Will Buhari extradite Buruji Kashamu to the US for prosecution?

by Adekoya Boladale From the breezing climate of the East to the ancient brown roofs of Ibadan, the rocky lands of Abeokuta up to the desert plains of the Nigerian savanah, the message of change rumbled through households, ransacked villages and huts. Some say it is a message of hope, some believe it is an... Read More

APC, Buruji Kashamu, corruption, Muhammadu Buhari, Wind of change

Ahahonu Kingsley: What you can do to support the World Earth Day

by Ahahonu Kingsley The earlier we realised that the energy required to maintain our habitat would be far insignificant compared to the inconveniences that our irresponsibility shall invoke, the better for all of us. Every April 22, the world marks the World Earth Day. This is a day set aside by the United Nations specifically... Read More

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Niran Adedokun: What will history say about Ayo Fayose?

by Niran Adedokun All of these without any doubt point to the fact that Fayose is quite popular amongst the Ekiti State electorate and that those who voted for him are willing to defend their mandate, something which put him in a rare class of politicians in the country. Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State... Read More

Ayo Fayose, Ekiti State, niran adedokun

Abimbola Adelakun: Time to scrap state-sponsored pilgrimages

by Abimbola Adelakun There is no logic to government sponsoring people on something as personal as pilgrimages. I consider the beneficiaries no different from those who pay tithe from stolen wealth. Nigerian governors are fond of calling attention to their own prudence by insisting they run their states on shoestring budgets. They say the... Read More

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Femi Aribisala: What I see in the APC is counterfeit change

by Femi Aribisala Nigerians will soon begin to realise what it means to vote against good luck. If you have been following the debate during the just-concluded elections, then I don’t need to tell you my preferred candidate was President Goodluck Jonathan and not General Buhari. I wrote quite a number of articles warning Nigerians... Read More

General Muhammadu Buhari, President Goodluck Jonathan, President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

Shaka Momodu: We must not rest until APC delivers real change

by Shaka Momodu Nigeria, we hail thee, Our own dear native land, Though tribe and tongue may differ, In brotherhood we stand. As I sit down here in silent romance with my memories of Nigeria of yesteryears, a surge of emotions runs through my body. My heartbeat quickens, as over four decades of hope and... Read More

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Kayode Komolafe: Has globalisation come to a dead end?

by Kayode Komolafe These are certainly scary times for young men and women migrating to seek better life elsewhere. The situation is more pathetic in Africa as demonstrated by two tragic developments. The two tragedies are related because they have similar socio-economic undercurrents. In South Africa xenophobic attacks, which began a few days ago, have... Read More

africa, Kayode Komolafe, Racial attacks, south africa, Xenophobia

Chinedu Ekeke: Is Prof. Jega ashamed of his INEC yet?

by Chinedu Ekeke Look at the pictures above and feel pity for Nigerians. The country has an electoral body that is inherently partisan, watches political contestants subvert the electoral process without raising a finger and then commands complainants to come up with evidence of irregularities. The man in suit cheerfully displaying his certificate of return... Read More

Chinedu Ekeke, Chukwuemeka Ujam, Enugu State, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega

Opinion: #2015EarthDay – Where are the leaders of environmental movement in Nigeria?

by Churchill Okonkwo As we prepare for this year’s Earth Day on April 22nd, 2015, the questions on my mind are; where are the leaders of Environmental Movement in Nigeria? Whose turn is it to lead in Nigeria? Where are the next leaders in ‘governance for sustainable development’? Who will be the next Minister... Read More

Minister for Environment, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger Delta, Okereke Chukeumerije, World Earth Day

Opinion: On Nigeria’s thieving elite and their brats‎

by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú The Nigerian wants to be rich just to show and to oppress those around him. They steal more and covet more, long after the money has become a burden rather than a comfort, because the pleasures of consumption wear off easily with time. As I made my way into the cabin, I... Read More

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