Rotimi Fasan: Pres. Jonathan&#8217;s power sector report card is a big &#8216;F&#8217; for failure

Chibok girls, Helen Paul, Muhammadu Buhari

Helen Paul: I’m disappointed by Buhari’s statement on Chibok girls rescue

by Helen Paul In a country like Nigeria where people believe so much in spiritual powers, I expect someone to have used same power to rescue the girls, if they truly exist. Hmmm… it’s one year and some days now since the Chibok girls have been missing. Yet, the days are still counting because we... Read More

Peoples Democratic Party, South Africans, Xenophobia

Opinion: Xenophobia – How not to honour the memory of Mandela

by Dominik Umosen We need to know that as a country, we are sitting on a time bomb’. Soon after, hell broke loose, featuring mobs of bleary-eyed In spite of my sympathy for Nigerians who believed in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), especially the added agony of having to contend with the sensational speed... Read More

Linda Thomas-Greenfield: Dear Nigeria, thanks for making us proud

by Linda Thomas-Greenfield Despite some technical glitches, it is clear that technology and use of social media — INEC’s online posting of results for each polling unit, live tweeting of results, the use of biometric permanent voter cards and electronic card readers—improved efficiency and limited fraud. The world takes notice when Nigerians, citizens of Africa’s... Read More

Nigeria Decides

Eko o ni baje o, lagos state

Azuka Onwuka: Lagos is not a ‘No man’s land’ but…

by Azuka Onwuka “no man’s land” means “disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies” or “a piece of unowned land or wasteland.” One statement that riles the Yoruba is that Lagos is a no man’s land, which comes mainly from the Igbo residents in the city. The impression that statement... Read More

Waziri Adio: Deepening democracy beyond the 2015 elections

by Waziri Adio It is in our collective interests for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to get over its loss and re-organise itself, rather than disappear or dissolve into the All Progressives Congress (APC). We wouldn’t have achieved much by merely replacing one dominant party with another. In a manner of speaking, that will... Read More

APC, One-party system, PDP, Waziri Adio

Opinion: Why you should not cry for the Igbos

by Nwobodo Chidiebere “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” –Martin LutherKing, Jr. It is no longer news that President Goodluck Jonathan of PDP, gallantly lost to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress,... Read More

igbos, Ndigbo, south east, South-south

Mahmud Jega: Transition in Nigeria is the political equivalent of Lassa fever

by Mahmud Jega The Federal Government and all 36 state governments in Nigeria are right now suffering from high body temperature caused by a political fever called transition. Fela used to say that different different fever na him dey; this transition fever also varies from one state to another. The first aspect of it,... Read More

anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Goodluck Jonathan, Mahmud Jega, Ondo, Osun, Power transition

Femi Aribisala: When God appears determined to embarrass you

by Femi Aribisala God is determined to thwart our purposes in life and to make us the reproach of men instead. One day, at three o’clock in the morning, the Lord woke me up to spend some time with him. In the middle of the fellowship, he gave me a strange instruction. He asked me... Read More

Faith, Femi Aribisala, God, Holy Spirit, Religion, settee

Opinion: Now is the time to fight corruption and strengthen our institutions

by Ogundana Michael Politicians will say whatever it takes to get elected. Every one of them swears they’ll be less corrupt, and less corruptible, than the lot in power. That is, of course, trivially true, if only because being out of power means you have no power to sell. As long as government power exists,... Read More

EFCC, fight corruption, icpc, Ogunlana Michael

Chibok girls, MEDITERRANEAN TRAGEDY, Ode Irele

Simon Kolawole: It is the time to heal, not to kill

by Simon Kolawole If Nigeria is going to move from strength to strength, it has to be a deliberate plan. Things will not happen on their own. We would not have peace if we don’t work consciously towards it. Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar. Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe. Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III. Cardinal John Onaiyekan. Alhaji Aliko... Read More

Opinion: Do Nigerians have to boycott South African goods and services?

by Oludare Ogunlana Relentless instability is the fruit of hopeless greed and corruption, the disturbing consequences of which we must all recognise. The pains inflicted on foreigners, particularly fellow Africans in South Africa is barbaric and condemnable. However, boycotting South African goods and services may not provide needed solution. There are uncountable Nigerians working in... Read More

Shoprite, Siuth Africa, Xenophobia

Ralph Egbu: The bitter truth we must tell ourselves about this democracy

by Ralph Egbu It is time, I believe, we tell ourselves the truth that what we are practicing here is not democracy and that in us there is hardly any spirit disposed to democratic nuances. I want to apologise to my fans for my inability to post on this page today the third part of... Read More

democracy, Ralph Egbu

Muhammadu Buhari, President Goodluck Jonathan

Opinion: Between Mr. Goodluck and Adamu Mu’azu, Mr. Game Changer

by Olalekan Adetayo Names (and I dare to add, nicknames) have ways of having effects on those who bear them, either negatively or positively. We do not need to look far before getting appropriate examples. President Goodluck Jonathan is a typical case study. A stroke of good luck catapulted him from being a university teacher... Read More

Muhammadu Buhari, nelson mandela, President-elect

Opinion: Why Buhari must emulate Mandela

by Azuh Amatus Government globally is a continuum, so Buhari is expected to further rev up the engine wherever Jonathan stopped. Let me start by saying a very big congrats to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Muhammadu Buhari for winning the March 28, keenly contested presidential election against all odds. A standing ovation also... Read More

Business developement, YAP&E, Youth Empowerment.

Secrets to Bill Gates’ success you too can adapt

by Bukkie Allison Strategic positioning, as well as a little luck–not some “big idea”–gave Gates the opportunity to make billions with MS-DOS for IBM. – Lewis Schiff, Inc. Business Owners Council You can initiate strategic positioning only when you step out of your fish bowl into the big blue sea. In the past 9 years,... Read More

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria Decides, President Goodluck Jonathan

Opinion: 2015 – A dramatic end to a well-contested race

by Adisa Adeleye …in the midst of jubilation and gyration of party faithfuls in multi coloured dresses and the sorrowful stance of the election losers, one name remains golden in saving the soul of the country. President Goodluck Jonathan has turned to be a remarkable Statesman at the crucial moment. The dreaded 2015 elections have... Read More

Chibok girls, President Goodluck Jonathan

Amanze Obi: The real owners of the Chibok project are about to take over

by Amanze Obi The Jonathan Presidency is having its final romance with Chibok. Nigeria is marking the first anniversary of the abduction of the schoolgirls. As the government of President Goodluck Jonathan bids Nigeria farewell in a few weeks time, it must acknowledge the fact that Chibok was its ultimate Achilles heel. It was one... Read More

Peregrino Brimah: Making progress with a one-party state

by Peregrino Brimah Is there really a problem having a one-party system in Nigeria? The truth is that one party is all we have had and what we will most likely continue to have. It is many of the same people who got baptized, thankfully, and navigated from PDP to form APC. For a Nigeria... Read More

APC, One-party system, PDP, Plebeian Council, transformation

Opinion: What Buhari must do to make the EFCC more functional

by SD Robo The dictum “He who pays the piper, dictates the tune”, is certainly the best words to use in describing a give and take of “DISCIPLINE” in any Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) in the world. Worthy of note, is the level of moral decadence that is now prevalent in most LEAs and Force... Read More

corruption, EFCC

corruption, diezani allison, Misappropriation of funds, President Gooduck Jonathan, sylum

Obinna Akukwe: Sweet Diezani! Sweet Goodluck! Sweet Asylum!

by Obinna Akukwe Sweet Asylum is probably waiting for Nigeria’s Oil minister, Sweet! Diezani Madueke if the Buhari regime takes off by May 29th, except a concession is bargained for her by President Goodluck Jonathan. There are reports that this woman is seeking asylum overseas, and she has denied the reports. All I know... Read More

Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari

Is’haq Kawu: Chibok girls abduction is a sore on our conscience

by Is’haq Kawu Didn’t another Uruguayan remind us the other day, that love is the only permissible addiction? Try it for a change! On the first anniversary of the abduction of the 219 Chibok Girls, this week, the whole world returned to a troubled conscience. Troubled, that 365 days after, those young girls still haven’t... Read More

Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari

Shaka Momodu: When the agents of change are fearful of real change

by Shaka Momodu An ordinary telephone call from Jonathan to Buhari to concede defeat, burnt-down- the-harry and unleashed extraordinary forces of change on our landscape – finally taking the much needed small step to consolidating Nigeria’s democratic credentials for good. The 2015 elections have come and gone, winners and losers have emerged. Nigeria as widely... Read More

St Dominic Catholic Church, violence

Jibrin Ibrahim: Why I don’t envy the job Nigerians gave Buhari

by Jibrin Ibrahim The humanitarian problems generated are massive and national and international communities are just scratching the surface. I was in Senegal last week for a conference and, for the first time in a long while, it felt so good to be a Nigerian. The Conference, which was on conflicts in the Sahel region,... Read More

Is it Ebola? || What you should know about the strange disease ravaging Ondo

by Isi Esene There has been an uneasy calm in Ondo as a yet to be identified disease ravages the sleepy community of Ode Irele in the South-west state. Though the state government led by Governor Olusegun Mimiko has assured citizens that everything is being done to put the disease under control, reports of at-least... Read More

The News Blog

deadly disease, deadly disease in ondo, disease, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Luth, Ode Irele, Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo

Change, Muhammadu Buhari, President-elect

Azubuike Ishiekwene: What Buhari can do in his first 100 days in office

by Azubuike Ishiekwene While the faithful have come to expect miracles, leaders have desperately tried to find a template – the 100-day period – for turning stone to bread. At the height of the campaign, the story was told of General Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to one of the northern states. I think it was Zamfara.... Read More