Phillip Asuquo: What fuels Nigeria’s 2030 space travel ambition?

Opinion: 731 days later, Chibok girls still yearn to be found

I have a daughter, a pretty little jewel she is. We are best of friends and we have always played the hide and seek game since when she was 9 months old. One day as we played this hide and seek game – where she runs and hides behind the chair or curtain and I... Read More

Mark Amaza: Chibok girls – 2 years after, we must never lose hope

Today makes it two years since the sleepy town of Chibok in Borno State was thrust into global limelight with the abduction of 276 girls from the Government Girls’ Secondary School in the town by the dreaded Islamist terrorist sect, Boko Haram. In the early days, the Federal Government led by former President Goodluck Jonathan... Read More

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Nigeria – cursed with the most crooked and corrupt judicial system

The examples of Justices Abdul Kafarati and Ibrahim Auta are grisly flashback to the scenes of Sodom and Gomorrah. April 11, 2016, SaharaReporters lead story headlined “Billionaire Judge, In Turnaround, Now To Give Saraki Judgement on Thursday” “Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court Judge, reversing his position, will this week return to the... Read More

Lost but found (POETRY)

Into an unchartered terrain Into an unknown land I wander I ponder I hunger For something familiar The paths I trod Have become untraceable And I am hopelessly lost… The times cloud my judgement And the storms erode my trail. A part of me is lost In all this turmoil All my hardwork Is covered... Read More

April 13, 2016

Opinion: By hook or by crook, Saraki must be found guilty

To say that a large percentage of socially and politically conscious Nigerians have followed keenly the continued persecution of the President of the 8th Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for simply defying the odds in clinching the highly coveted position will not be an understatement. The Senate President himself has stated categorically the very reasons he... Read More

Audu Maikori: I’m angry with Nigerian youths

I am angry….during the last elections Nigerian youth were galvanized and they voted massively for change from the previous administration. The results showed the role the youth played in effecting this victory for the ruling party. So when there was a delay in ministerial announcements I was hoping that it meant that PMB was searching... Read More

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Opinion: The problem with Senator Ben Bruce

Of the many political jingles which captivated me prior to the 2015 general elections, that of Senator Ben-Murray Bruce stood grandiosely. The creativity in his campaign jingles would inundate anyone to just want to vote this “White Nigerian Man” whose words enkindle hopes and redemption for an already broken Nigeria. Like many, I never expected... Read More

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Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo State

Jude Ndukwe: Olusegun Mimiko – Giving Ondo state a clean bill of health

When in March, 2015, the executive governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, inaugurated the State’s University of Medical Sciences, the first of its kind in Africa, it was an opportunity to come to terms with the landmark achievements in that blessed state starting with the health sector. The university itself is located within the... Read More

Opinion: How access to data can bridge the digital divide

The advent of the information age in the mid-twentieth century promised to flatten the whole world in such manner that no physicality could claim ‘invisibility’ due to the limiting barriers of space and time. And true to that promise, the internet opened up the planet in more ways than one can name. Since its launch... Read More

Umar Sa’ad Hassan: Ban on black market; between goats and vampires

The Kaduna state government has recently banned the roadside selling of fuel in jerry cans – popularly referred to as ‘black market’ – in all the 23 local government areas of the state. This is coming on the heels of the ban in Plateau state as well and just before any more states jump on... Read More

Bayo Oluwasanmi: Oby Ezekwesili versus half-baked Nigerian journalists

At J-School Temple University, we were taught Journalism take different forms. Straight news and feature articles in which reporters seek out and present different points of view so readers can weigh the evidence and decide for themselves how they feel. Opinion, in which editorial writers and columnists present arguments designed to persuade. A good editorial... Read More

Najeem Salaam: Who is standing against Nigeria’s oppressors?

I am bothered just as you are about the state of our nation. Fuel scarcity has shut down our nation, threatened freedom of movement, and the crisis of forex has taken away our purchasing power, while the conflict of perception between the rich and the poor appears wider. Obviously, any creative writer would be tempted... Read More

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Opinion: Exploring the CCT-EFCC connection in the trial of Bukola Saraki

Like many Nigerians, I am eager to see our justice system work. I want to see a situation where criminal cases are speedily adjudged with increased efficiency by the courts, followed by the conviction of members of the political and non-political class if found guilty. You will agree with me that this is the Nigeria... Read More

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Opinion: Our philosophy for building advertising solutions on Facebook

Whenever Facebook launches a new feature or service, I’m often asked when an advertising opportunity will be available for it. As the ad product marketing lead at Facebook, I expect this question and am happy to answer it. But it has a longer answer than I think most people expect. Mark got this question during... Read More

Jude Ndukwe: Of DSS, shallow graves, sensationalism and sectionalism

The recent press release by the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, to the effect that they discovered some fifty shallow graves, five of which they claimed had some Fulani natives buried in them, is most unfortunate to have come from an otherwise responsible security outfit. While we await the veracity or otherwise... Read More

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Chambers Umezulike: How the West inspired Africa’s development crisis (PART II)

To some, foreign infiltrations, interests and manipulations explain all the leadership, governance, social, security and development crises in Africa. To some, Africa is still acutely underdeveloped because of these manipulations and exploitations, even till now. To some, corrupt and directionless African leaders were or are just reacting to these foreign exploitations and manipulations. This, they... Read More

The News Blog

#RedefiningPR with Chude Jideonwo: When it comes to communication, life is like a village-square

There is a reality communication professionals appear to forget, or many didn’t even know to begin with: the whole foundation of communication (PR, advertising, others) depends on human behavior. It depends on how many beings think, how they speak, how they act, how they react and, as social media has made abundantly crucial these days,... Read More

Review: Top 10 singles of the Week

‘Falz, Kiss Daniel, Modenine, Adekunle Gold’ | These are the top 10 singles of last week

Falz has transformed from a pure singer into music-comedic act. “Bahd Baddo Baddest” featuring the big cheeses of the industry; Olamide and Davido. “Bahd Baddo Baddest” sees Falz (The Bahd Guy) rapping about his prodigious talent, hilariously, Olamide on the other hand cracks about ladies flocking after him and wanting his hand in marriage, Davido... Read More

Commentary: Let peace reign for the sake of Nigerian football

I have been following the saga of these two men for quite sometime and the matter-of-fact question is- what does Chris Giwa want from football? And what innovative and positive plan does he have for Nigerian football development? No doubt I have been very critical of the Amaju Pinnick led NFF and many things are... Read More

Counter narrative: How the West engendered Africa’s apocalyptic development crisis

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Femi Fani-Kayode: The murder of the Fulani; Yugoslavia unfolding

The Department of State Security (DSS) have claimed that five Fulani herdsmen were abducted, killed and buried in a mass grave by members of IPOB in Abia state a few days ago. They have also claimed that there were up to fifty more bodies in that mass grave and that they are all Fulani. The... Read More

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El Rufai says those unhappy with his appointments can commit suicide | YNaija.com

Opinion: El Rufai, his religious bill and what he needs to do

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has deliberately and complacently, if not self-righteously, marched briskly into another controversy. The politician and technocrat seems built for controversy than for anything else. This time he has got himself embroiled in a religious dispute over whether the state can legislate religious practice, particularly by licensing preaching. He has... Read More

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Opinion: The enemies of Nigeria’s security

The greatest threat to the security of the Nigerian nation is the Nigerian state. This formulation is so paradoxical and oxymoronic that it can only be offered in times of extreme stress or when everything is out of joint and a nation has its back to the wall. This is because the principal reason for... Read More

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Opinion: Letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation

Honourable Minister, If you read the open letter that I wrote to CJN Mahmud Mohammed in this column last week, you will immediately recognize that, in a slightly different formulation, the question that is the first part of the title of this open letter to you is the same question that I posed to the... Read More

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Opinion: One country, one law, different applications

As Nigerians continue to mourn over the never ending fuel scarcity made worse by ‎the seeming insensitivity of the president/minister of petroleum and the endless empty reassurances of his minister of state, we may may tend to lose sight of the other happenings that will in no small measure further disintegrate an already divided nation.... Read More