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Alexander Onukwue December 21, 2018

Wanted: An Honest, Self-Reflective, Grown-Up Nigerian Army

On one hand, it is difficult to bash the Nigerian Armed Forces. They have been, to put it mildly, undercut in recent times by political calculations. They have often been…

Alexander Onukwue October 15, 2018

With Peter Obi involved, 2019 has effectively become a two-horse race

While he was Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi says he once gave up his apartment for President Olusegun Obasanjo to spend two nights during a state visit. He had…

Alexander Onukwue August 28, 2018

Complicity or negligence: How will Nigeria respond to its silent drug epidemic?

We will never be sure why the suspect arrested by the Police in Ondo on August 5 took that much tramadol to induce a nine-day spate of sleep, or indeed…

Alexander Onukwue August 15, 2018

SARS reform has begun, but are there any real plans to ensure police accountability?

SARS will... attend to armed robbery, kidnapping, apprehension of offenders linked to the stated offences, and nothing more. That summarizes the directive issued by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday…

Alexander Onukwue July 21, 2018

Nigeria Air: An outlet for elite interests or an attempt to restore National pride?

Should the Super Eagles become world champions at their next outing in the global games, the team’s captain could be stepping out of an airplane bearing the mark of an…

Alexander Onukwue June 4, 2018

Not Too Young To Run: We finally have our victory, but it is too soon to celebrate

One long battle has been won in a sweet thrilling fashion. The assent to the constitutional amendments contained in the Not Too Young To Run bill by President Muhammadu Buhari…

Alexander Onukwue May 24, 2018

Nationwide Catholic protests signal how far we’ve fallen as a country

There cannot be a guarantee that evil will not be perpetuated in the world, but we can always determine our response when it happens. For members of the Catholic Church…

Alexander Onukwue May 8, 2018

How did Sani become the voice of reason in El-Rufai’s Kaduna?

By referring to the three Senators from Kaduna state as “useless opportunists” and calling for their heads and beard to be shaved, Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was dishing one…

Editor May 3, 2018

Opinion: The snare of a ‘Codeine Diet’

Saturdays in boarding school were the best days. The hours after Inspection were literally the freest and happiest moments of school life. If you had done your laundry the day…

Alexander Onukwue April 10, 2018

Opinion: City of soot, are you darkening just for me?

Every morning, for the better part of the past 20 months, the clouds take their time to make way for a bright sun shine day. You would think the…

Alexander Onukwue March 18, 2018

Opinion: Stephen Hawking – Mind the Mind

I set my Whatsapp status, on Wednesday, to a screenshot of a tweet showing the coincidence of the birth and death dates of scientific geniuses Galileo Galilei, Albert Einstein and…

Alexander Onukwue January 18, 2018

Opinion: Mr. President, these Fulani killers are not our ‘countrymen’

No one in his right mind could defend the atrocious killings in Benue as justified and still claim to be Nigerian. Such persons, whether they are from the North or…

Alexander Onukwue December 30, 2017

Fuel Scarcity: The federal government has quietly reintroduced subsidies, what does this mean for the economy?

Have the queues spurred by fuel scarcity around the country disappeared? If the answer is yes, it is likely for two reasons. One, that many persons have given up hope…

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