by Femi Fani-Kayode Many years ago the irrepressable Hausa leader who hailed from Kano and who was the founder of the radical leftist political party called NEPU, Mallam Aminu Kano, said, “Until the Fulani Emirs are toppled, Northern Nigeria will not know peace”. History has proved him right. The feudal structure of the north and... Read More

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Ethnic politics, Femi Fani-Kayode, Fulani, nigeria, opinion, Religion

October 14, 2017

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Opinion: President Buhari’s ethnocentric image is his fault

by Adeshina Peter While the controversy surrounding the leak of Ibe Kachikwu’s letter is still raging on, the Presidency is under fire again following the comments of World Bank’s president, Jim Yong Kim, in an interview where he claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari specifically asked him and his organization to focus on the North... Read More

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Ethnic politics, nigeria, opinion, president buhari

October 14, 2017

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Reno Omokri: Muhammadu Buhari — Commander-in-Chief of the 97% Forces

by Reno Omokri Last week I wrote about what has turned out to be the biggest corruption scandal in African history-the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation $26 billion can of worms. Little did I know when writing that piece that the matter should enter into another absurd stage. Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing (Damaging?) Director... Read More

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Buhari, Ethnic politics, Kachikwu's leaked memo, NNPC Scandal, opinion, Reno Omokri

August 22, 2017

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Opinion: Igbos, do not mistake Yoruba kindness for weakness. We’re not weak!

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Churchill Okonkwo’s article “Ndigbo Will Conquer And Rule In Oduduwa Republic” published August 7, 2017, in SaharaReporters, is a figment of imagination as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. His braggings about Ndigbo’s taking over in Oduduwa Republic is an empty foolish boasting with an... Read More

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Ethnic politics, IPOB, MASSOB, Ndigbo, nigeria, Oduduwa Republic, opinion, Yorubas

July 4, 2017

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Opinion: Yoruba political leaders are cowards

by Bayo Oluwasanmi The expression, “Sick man of Europe” commonly referred to the Turkish Empire. In the 19th century, it was believed that Turkey had fallen under the financial control of other nations. In the 1920s, Turkey was a typical Muslim hellhole with a long record of atrocities, ethnic cleansing, genocide, massacres, an overwhelming and... Read More

Opinion

biafra, Ethnic politics, nigeria, opinion, self determination, yoruba leaders