“So what went wrong?” – Ayo Sogunro reviews Chude Jideonwo’s ‘Are We The Turning Point Generation?’

by Ayo Sogunro Book Title: Are We the Turning Point Generation? Author: Chude Jideonwo Publisher: Kamsi Year of Publication: 2014 Pages: 187 But there can be no change without government, the author argues. For change to occur, the government has to be part of it. “We cannot, cannot change Nigeria without its government.” This is... Read More

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May 23, 2014

Opinion: Why Nigeria must abandon the Presidential system of government

by Eric Teniola Humble men of yesterday now in power in this country have suddenly turned to monsters, tyrants with abundance of wealth stolen from the treasury all in the name of presidential system of Government On Saturday October 18, 1975, the then Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed told the opening session of... Read More

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May 20, 2014

Opinion: 7 things Nigeria must do to defeat Boko Haram

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju Pure military tactics and strategy will fail against Boko Haram because military sweeps almost always come at significant death toll to innocent bystanders even more than the intended target Finally we are in the eyes and ears of the world for despicable reasons. Nigeria has been exposed less as a nation state... Read More

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May 17, 2014

Muhammadu Buhari: On our economy and security – Nigeria should have one narrative on Boko Haram

by Muhammadu Buhari The way out of poverty is to get people to work. Workers should earn reasonable wages for their work and farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The government should have a second look at agricultural support. In the last couple of weeks, our country has attracted the world’s attention for the wrong... Read More

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May 10, 2014

Opinion: This is a government of incompetence

by Hemenester Butu This is not an attempt to prove our current administration’s incompetence. It is known…..it is known. This is a reminder, of how dangerous incompetence truly is. See how far we’ve come yet, how low we’ve continually sunk. US Marines on Nigerian soil? I never thought I’d see the day. But for the... Read More

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May 1, 2014

Opinion: Why the government is not responding to missing Chibok girls

by Afolabi Opanubi Military interventions to save abducted Boko Haram victims have proved fatal, with victims being killed in the rescue process. This is probably a consideration of the government. However, this challenge doesn’t excuse ineffectiveness. Subtler forms of rescuing these girls can be used. On Tuesday, people woke up to the news that girls,... Read More

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April 30, 2014

Garba Shehu: A government’s cluelessness, information blackout and our missing girls

by Garba Shehu From every indication, the search for these Nigerian schoolgirls will probably be the most difficult search in human history, not the Malaysian Flight MH370 as cited by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. I am sure many of our readers still remember the story of Julie Ward, the 28-year old British wildlife photographer... Read More

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April 26, 2014

Opinion: Our gruelling journey out of Boko Haram death camp

by Bolarinwa Gidado Our government? Did I just say that? Do we have any, really? ‘Government’ is one of my best subjects in school and I remember being taught the duties and rights of citizens and governments. One of them, if I remember clearly is the government’s duty to protect its citizens, and I... Read More

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April 10, 2014

Dele Agekameh: Unemployment and government’s ‘soup kitchen’ alternatives

by Dele Agekameh Sometimes, when the various governments – federal, states or local governments – talk about creating jobs, I wonder about the magic wand they intend to employ to create these jobs when, in actual fact, what is on ground does not show any genuine commitment to either grow or support entrepreneurship in the... Read More

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April 2, 2014

Opinion: But wait, must we support this PDP government?

by Aminu Yusuf Roni We all know what it takes to oppose the PDP: to say things as they were, done! That is so easy, certainly easier than calling APC, and its acolytes, Boko Haram sponsors albeit a certain Security Adviser – of the same PDP administration- once let the cat out of the bag... Read More

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April 1, 2014

Opinion: Once upon a time, once upon a Reuben Abati

by Dolapo Aina Once upon a time, there was a Reuben who was at The Rutam House who was always livid and appalled by the way things were with the country in general and in particular the PDP-led Federal Government. This Reuben repeatedly wrote and called for the rule of the law amongst other issues.... Read More

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March 30, 2014

Perry Brimah: Grazing reserves – My advice to the South east Chairman of CAN

by Perry Brimah You do not have the legal or moral right to simply deny these elements of our society, some of whom have traversed these areas before our ancestors first settled there; the right to exist. It was with bewildering shock that we read the headline of your message in Vanguard of 29th March... Read More

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March 27, 2014

Feyi Fawehinmi: Why Innoson’s Innocent Chukwuma is exciting (Warning: Long Read)

by Feyi Fawehinmi But the early days were characterised by him doing all sorts of different things as the opportunities came to him. Whereas back then he was at the mercy of crazy government policies and having to react to them as quickly as he could, today he can more easily influence government policies. I’ve... Read More

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March 24, 2014

Opinion: The problem with Nigeria’s fuel subsidy programme

by Ifeanyi Uddin At this point, I can think of a dozen reasons why the fuel subsidy should stay. Easily the first is why any Nigerian should trust this government with any fiscal savings that arise at his/her expense. We ought not to endure further increases in our tax burden without a palpable scaling up... Read More

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March 20, 2014

Perry Brimah: This Nigerian leadership is just cursed

by Perry Brimah You know it. I know it. This government is cursed. They have offended the Protector. They have done abominable things, things that cannot be spoken of; things that cannot be imagined. Their ascension to power is not ordinary. Precious blood was shed. Sacrifices made that cannot be imagined. It is not luck;... Read More

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March 20, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: This is a society governed by rustlers

by Olusegun Adeniyi At his 90th birthday recently, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe asked his officials: “Are we now like Nigeria where you have to reach your pocket to get anything done?” Then he added: “You see, we used to go to Nigeria and every time we went there we had to carry extra cash... Read More

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March 19, 2014

Perry Brimah: #OccupyEverything – The Nigerian government has lost its legitimacy

by Perry Brimah For Diezani-NNPC’s robbery, we ask for their head. For ASUU and ASUP protracted strikes, we ask for Wike’s head. For other scams, we got Mike’s head. For the support of Boko Haram and other terror, we got Tukur’s head. You know those miscreants online. The few among us who lack a shred... Read More

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March 17, 2014

Perry Brimah: Now that the government steals from unemployed youths

by Perry Brimah Apart from the process of inviting all millions of candidates on the same day, being criminally ludicrous; according to Leadership today, Nigeria’s Immigration department billed each candidate N1000 ($6) for the application. A total of 6.5 million victims applied, which brings the yield to N6.5 billion, about $40 million to the immigration... Read More

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March 5, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria is gradually descending into disorder

by Stephen Oyedemi When a government fails to provide the basic enabling environments and security for citizens to prosper in their activities, businesses and engagements, what we see is a descent into disorder. When families fail to live up to their role of raising responsible citizens, we experience a descent into disorder. By nature, gravity... Read More

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February 21, 2014

Opinion: Government’s insensitivity and the need for collective re-strategy in the North-East

by Abubakar Musa we must realize that Mr President (GEJ), who has all the security apparatchiks and buoyant resources under his control, isn’t a southern President but nigeria’s. Unless the North East, for him and them, isn’t part of Nigeria, he must act the same way and with the same vigour with which he would’ve... Read More

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February 12, 2014

Perry Brimah: When Dangote comes for your land

by Peregrino Brimah Call us haters of the wealthy? We do not hate the rich… well, not any more than they hate us, the poor. And one day soon will be their day of reckoning, and a leash will be put around their vulture necks. Celebrated as the world’s wealthiest black man, Dangote’s known wealth... Read More

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February 11, 2014

Phillip Amiola: We are the people of Nigeria, we are our own government

by Phillip Amiola Like I have often said, we must realise that the most important things are not the things that the government will do for us. To create the New Nigeria, each Nigerian must take personal responsibility, realising that we are the government. We will get it right someday. When I wrote an article... Read More

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February 10, 2014

Opinion: Hurray! At last, mass housing is here!!

by Olusola Daniel Undeniably, the 2014 budget presents a ray of hope for the Nigerian people. It is a budget that is building the foundation for a robust economy that provides good jobs and wealth for the Nigerian people. As a nation, we need to examine things by ourselves and not act solely based on... Read More

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February 5, 2014

Opinion: Is the fight really over between ASUU and Federal Government?

by Toks Ero But evidently the greatest losers are the students many of whom lost their lives. For the lecturers, it is unfortunate that they had to sacrifice one of their own in the person of Professor Festus Iyayi, a prominent figure in the ASUU/FG negotiating team and former President of the union who died... Read More

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February 1, 2014

Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike’s properties thrown out after losing court case over school premises (See Photos)

by Oge Okonkwo A scandal which recently is threatening to drag the name of Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike in the mud as the actor turned school proprietor reportedly lost a case involving the ownership of his school. According to Maestromedia, Emeka Ike’s school, St. Nicholas College, a secondary school located at 1, Raji Olamideji Crescent, Magodo beside... Read More

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January 30, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: The call by the APC to shut down the government makes no sense

by Olusegun Adeniyi No matter the gloss anybody would want to put on that directive–and I have read some ignorant allusions to “government shutdown” in the United States—the APC position is, to put it mildly, a bad judgement call. A few days after the registration of the All Progressive Congress (APC) early last year, Alhaji... Read More

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January 27, 2014

T.B Joshua ‘turns gay man straight’, speaks on homosexuality

by Akan Ido In the wake of Nigeria’s anti-gay bill signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan, popular televangelist, TB Joshua addressed the issue of homosexuality during a live broadcast of his Sunday Service on Emmanuel TV. A young man by the name of Tedus visited the church and was apparently delivered from a ‘demon’ which he... Read More

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