Tag: Lord Lugard

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Oreoluwa PetersAugust 22, 2016

Feyi Fawehinmi: We do not have to like each other to be one nation

So, following on from what I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I want to see if we can break ...

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Kolapo OlapojuSeptember 9, 2015

The only thing keeping Nigeria together is Niger Delta oil – Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, says the building blocks of the Nigerian nation is grossly impaired, hence the problems facing us as a ...

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July 9, 2014

Opinion: It is time to break Nigeria up

by Damola Awoyokun     We want a good-bye-to-all-that referendum now. And the National Conference sitting in Abuja should make ...

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March 4, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria’s centenary and the urgency of now

by Jaye Gaskia And whereas Lugard may have made a mistake in the course of promoting the selfish interests of ...

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February 7, 2014

Opinion: This is why Jonathan is the most criticized president

by Abba Mahmood Those criticising President Jonathan are not doing so because he is Ijaw or a southerner or a ...

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February 7, 2014

Akin Osuntokun: For every Dangiwa Umar, there is Ango Abdullahi

by Akin Osuntokun Personally I cannot wait for the day when my sense of dignity will be enhanced by the ...

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January 15, 2014

Adebola Rayo: Kakadu- A cocktail of art and history (Y! Pop-of-Culture)

by Adebola Rayo It is easy to relate with the folks in Kakadu. You see Nigeria in it, Lagos and the ...

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January 15, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria – Looking back the last 100 years and moving forward

by Jaye Gaskia The point being made here is very simple, yet it is the point that this inept ruling ...

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January 8, 2014

Okey Ikechukwu: Those who call 1914 a mistake are mixing things up badly

by Okey Ikechukwu No one cried foul over Awo’s politics in the South West before he engineered Zik’s ouster using ...

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January 7, 2014

Opinion: The centenary of an Amalgamation that never existed

by Jibrin Ibrahim It was the Sardauna of Sokoto who first referred to the amalgamation as “the mistake of 1914”. ...

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September 6, 2013

For the Record: ‘When, truly, is a nation?’ – Text of speech delivered by Gov. Kayode Fayemi at the Gani Fawehinmi Memorial lecture

by Kayode Fayemi Rather than revel in celebrations or a jamboree, this presents the chance for a very sober reflection ...

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April 16, 2013

Elnathan John: Peckham smells of kpomo and crayfish and other gist

by Elnathan John   Lord Lugard was sleeping with a girl and the girl, probably without any clothes on or ...

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August 13, 2012

PHOTOS: #WhenWeWereKings – (A bit of) Nigeria’s history in pictures

by Isi Esene Today’s photo story is a collectors’ item, it takes us back memory lane to an era in ...

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