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Roqeebah April 28, 2017

Did Patience really cost Goodluck Jonathan the 2015 elections or are these politicians just deluded?

by Soma Oj. There's absolutely no drama as interesting as the theatrics of Nigerian politicians - look no further than the case of the questionable-degree-holder named Dino Melaye and his…

Op-ed Editor April 20, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Riding on the runway

by Olusegun Adeniyi For a government that thrives in propaganda, it is just as well that the operatives of the Muhammadu Buhari administration did not understand the significance of what…

Op-ed Editor April 13, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: What can we learn from Malabu?

by Olusegun Adeniyi How will you deal with Malabu? When I posed that question to the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu last week Wednesday afternoon, I was…

Op-ed Editor April 6, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Living with death in Nigeria

by Olusegun Adeniyi My pastor, Evaristus Azodoh is a retired army colonel and a medical doctor; in fact, one of Nigeria’s foremost consultant urologists. His experience and exposure, quite naturally,…

Op-ed Editor March 30, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Ile Ife and the Nigerian tragedy

by Olusegun Adeniyi The less you say, the less risk you run of saying something foolish, even dangerous. In 1825, a new czar, Nicholas I, ascended the throne of Russia.…

Op-ed Editor March 23, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: The silent battles of life

by Olusegun Adeniyi Even though I had watched the two minute Youtube clip, “Silent Battles” several times on WhatsApp, what the young man was saying offered a whole new meaning…

Op-ed Editor March 16, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Buhari and the next conversation

by Olusegun Adeniyi ‘Against the Run of Play’ brings into sharp focus the centrifugal forces that took Nigeria to the brink in the 2015 election. Thoughtful, intelligent and rigorous, this…

Op-ed Editor March 9, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Battered, bruised and broken

In the past three weeks, no fewer than a thousand Nigerians have been deported from the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, South Africa and Libya. Meanwhile, we are still awaiting…

Op-ed Editor February 23, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: An innocent man

by Olusegun Adeniyi A humourous man who always introduced himself as “I am Innocent”, the late veteran journalist, Mr. Innocent Oparadike was also very humble; despite his incredible reach and…

Op-ed Editor February 16, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: What are friends for?

by Olusegun Adeniyi If the former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan claims the billions of Naira found in her bank accounts were gifts from friends and former Group Managing…

Op-ed Editor February 9, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: The metaphor of Ibiye’s goat

by Olusegun Adeniyi On Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari extended his vacation in the United Kingdom “in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by…

Op-ed Editor February 2, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Lest Buhari becomes a ‘captive king’

by Olusegun Adeniyi Following the 2015 general election, I decided to write a book, not only to find out why and how President Goodluck Jonathan lost but also to interrogate…

Op-ed Editor January 26, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Still guarding the concrete slab

by Olusegun Adeniyi Even when I am not so much into the social media, I have come to like WhatsApp because of the inspirational stories many users pass around on…

Op-ed Editor January 19, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: The endgame in Banjul

by Olusegun Adeniyi Last Friday, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) demonstrated an uncommon resolve when, following their meeting with a recalcitrant Yahya Jammeh, they asked…

Op-ed Editor January 12, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Obazee, accountability and the Church

by Olusegun Adeniyi While only a few people would query the rationale for sacking Mr. Jim Osayande Obazee, the Executive Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), the…

Oludolapo Adelana January 5, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: Tony Rapu is more than a pastor

by Olusegun Adeniyi Despite the fact that many Nigerians may not have heard of him, Tony Rapu, medical practitioner and Pastor, is without any doubt, one of the most remarkable…

Op-ed Editor December 22, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Christmas in a time of recession

by Olusegun Adeniyi That most Nigerians are going through one of the most depressing periods of their lives is to put the situation mildly. Indeed, there are perhaps only a few…

Op-ed Editor December 16, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Tales of the unexpected

by Olusegun Adeniyi SCENE ONE: In the course of a break-in at a local branch of the Central Bank (not in Nigeria), one of the robbers, holding a pump action…

Op-ed Editor December 8, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Is Sanusi also among the wailers?

by Olusegun Adeniyi Even though the naira was still very strong at the exchange rate of 60 kobo to a dollar (yes, in this same Nigeria!) and graduates could afford…

Op-ed Editor December 1, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Pot of soup democracy

by Olusegun Adeniyi The Ondo State gubernatorial election has come and gone and by most objective accounts, the votes were properly cast, they were counted and they count– at least…

Op-ed Editor November 27, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Ondo, PDP and judicial shame

by Olusegun Adeniyi One and a half years after he left office as Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime is still in court over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket…

Op-ed Editor November 10, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: The message from Donald Trump

by Olusegun Adeniyi It is sad, if not tragic, both for President Barack Obama and the United States, that what ordinarily should be the most enduring legacy of the last eight…

Op-ed Editor October 1, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: From luggage economy to knowledge economy – which way Nigeria?

There is this story of a Nigerian who decided to open a clinic and put a sign outside which reads: “Get treatment for $25 and if not cured, get $100…

Isime Esene September 10, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Just the same old story…

“Sir, my sense about what is going on is that you are not likely to have much problem with the election. I believe you will win even though I also…

Isime Esene August 27, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: When judiciary goes on trial

As the story goes, a lavish society wedding had just taken place and after all the legal and social rites, the couple retired to their house. At night time, as…

Isime Esene August 19, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Question Buhari should ponder about

“When some Nigerians were executed in Indonesia yesterday, and I started reading about their ordeal, I stumbled on the picture of one of those who were killed last year. I…

Isime Esene August 13, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: China and Africa – A serious affair

The China-Africa Public Diplomacy Forum, a symposium organized by the Chinese Government, held on Tuesday in Dares Salaam, Tanzania. Invited to speak on the theme “Advancing China-Africa people-to-people exchanges and…

Isime Esene August 7, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Why Atiku Abubakar deserves attention

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar last week restated his call for the restructuring of Nigeria, which he said had become inevitable. “I believe that restructuring will eventually happen whether we…