opinion

December 10, 2017

“Not tithing does not attract any curse from God” | Apostle Arome Osayi settles the tithe controversy

Daddy Freeze set up a firestorm on Nigerian social media with his utterances about tithing. Throughout the whole hullabaloo, the principle of tithing has not been addressed by popular men of God. All we’ve heard are the curses that will follow if you don’t tithe. Finally, we have a detailed response from a man of ... Read More

daddy freeze, opinion, The Nigerian Church, Tithe controversy

December 8, 2017

“I was quite wealthy before coming into government” | 7 things we learned from Atiku’s reply to I Go Dye

Since Mama Taraba announced her support for Atiku’s 2019 campaign, Twitter Nigeria has been in a tizzy. Atiku has been accused of being corrupt and not championing the cause of young people when he was in power. So comedian I Go Dye wrote Atiku an open letter, asking several questions. Atiku has now responded. These... Read More

Atiku, I Go dye, nigeria, opinion, Politics

December 5, 2017

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Mr President, welcome to Kano, your political stronghold

by Salihu Tanko Yakasai The long-awaited official visit of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to his most solid political base in the whole country, i.e. Kano State is now a reality. Mr. President has embarked on a 3-day official visit to the most populous... Read More

Buhari in Kano, nigeria, opinion, Politics

November 29, 2017

Ayokunle Odekunle: A letter to my unborn child on my birthday

by Ayokunle Odekunle And if you ask me to Daddy’s gonna buy you a mockingbird I’mma give you the world I’mma buy a diamond ring for you I’mma sing for you I’ll do anything for you to see you smile And if that mockingbird don’t sing and that ring don’t shine I’mma break that... Read More

children, fatherhood, Marriage, opinion

Election

November 28, 2017

Reuben Abati: Atiku, Atikulation and other stories

by Reuben Abati “I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be a Customs officer. Going from one port to another should not be an issue or a problem for him. It is in the nature of Customs officials to go from one port to another. When... Read More

Atiku, BAAD2017, opinion, reuben abati

November 27, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: How Ethiopan Airlines has been stealing from Nigerians

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything — Albert Einstein. In life, never say never. Nothing, really, is finite. On Tuesday November 14, I was discussing with a very senior journalist about why opinion writing space should... Read More

Ethiopian Arlines, Luggage theft, NAHCO officials, opinion

Entrepreneurship

November 24, 2017

Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: From the private sector to the public sector

Entrepreneur, a major buzz word in the Nigerian society, we’ve probably been fanatic about “start up’s” before the Californians created Silicon Valley. We credit our Igbo brothers and sisters with a remarkable drive to lunch out alone with a business idea and see it from start to finish, but honestly, its somewhere in all of... Read More

glory, O-Ed, opinion

November 24, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: Why Nigerians are beginning to provide their own brand of justice

“You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me? I forgo the vengeance on my son. But I have selfish reasons. My youngest son was forced to leave this country because of all this Solozzo business. Alright…now I have to make arrangements to bring him... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Jungle justice, Kikan vs Fulani, opinion

Chaos

November 23, 2017

Opinion: Chaos, Coitus and a new challenge

Chaos! True entropy, randomness… That’s the way we’ve come to thrive, somehow it seems that while we stay within the borders of this gloriously enriched piece of land mother earth has so graciously gifted us, we remain ever so slightly or in some cases greatly allergic to order. Disorder and chaos calls to us like... Read More

coitus, Glory Apantaku, opinion

November 20, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: What is the worth of a Nigerian migrant’s life?

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo In April, a former Nigerian public official lost his daughter under questionable circumstances. The young lady’s death was avoidable, and who knows, maybe her spirit is already haunting a UK hospital and another one in Nigeria. A hospital in Birmingham misdiagnosed her condition; the one in Nigeria performed surgery on her... Read More

Abike Dabiri, Edo state, Fisayo Soyombo, human trafficking, Italy's state burial for 26 Dead Nigerian girls, nigeria, opinion, The worth of a migrant

November 14, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: An Open Letter to Osita Chidoka

by Pius Adesanmi Dear Osita: I must congratulate you for an exhilarating debate performance yesterday. You shone like a million bright stars. Such was your brio that we should not even be here today discussing the possibility of your winning the forthcoming election. It should be a no-brainer, a foregone conclusion. However, we have to... Read More

Anambra governorship election, Nigerian politics, opinion, Pius Adesanmi

November 14, 2017

Anti-Grazing Prohibition Law: a new way to end herdsmen’s massacre

by Temitope Adigun In the words of Professor Wole Soyinka “For every crime, there must be restitution. The nomads of the world cannot place themselves above the law of settled humanity”. Billowing like bush fires across the country is the nightmare of repeated Fulani herdsmen attacks on host communities. One of the core responsibilities of... Read More

Fulani herdsmen, opinion, rule of law, violence

November 13, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: El-Rufai and Shehu Sani’s feud is our problem too. Here is why

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo For as long as one is the Governor of Kaduna State and the other is obsessed with unseating him, Nasir el-Rufai and Shehu Sani will never see a coin from the same side. No, scratch that. So long el-Rufai sees a coin form a certain side, Sani can never see it... Read More

el rufai, Fisayo Soyombo, nigeria, nigerian education, opinion, Shehu Sani

Pregnancy

November 9, 2017

7 surprising facts about pregnancy everyone should know

by Dr. Omiete Charles-Davies Pregnancy is a very special period. From conception to delivery, several changes happen in a woman’s body to make her able to carry the pregnancy without any complications. Today, we would be looking at a few facts about pregnancy that may surprise you. Let’s dive straight in. 1. A woman’s blood... Read More

opinion, pre-eclampsia, pregnancy, Symptoms

NUT

November 9, 2017

“Why should our children sacrifice for teachers”? | 3 Takeaways from Joachim MacEbong’s article on El Rufai’s teacher crisis

Governor El Rufai is a controversial political figure by any standard. He caused a ruckus on Twitter during the Southern Kaduna crisis by arresting the driving force of the movement, Audu Maikori. This time around, it’s Kaduna Primary School teachers that El Rufai is up against. After most of them failed the competency test organised... Read More

Child education, el rufai, kaduna, nigeria, opinion, Teachers

Failure

November 9, 2017

Chude Jideonwo: Nigeria is the Federal Republic of Rumour Mongering

by Chude Jideonwo It was my baptism of fire into the workings of Nigerian governance. Our firm had just begun communication consulting for government departments and agencies about six years earlier, and this was a very important client. Where I thought my work would centre on strategic planning and execution, it turned out much of... Read More

elections, Governance, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Rumour mongering

November 6, 2017

Appointees list: The Presidency has no knowledge of its staff?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The little matter of proving that the greater percentage of its appointments has not been skewed in favour of one group of the country has managed to be mismanaged by the officers of the Presidency. After BusinessDay’s faulty publication of 100 names appearing to show Northern favouritism by Buhari in his... Read More

Story of the day

Appointees list, Buhari, Femi Adesina, nigeria, opinion

November 6, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: Getting Buhari out in 2019 is not enough

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo There are numerous disgruntled Muhammadu Buhari supporters straddling the social media space. Worried by a series of controversies in a government they placed high hopes in, many of Buhari’s supporters are penitent. “Throwback to when I used my bike to campaign for Buhari preaching change. God forgive me,” one named ‘Hur’... Read More

2019 Elections, Buhari, jonathan, nigeria, opinion, Politics

November 5, 2017

RE: Islamisation plot is real, CAN tells Osinbajo

by Olusegun Adedeji My attention has been brought to the news story credited to the leadership of the South-South zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to Islamize Nigeria. Chairman of the Christian group, Archbishop God-Dowell Avwomakpa, in a news report in The Vanguard Newspaper was credited to... Read More

”Islamization” agenda, Buhari, CAN, nigeria, opinion, Osinbajo

November 5, 2017

Albert Afeso Akanbi: The Koran vs The Holy Bible — Which is the truth? [Pt II]

by Albert Afeso Akanbi I was buried in a pile of feedback –emails, comments, text messages and phone calls, some of them disapproval and veiled threats, and others affirmation from friend and reader alike, following the publication of the first part of this article in some online platforms last week. [In case you missed it]:... Read More

Afeso Albert Akanbi, Bible vs Koran debate, Christianity, islam, opinion, Religion

November 5, 2017

Reno Omokri: Here’s what Daddy Freeze has gotten wrong about tithing

by Reno Omokri The recent to-do on the issue of tithing which was roused by popular On-Air Personality, Daddy Freeze, is actually a sad reflection of the state of Christianity in Nigeria specifically and the black world in general. Why? Because it proves that it is still true that if you want to hide anything... Read More

Christianity, daddy freeze, opinion, Reno Omokri, Tithing

November 4, 2017

Opinion: Buhari and his government of “Fugithieves”

By Jude Ndukwe The frequency of scandals bedevilling the Buhari administration in recent times would require an app to keep track of them. It certainly is beyond human capacity to do so. While Nigerians were yet to grapple with the dirty details coming from the $25bn NNPC saga and the obvious crass lack of corporate... Read More

Buhari, corruption, maina, nigeria, opinion, Politics

November 4, 2017

Open letter to the Inspector General of Police

by Dr Tony Nwoye’s Campaign RE: Fraudulent impersonation of Evang. Chinedu Obigwe by Chinedu Obidigwe, James Eze and Oliver Okpala and a call to caution Willy Obiano PROTOCOL: It will be recalled that the trio of Chinedu Obidigwe (Special Adviser to Obiano on Political Matters), James Eze (SSA media to Obiano) and Oliver... Read More

IGP, nigeria, opinion, Tony Nwoye, Willie Obiano

November 4, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: Unravelling of the corruption in Buhari’s “anti-corruption” fight

by Farooq Kperogi The latest thunderbolt from the Head of Service of the Federation that President Buhari was actually aware of, and perhaps even countenanced, the reinstatement and promotion of Abdulrahseed Maina against her counsel is probably the final nail in the coffin of the Buhari administration’s rib-tickling pretence to being an “anti-corruption” government. “I... Read More

Babachir Lawal, corruption, Farooq Kperogi, maina, mustapha, nigeria, opinion, Politics

November 4, 2017

Opinion: Restructuring our education system for a better Nigeria

by Temitope Adigun One thing that is peculiar and synonymous to every society in the world is the urge and hunger for progress, living on its own without much dependence on other nations and societies of the world. The struggle requires and demands several efforts to achieve this dream as a nation. When we... Read More

education, nigeria, opinion, restructuring

November 4, 2017

Dele Momodu: Who says President Buhari isn’t a politician?

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I had another privilege of meeting President Muhammadu Buhari two nights ago in Abuja. I had accompanied the former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, one of the most expansive and incredibly fortified State Houses on planet Earth. I had not seen the President... Read More

2019 Elections, Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics

November 3, 2017

Ololade Ajekigbe: 4 popular prejudices you must ignore

by Ololade Ajekigbe “Awon wa’ye wa gbadun ni,” he had said in Yoruba. The spectator’s remarks translate literally to “They came to the world to have fun.” His comments were in response to the auto electrician who had expressed his empathy in that exaggerated manner artisans are known for as he fixed my vehicle. The subject of... Read More

bias, nigeria, Ololade Ajekigbe, opinion, Prejudice

November 3, 2017

Opinion: How to solve Nigeria’s substandard school problem

by Odia Iyoha Look around where you are now, what do you see? The probability that you would see at least two schools around where you are currently is higher than the fact that Arsenal would lose in the champions league yet again both very predictable. Schools now compete with sachet water. The... Read More

education, nigeria, opinion, schools

Maina

November 3, 2017

Opinion: Nigeria’s best hope for 2019 is Abdulrasheed Maina

by Bayo Oluwasanmi In 2019, Nigeria will return to the polls to elect a new president. The ballot will boast the usual cast of characters in the Nigerian political arena. But Nigeria’s best hope for 2019 is Abdulrasheed Maina the erstwhile Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms. His candidacy will challenge the front-runner –... Read More

2019 Elections, Abdulrasheed Maina, nigeria, opinion, pension scam, Politics

November 2, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Vice President Osinbajo has betrayed the Church

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

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

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