October 20 was a cold Friday night in the city of Lagos. Radisson Blu played host to the crème de la crème in the nation's political sphere. The event titled "The…
Read Moreby Reno Omokri It is no longer news that we have a draught of men of integrity in Nigeria. However, what is new is that never in our history have…
Read Moreby Tayo Ogunbiyi Like life itself, politics is very dynamic in nature. Sometimes politics could be both dynamic and dramatic. In politics, things happen in swift and remarkable fashions that…
Read Moreby Lateef Raji In the contemporary political landscape of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains a force to be reckoned with. His fragile physique notwithstanding, Asiwaju has the heart of…
Read MoreThis president’s record on security can rightly be graded negative, we are not yet winning the war against Boko Haram and we are failing on securing communities and states and…
Read Moreby Mayowa Aboah Enugu State deputy governor, Sunday Onyebuchiwa The Enugu State House of Assembly has formally commenced impeachment proceedings against the Deputy Governor, Sunday Onyebuchi. This was made known…
Read Moreby Kolapo Olapoju He seems to be calming down. Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has held a meeting at the Presidential villa, Abuja, with President Goodluck Jonathan over the…
Read MoreBut Mallam Shekarau appears not to be the only round peg in a round hole these days. The NMA tends to insist that only doctors be made minister of health, so one would expect some more concern from the current occupant regarding the Ebola thing that is rampaging across our sub-region.
Read Moreby Solomon Ben Olonade The big question is simple: Should Nigerian refineries translate now from public to private ownership? Most true Nigerians will argue that the right principle for…
Read Moreby Tola Sarumi Real change has to be plotted from the community to community, let the local councillor go to his Ward and tell them why he once again deserves…
Read Moreby Ayomikun Soyombo We can't neglect this land We can't give in yet Though the imprisoned seeks no liberation We can't just turn our backs to…
Read Moreby Akan Ido President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, faulted the World Bank report which placed Nigeria among the five poorest countries in the world, saying “the nation is not poor.’’…
Read Moreby Saatah Nubari Our country Nigeria just became a member of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Initiative, an organisation created by the US and the G8, probably for…
Read Moreby 'Jola Sotubo A spiritualist in Adamawa has claimed to know the sponsors of terrorist sect, Boko Haram and has threatened to expose them if the attacks carried out by…
Read Moreby Collins Uma The PDP, through the non-existent Wendell Simlin and its spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, started this mudslinging. We have a choice to join them in that gutter or not.…
Read Moreby Collins Uma And, while Nigeria burns, President Goodluck Jonathan is more interested in smiling for the camera. His administrative posture in the midst of the ongoing carnage by Boko…
Read Moreby Umar Yakubu Thoughts around security, national budget, state of the economy are not debated. Instead, you will read a lot of name-calling and exchange of insults. Ironically, that’s what…
Read Moreby 'Jola Sotubo Controversial pastor, Tunde Bakare has spoken out about the 2015 elections and the picture he paints is not a pretty one. Bakare, the convener of the Save…
Read Moreby Alkasim Abdulkadir In a nation already struggling to feed itself and reduce dependency on food imports, the crisis faced by farmers in Benue State is in no way a good…
Read Moreby Femi Aribisala Even the bitterest adversaries of the Igbo cannot but admit that, as a people, they are very resourceful and ingenious. Indeed, this has often been the cause…
Read Moreby Akan Ido Sotonye Melford Georgewill, a serving member of the Legislative Assembly in Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State was on Sunday night killed by unknown gunmen along Accra…
Read Moreby Japheth Omojuwa Reno Omokri remains officially a staff of the presidency and the presidency must take absolute responsibility for his indiscretions. This is not just your everyday indiscretion; this…
Read Moreby Feyi Fawehinmi But it’s important to make the point that just because you remain in your job and you can keep quiet about the matter, presumably till it dies…
Read Moreby Adeola Balogun The crackdown on homosexuals in Uganda has continued to attract attention around the country with the list of the country's most popular gays being published in a…
Read Moreby Our Editors The federal government based its decision to suspend the governor on the damning report by the little-known agency called the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. While announcing…
Read Moreby Zainab Suleiman Okino With Sanusi and other examples, Governor Shettima’s criticism of the government’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgents’ renewed boldness and wanton killing in the North East…
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