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May 25, 2014

Perry Brimah: And now, the ecumenical city of Jos?! (A rejoinder)

by Perry Brimah No mortal is above error and criticism. May the good Lord permit me to grow as old ...

May 25, 2014

Opinion: Will our real leaders please stand up?

by Hussaina Ishaya Audu It is no longer just about Jonathan anymore; I believe we are now on trial. Every ...

May 24, 2014

Wole Soyinka: And now, the ecumenical city of Jos?!

by Wole Soyinka Today, so soon after Nyanya, Jos has turned into yet another national abattoir, the current fate of ...

May 6, 2014

“We are dealing with monstrosity” – Wole Soyinka tells Amanpour on CNN

by Oge Okonkwo Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka was on CNN moments ago to speak on the security situation in Nigeria ...

May 6, 2014

#YIssueOfTheWeek: Is the South really safe from Boko Haram?

by Mark Amaza But how safe is the South really from Boko Haram? Is it because they cannot attack anywhere ...

March 26, 2014

Cover of Chude Jideonwo’s new book ‘Are we the turning-point generation?’ released

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Kachifo Limited, which has published some of the continent’s most finest writers including Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, Sefi Atta Binyavanga ...

March 21, 2014

Gimba Kakanda: On Soyinka Vs the Abachas – A letter to Gymber Cacandah

by Gimba Kakanda Of course, I love that I’m being threatened, because I’ll gladly sensationalise that to fast-track my asylum ...

March 14, 2014

Gimba Kakanda: In defence of Sani Abacha’s son, Sadiq

by Gimba Kakanda I love how Sadiq deconstructed your Soyinka, an overrated professor who has no PhD. Shame. Our friend, ...

March 10, 2014

Opinion: Sadiq and Gumsu Abacha – The genealogy of African kleptocracy

by Adeolu Ademoyo So while the Abacha Jnrs have rights to defend Abacha Snr-their father who used prebendalism to steal ...

March 10, 2014

Uduak Oduok: No Ma’am, Chimamanda Adichie’s use of “F__k you” on TV is NOT free speech

by Uduak Oduok Let’s separate the two issues. The choice of language is not the issue. The appropriate forum for ...

March 8, 2014

Demola Rewaju: Abacha, honour and the necessary question mark

by Demola Rewaju The name ‘Sani Abacha’ and the word ‘honour’ (or the Americanised cousin ‘honor’) must never be used ...

March 8, 2014

Opinion: Let’s fact-check Sadiq Abacha’s letter to Wole Soyinka

by Okechukwu Ofili I broke down Sadiq’s letter and researched his claims written in bold font below. My goal was to be ...

March 6, 2014

Okey Ndibe: A national insult rejected

by Okey Ndibe How did we quickly forget that Abacha’s looting of public funds from the vaults of the Central ...

March 6, 2014

US freezes $458 million stolen by centenary award winning dictator, Sani Abacha

by ‘Jola Sotubo In a seemingly unending chase, more public funds embezzled by the former Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha, have ...

March 2, 2014

Why we honoured Abacha – FG explains

by ‘Jola Sotubo The centenary awards recently doled out by the Nigerian government to celebrate 100 years of amalgamation have ...

February 18, 2014

Opinion: When government security personnel decide to go gaga

by Dolapo Aina Like the Italian and South American drug and crime gang leaders you watch in crime movies and ...

January 17, 2014

Send Rivers police commissioner to fight Boko Haram – Soyinka tells Jonathan

by ‘Jola Sotubo The crisis in Rivers has been analyzed by Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka and he puts the blame ...

January 10, 2014

Wole Soyinka’s daughter buried in Oyo, Amaechi, Duke attend (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo Iyetade Soyinka, second daughter of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka was today, interred at Ultimate Gardens, Ibadan ...

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 ...

December 30, 2013

Sad news: Wole Soyinka loses daughter to illness

by ‘Jola Sotubo Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has lost one of his daughters. Iyetade Soyinka, the second daughter of the ...

December 20, 2013

Tunde Ajileye: Death and the politician’s horsemen

by Tunde Ajileye The Constitution we have agreed to be governed by sets term limits for them and all attempts ...

December 19, 2013

Ogaga Ifowodo: Being man and poet, at the Mandela Secretariat

by Ogaga Ifowodo His likes may never walk the earth again. When I was elected secretary-general of the students union ...

December 6, 2013

Genevieve Nnaji, Wole Soyinka, others pay tribute to Nelson Mandela (READ)

by Oke Efagene Nigerian celebrities and prominent personalities have reacted to the death of the hero of freedom and former ...

November 17, 2013

NGF crisis: 8 govs, 5 deputies attend retreat in Sokoto

by Akan Ido The nineteen member strong Rotimi Amaechi-faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum were in Sokoto yesterday for their ...

October 13, 2013

Ayokunle Odekunle: Femi Fani-Kayode should stop haranguing us with witless theories

by Ayokunle Odekunle I have nothing against Mr. Fani-Kayode but he insults our senses by coming to town with some ...

October 12, 2013

Hauwa Gambo: On the madness of Femi Fani-Kayode (Y! FrontPage)

by Hauwa Gambo His is tainted with malice, with evil, with the basest of human sentiments support of tyrants and dictators, ...

October 8, 2013

Wole Soyinka: Muslims, take back Islam

by Wole Soyinka These butchers continue to evoke the mandate of Islam, thus, we exhort our moslem brother and sister ...

October 1, 2013

Opinion: To our nation’s youth at Independence

by Adeshola Komolafe Whichever way we want to look at our history, the role of youth in Nigeria’s historical blocks offer ...

September 28, 2013

How I escaped Kenya terrorist attack – Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that the late Ghanaian diplomat and poet, Kofi Awoonor and himself could have been together ...

August 21, 2013

Opinion: University of Ibadan still towers highest at 65

by Tunji Olaopa Yet, UI has weathered the storms. In close to 65 years of its existence, the University of ...

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