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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 ethnic solidarity. Before then he was aware of himself as…

November 20, 2013

Peregrino Brimah: Diezani Alison-Madueke is prepared to sell Nigeria’s refineries… again

by Peregrino Brimah So they refurbish “their” thing, with trillions of “their” money, and then sell them to themselves, via their coterie of friends on the outside for one-tenth of the worth, and…

November 4, 2013

Collins Uma: Blaming it all on Jonathan won’t help our cause (Y! FrontPage)

by Collins Uma President Yar'Adua often went to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj and nobody saw any problem with that. Why now? We have pilgrims' welfare boards saddled with the…

September 19, 2013

BREAKING: SSS foils kidnap of late President Yar’Adua’s daughter

by Adeola Balogun The Nigerian Secret Service said today that it had nipped in the bud an attempt to kidnap one of the daughters of late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The…

March 21, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: A most controversial pardon

by Olusegun Adeniyi Following his arrest in 2005, according to the story, Alamieyeseigha was brought to the villa in handcuffs and made to prostrate before Obasanjo. With his legs firmly…

February 7, 2013

Opinion: When will Obasanjo apologise to Nigerians?

by Bayo Olopohunda Frankly speaking, it is not in Obasanjo’s place to assess or criticise this government. It is possible that Nigerians have forgotten so soon. If anybody would criticise…

February 5, 2013

Okey Ndibe: Jonathan is Obasanjo’s worthy successor

by Okey Ndibe Call me a sucker for conspiracy theories if you wish, but I suspect that Mr. Obasanjo knew exactly what he was doing when he decided on…

January 21, 2013

Chukwuma Soludo: What Obasanjo and Yar’Adua told me

by Charles Chukwuma Soludo The president cut in, and pointing in my direction remarked: “We shall pray as you have requested but the problem with you people from Anambra is…

October 11, 2012

Abimbola Adelakun: What truly ails Patience Jonathan?

by Abimbola Adelakun Since the news broke that Mrs. Patience Jonathan was hospitalised, there has been a systematic repetition of history. I take that back, history doesn’t repeat itself; such…

August 23, 2012

“God will bring them down as David brought down Goliath” – Ayo Oritsejafor on the sponsors of Boko Haram

by Isi Esene The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has faulted the Federal Government's decision to engage in unconditional dialogue with the Boko Haram…

July 17, 2012

Prophet T.B Joshua allegedly prophesies death on 2go and Facebook

by Isi Esene If what we are gathering about Prophet Temitope Joshua is true, then it appears witches have finally 'signed-in' on social media. The preacher who founded the Lagos-based…

July 6, 2012

“His name is Aliko Dangote” – Tolu Ogunlesi reviews the un-authorised biography

A decade ago most people outside Nigeria would have said, "Aliko who?" Not anymore. In 2008 he became the first Nigerian to make it onto Forbes' rich list. In 2011…

July 5, 2012

Opinion: President Jonathan’s principled defense of corruption

by Ogaga Ifowodo The Yoruba Trendsetter If you ever wonder what goes on in the heads of our rulers, then you must be “grateful” for the answer you got on…

June 29, 2012

FG owes my father $350m – Kola Abiola

by Femi Adesina This is the concluding part of the interview with newspaper editors held by Kola Abiola, first son of the late MKO Abiola, this week. Enjoy it: One…

June 24, 2012

“I don’t give a damn” – GEJ comes out guns blazing in media chat

by Hauwa Gambo In case you thought President Goodluck Jonathan stays awake all night worried sick about what you think of his personal integrity (and almost everything else), well he…