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February 11, 2014

Femi Aribisala: Bullying the South-South minorities

by Femi Aribisala If APC wins the election in 2015, Boko Haram terrorism will stop, perhaps because APC members have ...

February 1, 2014

Opinion: On Jonathan’s proposed CONference and my apologies to Tinubu

by Wale Adedayo It appears Tinubu, with his many shortcomings, is better at seeing deeper than most of his critics ...

January 15, 2014

Opinion: Why we might never see an Igbo President

by Azuka Onwuka When a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction would come and how he would emerge, nobody can foretell. ...

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 ...

November 26, 2013

Femi Fani-Kayode: The miracle going on in Ondo

by Femi Fani-Kayode The truth is that I was ashamed of the fact that so much is going on in ...

November 19, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Nigeria – The only way forward is to abolish the states

by Ochereome Nnanna No census has ever been accepted by Nigerians. Most Southerners believe that the notion of Northern majority ...

November 17, 2013

Opinion: Ndigbo and their battle for the soul of Yorubaland

by Francis Ojo Ndigbo is aggressive and determined in pressing their agenda with deliberate focus as they buy up indigenous ...

November 10, 2013

Mentor bawo?! 10 lessons for business & life from the Don Jazzy/Wande Coal fight

by Chi Ibe In the aftermath of the too-juicy-to-ignore public confrontation between head of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy and his ...

November 2, 2013

Why I don’t sleep with my female fans – Rapper, Olamide

by Akan Ido Artiste, Olamide Adedeji keeps pushing the boundaries in the Yoruba rap genre in the Nigerian music industry ...

October 27, 2013

Tunde Fagbenle: Osun and Aregbesola’s revolution

by Tunde Fagbenle But any charge of propensity to Islamize Osun by him is all baloney, especially in the light ...

October 25, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: The present ministerial ‘tani o mu mi’ should deeply worry us

by Olusegun Adeniyi Besides, on the balance of available evidence, I am of the opinion that it is the NCAA ...

October 20, 2013

Femi Fani-Kayode: The Yorubas are a nation, not a tribe

by Femi Fani-Kayode One of the basic truisms of nationhood is that we as a people must appreciate our ...

October 19, 2013

Opinion: Is religion dividing the South west?

by Muyiwa Adetiba I also hear certain moves are going on to make sure ‘Christians are no longer swept aside ...

October 18, 2013

Opinion: Still on the wait for one Nigeria

by Dozie Nwafor I cease to give up hope; I refuse to quit working on my quest to self-development, believing ...

October 18, 2013

Akin Osuntokun: Where does the South west go from Awo?

by Akin Osuntokun Lagos State has the appearance an impregnable fortress for the APC but a lot is hanging on ...

October 2, 2013

Opinion: 53 cheers and jeers for Nigeria at Independence

by Steve Nwosu Suddenly, we have all stopped thinking as Nigerians. Everyone now is either a Northerner, a Southerner, a ...

October 1, 2013

Opinion: #Independence53 – Don’t get it twisted, my tribe is Nigeria

by Ose Oyamendan My son sees my friends gather in the house and talk things Nigeria. He sees us watch ...

September 26, 2013

Opinion: Is the African culture really dead?

by Olaniyan Israel Young men and women now treat their cultural ways of dressing with utmost disdain. They probably share ...

September 23, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Are we closer to a National conference?

by Ochereome Nnanna In spite of the fact that the North has been awarded “majority” status in the population, given ...

September 15, 2013

Gimba Kakanda: The true meaning of African culture

by Gimba Kakanda The worse contradictions were the reactions of some Igbo Christians to the recent conversion of an Igbo ...

September 5, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: Suntai and the ‘Amunibuni’ syndrome

by Olusegun Adeniyi Crudely interpreted, it means if a goat is blind on the left eye and its owner is ...

August 30, 2013

Bankole Oluwafemi: Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and more coming to Google Translate

by Bankole Oluwafemi The gist is Google looks to be almost ready to turn on Google translate for five “promising” ...

August 29, 2013

Bodija: Ajimobi re-opens market, donates N30m to dead traders

by Adeola Balogun The Bodija market which was previously closed due to the unrest that arose between traders has been ...

August 29, 2013

Opinion: The Lagos ‘Babaloja’ impunity

by Ochereome Nnanna Igbo traders in Ladipo Motor Spare-parts Market kicked against the imposition of Oki as the leader of ...

August 28, 2013

Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode spoke my mind

by Olagunju Isaac Call me a tribal bigot, insult me, threaten me, blackmail me. Chief Femi Fani Kayode is ...

August 25, 2013

Simon Kolawole: The Republic of Southern Nigeria

by Simon Kolawole I hereby predict that the proposed “Republic of Southern Nigeria” would be a political disaster. It is ...

August 24, 2013

Violence in Ibadan as Bodija market traders clash

by ‘Jola Sotubo Bodija market in Ibadan was again the scene of pandemonium as flared tempers led to a clash ...