Opinion: Biafrans should sit down; all of us are victims

by Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN One of the most beautiful things I appreciate about humans is the memory. I remember vividly, as a six or seven-year-old boy, my stepmother (now late) taking me to a white garment church (Cele as they are popularly known) at Iyana Ipaja, then a suburb of Lagos. The ‘Olusho’ (or Pastor... Read More

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February 24, 2017

The Thread: Nigeria only has herself to blame for South Africa’s xenophobic violence

The ongoing xenophobic attacks in South Africa against Nigerians, Zimbabweans and persons from other African countries is giving Nigerians cause to ponder on a number of matters. Some think that South Africa is to blame for all her failures and taking it out on Nigerians and other Africans is simply a form of escapism. @andyRoidO... Read More

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February 10, 2017

Opinion: A loud nay to free education

by Anthony Ademiluyi In 1999, democracy returned to Nigeria after a sixteen year military interregnum. At the time I was a senior secondary school student of the prestigious Kings College Lagos. Michael Orimobi, Kodilinye Acholonu and I felt it was necessary to spread the ideals of democracy to the rest of the students. Our collective... Read More

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January 30, 2017

Opinion: An interrogation of the British Intelligence records on the January 15 1966 coup

by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema The three-part series on the revelations from the British intelligence reports on the January 15 1966 coup that ran in ‘The NEWS’ magazine from June to August 2016 is illuminating. Damola Awoyokun who anchored the series focused the searchlight of history on that heart-wrenching act in the drama which is Nigeria’s... Read More

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May 11, 2016

Gowon reminds Biafra protests that Zik had love for ‘One Nigeria’

For the love of Zik! Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, has words for Igbos who are agitating for the breakup of Nigeria, noting the role played by the late Premier of the East and first President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, in keeping Nigeria one. Gowon stated this at the public presentation of a book entitled:... Read More

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