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The Impossible Death Of Dele Giwa

It has been 40 years since the satanic assassination of Dele Giwa through a letter bomb delivered to his home, but the departed iconic...

Oyebanji: Beyond BAO2BAO!

​In the experience of Nigeria, focusing largely on the post-1999 return to democracy, second terms have turned out to be a mixed bag. Very...

Teachers’ Day: Nigerian Teachers Deserve Better

October 5 is set aside to celebrate teachers across the world. World Teachers’ Day is iconic. It cuts national and regional boundaries. Unfortunately, for...

Boko Haram – Elders Should Act Fast

The suggestion that the federal government should dialogue with Boko Haram sect is not a bad idea. The government's reluctance to initiate such dialogue is also not mistaken...

So What Next…After The Mother Of All Protests?

Nobody has a monopoly of knowledge or opinions. We all have to learn from each other, and believe me; I have learnt a lot from my countrymen and women in the past two weeks of the oil subsidy removal imbroglio...

Obi And The Killing Of Ndigbo

On the stand of the leaders of Igbo extraction on the killings of Ndigbo in the North, those who read newspapers and do not base their observations on beer parlour politics would note that a meeting of the South-East governors was held this year on the issue...

Adeniyi, Peterside – When Carelessness Begets Recklessness

A study of more than 65 countries published in the United Kingdom New Scientist magazine suggested that the happiest people in the world live in Nigeria. Was carelessness which begets recklessness, an ordinary human behaviour trait which saddens others but amuses us, quantified, to determine our euphoria?

Negotiating with Boko Haram terrorists

Instead of wasting its precious time on dialoguing with an anti-humanity and destructive group as Boko Haram, the Government must institute counter-terrorism measures to further clip the wings of these reckless suicide bombers and their sponsors, paymasters and sympathisers...

The Town Crier – Seven Kings, Seven Seasons

Do not fault peerless Bro Jona. He is vigorously confronting corruption and is making every effort to tame the Boko monster. For example, his security vote remains limitless and not accountable to anyone...

Toward repositioning Nigeria's petroleum industry

Since its discovery some 150 years ago, oil has never stopped ruling the world. Just like money, oil has brought both affluence and quandary to the world. While it turned some once forgotten parts of the world into economic centres of the universe, it also turned some others into irreparable desolate lands...

What would the ghosts of Kano say?

What if the ghosts of Kano and others that died of terrorist attacks meet the head of police and other chiefs of the Nigerian security? What will these ghosts say to those charged, paid and even honored for protecting their lives?

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Dìbò k’ó se’bẹ̀ and the raw reality of politics (2)

As Adlai Stevenson Jr. famously observed, “A hungry man...

After The OBJ Primaries

No one who had keenly followed reports and analyses of developments
on Nigeria's political terrain in the past couple of weeks would be
surprised at the emergence of the Katsina State Governor, Umar Musa
Yar'Adua, as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party...

Are Coups in Africa Still Good A Thing?

Just as ECOWAS is about to send a military...

Princewill Didn't Lose Sight

Princewill campaigned for Governor Amaechi’s re-election in the April 2011 elections so that someday somebody would campaign for him to become the governor of Rivers State...

Electricity Situation: The Promising Kickoff and The Probable Kickback!

Corruption is rampant in the new electricity companies - six generating companies, 11 distributors and one transmitting - and little is being done to check it...

True Wealth According To Jesus Christ

“Spiritual Wealth”, which is the major theme of the Bible and which, despite having been muffled by the prosperity doctrines of some of today’s churches, will ultimately determine our final destination after judgment day. Whether we are going to “Heaven” or “Hell” will be determined by the kind of wealth we choose to acquire on this earthly plain...

The Desecration of the Academic Gown: A Worrisome Trend in Nigeria

The academic gown is a revered symbol of knowledge,...

A Red Carpet For A Bloodied Warrior

Charles Taylor had nowhere to go except Nigeria, where criminals go unpunished; where the wronged get no justice. I believe his place should not be in the safe ensconce of a villa on Diamond hill, overlooking the scenic beauty of Calabar. No! He should be elsewhere, preferably in the dock before the International War Crimes Tribunal...