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Osun Election: Victory For The People

The result of the just-concluded governorship election in Osun State still resonates across the country at deafening decibels. Everybody is celebrating the Accord Party’s...

Osun election: Between hope and fear

Hope springs eternal, and with elections just days away to determine the next governor of Osun State, we should strive to keep the hope...

President Tinubu’s Recent Lines of War

President Bola Tinubu recently set Nigeria’s political spaces on fire by declaring that “all is fair in politics”. According to the president, killing, cheating,...

Temporary Peace In Ibadan Motor Parks

Mosunmola Elekuru’s husband was killed as he clambered out of his commercial bus. The hoodlums came at five in the morning to the popular Iwo Road Total Motor Park...

When the ‘good ones’ leave you with not even a farewell chance

When people talk about closure in relation to the death of a loved one, I often wonder what clear signs are there to show to the bereaved that they have finally found closure. Does finding closure mean that the pain of losing that person no longer exists...

Sam Omatseye Vs. Awo Family: The Incredibly Shrinking Nigerian Tribune’s Prestige

Sam Omatseye’s recent commentary on the Awolowo family - “Awo Family Without An Awo” - has generated quite a furor. Scores of Yoruba people have written letters to the Tribune editors and to online media outlets, castigating Omatseye for the supposed disrespect of the Awolowo family...

A Report on the Pauperization of the Masses in Nigeria

There are many political opportunists who do not wish to jeopardize their chances of appointments to ministerial posts, so they keep quiet and watch the decline. These Nigerian tragedians, excelling in gravitas, will soon join the army of ex-this and ex-that...

An Open Letter to all newly elected Nigerian Representatives

My dear brothers and sisters of the National Assembly, the only contribution I can offer now to my great country is through my pen. This is our fatherland. You have to be happy with enough, and know what to believe and what to ignore...

Tatafo witaut waya

Whether for good or bad, we have people that are averse to keeping secrets and Julian Assange happens to be one. Another name for a Tatafo is Amebo. Julian Assange is a komfam Amebo...

Mis-representation of the elected representatives

Nigeria as a nation has been witnessing mis-representation of elected politicians since 29th of May till the present set of representatives that we hope will start the foundation of a new Nigeria...

Governors’ Quest To Sack Ringim

The problem is not with Ringim, but with the Nigerian system. If a critical and proper analysis of the police under Ringim is taken, we would be shocked to the marrow that Ringim could not be directly held responsible for the woes of the country....

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Peter Obi Presidency will be Breakfast for Nigerians

Dear Mr Peter Obi, in my recent memo to...

As We Await Jonathan’s 2013 Shocker

Our president, Goodluck Jonathan, is ill at ease with his perception amongst the people he rules. Some days ago, he laid the blame for his woeful performance on the press and followed it up by asserting that he has lost faith in the Nigerian press to give a fair assessment of his regime...

UNESCO: Unfounded figure of Nigerian Children out of School

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, UNESCO can embarrass a nation it is serving with educational information when it goes out to do or permute funny numbers to...

On Your Mandate, Nigeria Bleeds: The Rise Of A Captured Democracy Under President Tinubu

In the crucible of Nigeria’s democratic experiment, a dangerous...

MLK: A Tribute to a Quintessential Black American

"We must learn to live together as brothers or...

Why Romantic Love Confuses Me

If “romantic” love is true and real, shouldn’t you be in love with him regardless of how he has treated you? Should it matter if he doesn’t love you anymore?

Hope for a Hopeless Generation

The worldly hope men set their hearts upon turns...

Interview with Greg Zell, A Friend of Nigeria

Gregory Zell, an American Peace Corps volunteer served in Nigeria in the 1960s and fell in love with the country. He believes that Nigeria has the potentials of becoming one of the best countries in the world if only Nigeria and her people can put their acts together...

Boko Haram Justifies Biafra and Vindicates Odumegwu Ojukwu

Boko Haram claims it is avenging the “extra-judicial” killing of its leader, Muhammed Yusuf, who died at the hands of the Nigerian Police in 2009, during the presidency of the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua – a Northern Muslim. BH waited for Jonathan, a Christian, to become president before taking terror to a new level...

NAFDAC: Agency For Security Fees Or Safe Foods?

In Nigeria, more than 3,000 substances are being added to foods for the purpose of preservation, coloring, texture, increasing flavor and more. While each of these substances is legal to use in Nigeria, whether or not they are all something you want to be consuming is another story all together...