Opinion

One hundred days abroad and still posing for pictures

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has been away from our shores for over 100 days in a stretch treating an undisclosed and…

I’ve been to London to see the King

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Not a few tongues had wagged over the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari was outside the country on medical vacation…

Lagos, Public Security And The Igbonla Six

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The return of the Igbonla Six (6) as the abducted students of the Model College, Igbonla had become known was…

Don’t Blame Jonathan

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

At last, former President Goodluck Jonathan appears to have found his mojo. In recent speech after speech, he’s been taking…

WHY EFCC SHOULD GET MORE SERIOUS

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

In 1984, the war against deadly drug lords from Mexico and Colombia grew rapidly when a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…

Ozubulu Carnage, a Consequence of Depleting Values

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

August 6, 2017 will remain a black day in the annals of Ozubulu community in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of…

G.B. Leton: How the Federal Government Cheated the Niger Delta

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

On November 23, 1979, President Shehu Usman Shagari inaugurated the Presidential Commission on Revenue Allocation. The committee was headed by…

Population, Education And Nigeria’s Cycle Of Poverty

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Nigeria’s population today is ranked seventh in the world at over 192 million and is projected to grow exponentially to…

On Lagos’ New Lease Of Life For Epe

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

In every society, people clamour for development; a change from good to better and ultimately a secured and more prosperous…

Contending With Upsurge Of Rape Cases

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

In recent times, the Nigerian media has reported the increasing frequency of rape cases across the country. The upsurge, especially…

Charlie Boy’s Protest and the Hypocritical Puritans

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is a highly respected member of the Puritan community. He is a beloved Reverend who many people…

Mathias Baba and the Young President for Nigeria

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

There comes a time in the life of every nation, when its young and competent people must stand up and…

The Moral Debris of GEJ’s Looted Home

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Editorials of the Vanguard newspaper, in my view, belong in the heavyweight echelon of Nigeria’s commentariat. The weight of their…

Today’s Nigeria and Awo’s Counsel (2)

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Last week, this column brought to you excerpts of an address delivered by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, on…

Usain Bolt And The End Of An Era

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

There is, perhaps, no other athlete that has so much caught the attention of the whole world in contemporary time…

Death and the governor’s mother

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Rauf Aregbesola must be an extremely sad man, as we speak. This is because, in a spate of two weeks,…

Re: Now that PDP is back…

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

In his postmortem of how Osun West Senatorial bye-election was lost and won, Bola Bolawole’s article, entitled, ‘Now that PDP…

A Fascination With Jesus Christ

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

It is axiomatic today that the most fascinating figure in human history is Jesus Christ. That perhaps explains why every…

Resolving on Ideology Is the First Step To Fixing Nigeria

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Like many Nigerians, I used to believe that the problem with Nigerian political parties was their lack of ideology; that…

Today’s Nigeria and Awo’s Counsel (1)

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

On Thursday, July 27, 2017, “Whispering Cannon”, an online platform for intellectual discourse run by an accomplished Lagos businessman, Goke…

OBJ, Fayose and the Libyan Idol

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A humour bag of arguably inexhaustible depth, Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, would make even the most consummate stand-up…

$8.8m fraud allegation: Truth About the Persecution of Deepak Khilani, Sushil Chandra

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Thursday July 13, 2017, a Lagos High Court presided over by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye struck out frivolous fraud charges brought…

Prince Ned Nwoko: The Man Who “Ended” Nigeria’s Recession

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

When the military midwifed the current civilian dispensation in 1999, Prince Ned Nwoko, a Nigerian-born but United kingdom- based maritime…

Why Is It So Difficult to Trust God?

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Jesus used five loaves of bread to feed 5,000 people. He then used seven loaves to feed 4,000. Nevertheless, instead…

Bukar Abba Ibrahim: When Sharia Law Is Without Sharia Faith

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

One of the greatest tragedies of Nigeria’s corporate existence as a nation state is the widespread and pervasive but negative…

Breakfast In London With Citizen Buhari

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The picture of a handful of APC Governors and President Muhammadu Buhari, which was purportedly taken in London yesterday, is…

APC: the Obstinate Journey to Shame via London

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Those interested in the dustbin of Nigeria’s history will one day find APC inside the rubble, among the putrefaction, just…

2017 Lagos LG Election As A Victory For Democracy

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) congratulates the government and good people of Lagos state for a…

Fighting Against the Truth

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

For a long time, Jesus was a big problem in my life. I simply could not handle the truth of…

Revisiting The State Police Debate

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The debate over the necessity for State Police has been on for quite some time. Before now, the most vociferous…

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