Opinion

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…

Femi Adesina: PMB and the descendants of Shimei

PM NEWS Editor

9 years ago

We would always have scumbags around. It is inevitable. They are the descendants of Shimei, the son of Gera, whom…

“Never Look an American in The Eye”

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Author, essayist and speaker Okey Ndibe, is currently on a tour of Nigeria, promoting his memoir, "Never Look an American…

Why case against two Britons was discontinued

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A brief on the case between the Lagos State Government and two British citizens to the AIG

For FRANCIS ABIOLA IRELE – “Olohun-Iyo.”

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

True, numbers diminish, but we are not thereby Diminished. Memories rack, yet lift Our spirits off the rack of remembrance.…

Modu Sheriff: the Spirit of Law

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

It is quite human for Ahmed Markafi and co to quickly imagine the worst storm is over following the legal…

Teachers and EdTech — a Match Made In Heaven!

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

When educational technology (EdTech) is mentioned most folks focus on the benefits that it accrues to students. They are right,…

Dispatch from the Inaugural Kaduna Book Festival

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

All that is left of the first ever Kaduna Book and Arts Festival, July 5-8, 2017, are memories. I recollect…

Fake Kings and the King of Kings

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Bible presents a binary perspective on kings and kingdoms. On the one side is the true king of the…

Is Nigeria On the Brink of Another Civil War?

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

On August 1, 1966, after the collapse of last-ditch attempts by Nigeria’s power brokers to prevent the impending Civil War,…

Jonathan Did Not Order Reversal of Electricity Tariff

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

I have read some piece of news suggesting that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan ordered the reversal of electricity tariff during his…

Kogi Government’s Official Reaction to Governor Udom’s Defence of Melaye

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Kogi State Government is appalled by a viral video depicting the unfortunate and very public intervention of His Excellency,…

The Abiku Called Magu

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The above quotation is the opening stanza in the eight-paragraph poem titled “Abiku” by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. Abiku in…

Saraki’s Farcical Coup of July 4th

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

In reviewing the farcical coup—orchestrated by the president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki—that took place on Tuesday, July 4,…

Melaye’s Senate Versus the People

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

I couldn’t agree more with those who staunchly believe that Nigeria is still a huge joke when it comes to…

Confronting the Truth of Jesus

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Truth in the Bible is not abstract. It is real and tangible. Truth in the scriptures is a person. Jesus…

Governor Ambode Soars Above The Euphoria Of A Mega city

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

There is no doubt that that mega cities comes with some benefits, chief among which is a large population of…

Coping With Lagos’ Rains

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Now that the rains are fully here, it is important to put certain things into proper perspective to enhance our…

Jungle Justice As A Time Bomb

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Jungle justice is a practice that is especially rampant in different parts of Africa. It is a practice where alleged…

Lawmaker As Porn Star?

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

So, a decade after bequeathing Sharia to Yobe and a quarter century political career during which he served thrice as…

National Assembly: You Cannot Have Powers Without Responsibility

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

I was alarmed to read in yesterday’s Daily Trust that the National Assembly had inserted 1,170 new projects in the…

Farewell to the scholar without borders

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

When Serendipity conspires with Fate, the result is almost invariably a combination of astonishment and eye-popping bewilderment. This observation provides…

ABIOLA IRELE: ADIEU TO A MAGNIFICENT, LOVELY MAN

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

It just doesn’t seem the right moment for him to go. But then when exactly is the right moment for…

APC Promised Nigeria Restructuring

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The late Professor Abubakar Momoh was a celebrated polemicist. Looking at the confused state of the nation, he would have…

Fashola Vs NASS

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The verbal war between Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and members of the National Assembly (NASS)…

JULY 5: A FREE EDUCATION FLASHBACK

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

On July 5, 1954, a procession of about three thousand people, led by Regional Ministers of State and attended by…

Tribute: On Abiola Irele

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Resilient eminence are the two words that come to mind for me I as rush this short tribute for Professor…

When Sense Is Not Common

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

There is a usual saying of common sense in Nigeria, which means that right thinking is too cheap and accessible…

The Unspoken Message In Buhari’s Voice Note

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

When the presidency decided that it would not make any statement about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status on his second…

The Mischief of Pastors

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Sacrifice is an ancient human expression of worshiping deities. It existed among Jews long before the giving of the Law.…

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