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THERE IS LOVE IN SHARING

By Sharon Jane Akinyemi As we gradually approach the end of year 2015, and with the much talked about celebrations,…

Re: Aso Rock Lens: Lest the Vice President breaks down

“I have never regarded myself as having a monopoly of wisdom. The trouble is that when most people in public…

Biafra on my mind

By Chido Onumah I am a child of Biafra. I was born on the eve of that avoidable and internecine…

A Reading List For Ministers By Reuben Abati

A day after the present set of Ministers took oath of office, Nigerians took to twitter to recommend books they…
Aisha Alhassan also known as Mama Taraba

Taraba ruling and it’s implication for girl-child education

On Saturday, November 7, when the tribunal sitting in Abuja nullified the Taraba governorship election on the grounds that the…
RMAFC on Tuesday reacts to ongoing controversies over the salaries and allowances being paid to members of the National Assembly.

Anti-Social Media Bill: Before they Enter Yaba Left by Adewunmi Emoruwa

My people, My People! Seven days in Nigeria make one weak. In Nigeria we are accustomed to madness, like Prof.…

Tale of four deaths By Victor Ndom-Egba

First, it was Senator Donald Dick Etiebet, Senator in the Second Republic – 1979-1983, Governor of old Cross River State…

Kogi Polls: What If Another Candidate Dies? by Danladi Danjuma

The ensuing actions following the demise of Abubakar Audu, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi state…

A NATION IS AN IDEA: THINKING THROUGH BIAFRA PART 1

By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema There are people, both Nigerians and non-Nigerians, who are using the recent pro-Biafra agitations in parts…

SERAP? SHUT UP! by Issachar Odion

I am often amazed at the proclivity of some idle persons for claims that are not only exaggerated but also…

Why the Nigerian youth should suffer by Ephraim Adiele

By Ephraim Adiele This title came about during a discussion I had with my friend, Daniel Lawal very recently. We…

With Ambode, Lagos Is In Good Hands by Lateef Raji

In recent times there have been lots of hues and cries about the course Lagos is charting under the less…

Buhari’s trips are not for enjoyment by Garba Shehu

By Garba Shehu I have been amused, reading a number of jokes concerning the frequency of the President, Muhammadu Buhari’s…
Aisha Alhassan also known as Mama Taraba

Let Aisha Alhassan make another ‘First’

By Abdullahi Umar When the Taraba Election petition tribunal sacked Governor Darius Ishaku and returned Aisha Alhasan as governor, not…

Audu’s inconclusive death; Mugabe’s wheelchair

Reuben Abati “You look sleepy” “My brother, let’s just say I slept at a fuel station, looking for fuel.” “For…

Kogi Election Conduct: A Big One For Change

Peter Claver Oparah Apart from the tragic ending and the fumbles that marked the Kogi gubernatorial election last week, there…

CCT vs Saraki: Free Speech & Politics of Contempt

By Kolawole Olaniyan It’s not often that a decision by the Supreme Court of Nigeria generates so much interest among…

Biafran Truth and the Illegal Trial of Nnamdi Kanu

By ‘Remi Oyeyemi “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it…

KOGI ELECTION QUAGMIRE: WILL THIS INTERPRETATION OF CONVENIENCE WORK?

By Daniel Onwe This tragedy of the Kogi State election has opened a flood gate of interpretations and opinions on…

Nigerian Roads Long Dead And Claiming Lives Daily

It is heartwarming to hear that President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that most of the Nigerian roads were death traps…

HUNGER SCALE

By Sharon Jane Akinyemi \\ Our words are extremely powerful. Have you ever had someone raise his voice in anger…

The many unfulfilled dreams of Abubakar Audu

Abubakar Audu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 21 election in Kogi state, was very…

Owambe Diplomacy: Nigeria must change its steps on the foreign relations dance floor

Adewunmi Emoruwa Time Magazine, October 20, 1961, carried an opinion titled ‘The Pride of Africa.’ The piece chronicled the 1st…

A word of advice for the critics of pro-Biafra protesters

Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije It is a common saying that before you blame the hawk for its wickedness (of preying on the…

As Kogi goes to the polls

The electorate in Kogi State, northcentral Nigeria, will go to the polls on Saturday, 21 November, to elect a new…

Illegality of stay of proceedings in FG vs Saraki – Femi Falana

By Femi Falana On May 13, 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill into law. Both…

Paris Attacks: One of civilization darkest nights, By Iyoha John Darlington

November 13, 2015, goes down in history when a deadly attack, in fact, the deadliest of its kind was unleashed…

Super Ministers and other stories By Reuben Abati

“Have you congratulated our new Ministers?” “I am still thinking about it, actually. I don’t know whether to congratulate them…

How military men abused civilians in Shasha

Last night (November 11, 2015) at about 7:00 pm, I ran into what I thought was a robbery incident. It…

Fashola: How the rejected stone became the cornerstone

  By IK Briggs “This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.”…
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