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Reflections On The Chibok Girls

By Denja Yaqub Over ninety days since yet to be specified number of young school girls were abducted from their…

Shekarau’s Many Challenges

The first recorded success of Ibrahim Shekarau, former Kano State governor, after he was appointed minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau,…

Preventing Outbreak Of Deadly Ebola Virus

By Sola Ogunmosunle It is a terrifying development that Nigeria is at risk of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease epidemic.…

Soyinka Lied: Rust Isn’t Ripeness

By Nduka Uzuakpundu In a lucent case of a stubbornly opaque, intentional fallacy, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, still talks…

Is Boko Haram Gaining The Upperhand?

An unchallenged attack by Boko Haram on Friday in Damboa, which left over 100 people dead and sacked scores from…

Records Straight: Tinubu does not own APC

By Ogunmola Badmus As Osun State gubernatorial election approaches, opposition propagandists have begun harping on their regular line of deceit,…

Preventing Boat Disaster On Lagos Waters

By Tayo Ogunbiyi Transportation is the pivot around which the wheel of every modern economy revolves. The efficiency with which…

Chibok Girls, Boko Haram And Jihad Of The Penis

By Obinna Akukwe  A new type of Jihad which uses penis as instrument of conversion and coercion has been introduced…

Jonathan Must Learn From History

By using the military to intimidate his perceived opponents, President Goodluck Jonathan is making the same mistake many African leaders…

Life Is Better With Trees

By Rasak Musbau As we commemorated this year’s tree planting day on Monday, July 14, with the theme: ‘Life is…

Tree Planting Underpins Our Survival On This Planet 

By Babatunde Fashola This is the 6th consecutive year that we have commemorated this event (tree planting) since I declared…

Hepatitis: Asymptomatic But Deadly

There is so much awareness about HIV/AIDS but in Nigeria, the majority of the people do not know much about…

Between Nigeria And FIFA

By Tayo Ogunbiyi Federation of International Football Associations , FIFA, is the global body that oversees the administration of football…

APC: Giving A Dog A Bad Name

By Joe Igbokwe In the course of the presidential campaigns in 1992/1993 the handlers of Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the Presidential…

Respond To Doctors’ Demands

On 1 July, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, began what it called an indefinite strike to press home some agitations…

For Soyinka And The Men In My Life!

By Chido Onumah In the last three and half decades, whether as a student, rights activist, journalist, author, researcher and…

Reflections On Essays In Honour Of Wole Soyinka At 80

By Toyin Falola We cannot heap enough words of praise on Ivor Agyeman-Duah and Ogochukwu Promise for initiating Crucible of…

Lessons From 2014 World Cup

The race for the coveted World Cup trophy which began in Brazil on 12 June ended Sunday night when Germany…

When Will Orits Wiliki Apologise To The People He Has Misled?

Reggae musician Orits Wiliki was recently reported in several places to have alleged that there is fraud in COSON. Anyone…

 The Fate Of Indigent OAU Students

Since last month, Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, was  shut  following a protest by students…

Preventing Carnage On Lagos Roads

By Mamud Hassan  The incessant cases of road accidents, traffic gridlock and threat to lives and property by trailer and…

On Super Eagles’ World Cup Exit

By Tayo Ogunbiyi The Super Eagles of Nigeria crashed out of the on -going FIFA World Cup in Brazil, having…

Akunyili: Good Woman, Great Leader

By John Tosin The death Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili is a colossal loss not only to her immediate family or…

Open Letter To President Goodluck Jonathan

By Moses Iloh Your Excellency, Mr. President, Permit the liberty I take in addressing this open letter to Mr. President.…

Nyako’s Impending Impeachment

After weeks of shoving, the Adamawa State House of Assembly last week mandated the state’s Chief Judge, Justice  Ambrose Mamadi,…

Ekiti Gubernatorial Election: What Went Wrong

By Adeyemi Ikuforiji The just concluded Gubernatorial election in Ekiti State may have come and gone but some of us…

Lagos, Soldiers And Social Disorder

By Tayo Ogunbiyi  The peace of Lagos was recently threatened as some obviously aggrieved soldiers went on the rampage along…

National Confab And States Creation

Last week Thursday, the delegates at the Nigerian National Conference endorsed the creation of 18 states in addition to the…

Lagos: A Megacity And Its Mega Challenges

By Tayo Ogunbiyi The population of Lagos is presently in excess of 18 million. A mega city status is conferred…

Biafra, June 12, Boko Haram And The Future Of Nigeria (2)

By Chido Onumah For a people in search of a meaningful national identity, I worry when we miss any opportunity…
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