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World Press Freedom Day: How the media can get its groove back

It’s that time of the year when the significance of a free press is brought to the fore. Globally known…
Baba Ijesha

Baba Ijesha and the limit of jokes

Watching or listening to comedy is one of my most exhilarating hobbies. I love movies that are spiced with comedy.
Buhari

Femi Adesina: They should let us breathe

Don’t asphyxiate us, let us breathe. Remove your knees from the neck of Nigeria, and let the country be. What…

Babagana Monguno: A Lame Duck NSA?

The office of the National Security Adviser to the president apart from being strategic is a sensitive one.
VP Yemi Osinbajo

Bayo Oluwasanmi’s obsession with Osinbajo

Initially, when Femi Adesina called him a scoundrel, I said to myself that Bayo Oluwasanmi’s last name ought to redeem…
President Buhari: slams violence and killings in Benue, Anambra

Who wants to overthrow Buhari?

Where there is smoke, there is fire. But may it never be said that Nigeria experienced a coup d’état after…

OGSIEC: LG election timetable and looming shadow over poll credibility

It is heart-warming that the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has formally released the timetable and notice for the…

Nigerian Medics making waves in the Diaspora

Time after time, education has proved to be a gateway to invaluable opportunities, not only for its direct participants and…
Lekki TollGate

Hijack of Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over Programme

Recently Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information of Information and Culture, who many industry players have alleged has usurped the…
First Bank MD/CEO Adeduntan resigns abruptly

First Bank saga: Adesola’s reinstatement a reaffirmation of authority

The reaffirmation of Adesola Adeduntan as the Managing Director First Bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is a…
THIS KUMUYI IS SIMPLY DIFFERENT

Nigeria will fly again: We can believe Kumuyi

You rarely hear his voice in public when it comes to secular or controversial issues.A bruised reed shall he not…
Bola Tinubu’s first step as president-elect in his acceptance speech gave away his bent and predisposition to bringing Nigerians together.

The mob rules Nigeria’s social media

The mob runs Nigeria’s social media. You either fall in line with the governing narrative or risk violence.
Police react to committal of I-G Usman Baba to prison over alleged refusal to obey court judgment reinstating a police officer, Patrick Okoli

IGP Baba, Police Trust Fund and Battle Against Insecurity

Usman Alkali Baba’s appointment as acting Inspector-General of Police is timely and commendable, according to Fred Femi Akinfala.
Buhari

Femi Adesina: HOUNDING THE PRESIDENT. WILL THEY EVER LEARN?

Femi Adesina says Buhari simply focuses on what he is doing, ignoring the noise of the market. Kick like a…

Felix Adenaike: A Musketeer at 80

Thirty one years ago, at the premises of the Tribune Group of Newspapers, Imalefalafia, Ibadan, I was privileged to listen…
FG orders immediate deployment of 5G network

Islamophobia, Pantami and the hypocrisy of his detractors

The avalanche of attacks against Isa Ibrahim Pantami, minister of communication and digital economy, accents some Nigerians’ atavism and aboriginal…
Twitter

The dirty business of running Nigeria down

Yesterday, my attention was drawn to the report by CNN on location of Twitter Office in Ghana. I would not…

Foluke AbdulRazaq: The many stripes of the Amazon at 65

One of the most memorable sub-national administrations in Nigeria was the military regime of retired Gen. Buba Marwa in Lagos…
2023 presidential election was not perfect - Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina: Zion Train Is Coming Our Way

A quiet revolution took off on April 8, 2021, by 11.05 am. It was unheralded, without ostentation, almost unsung. But…
Yoweri Museveni and Suluhu Hassan at the signing of east Africa Crude oil pipeline

East Africa crude pipeline must stop: Letter to Museveni, Suluhu Hassan

Climate activists write Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Suluhu Hassan to stop building the world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline, amid…
Jimoh Ibrahim argued that that no nation in the world enjoys absolute sovereignty as there is always cooperation in times of crisis.

The ‘unwinning’ war? The Parliament invitation to the Nigerian Army

No one knows when the Chief of the Army Staff of the British Army appears in the Parliament.
Buhari: warns gunmen again

Buhari’s empty rhetoric, security of people and human rights

President Muhammadu Buhari in his inaugural speech on May 29, 2015 promised expectant citizens that he would: “tackle head on…
Nigeria's leader Buhari

Everyone wants a piece of Nigeria not the whole

Everyone, including Nigerians home and abroad, wants a piece of Nigeria while no one wants the WHOLE country and everything…
Local Government

Why the courts are locked

The past one week has been very challenging for judges, lawyers and litigants alike, as the court system became paralyzed…
Fela Anikulapo Kuti

Fela Kuti long overdue for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The nomination of Fela Kuti for a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame spot implies that the western world is…
Gov. Mai- Mala Buni, APC caretaker chairman

How APC presidential candidate will emerge in 2023

Salihu Lukman examines what the APC can do to ensure that it has a rancour-free selection of its presidential candidate…
Buba Marwa NDLEA boss: says credible data essential for fight against drug abuse.

Marwa is winning big in the war against illicit drugs

The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rted), has proven to be…

Blown out like a Candle in the Wind: A Tribute to Innocent Chukwuma

The death of Innocent Chukwuma hit the airwaves early on Easter Sunday, 4th April 2021. Coming after the sudden death…
Tinubu will deliver dream of Nigeria's founding fathers - Buhari

Aisha Buhari has not stopped making history: Tinubu

Text of the remark made by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the launch of the book, 'Aisha Buhari: Being Different'…
There’s this recent sad news of a pastor in Nnewi, Anambra State who killed himself after being jilted by a lover.

Jega Goes “Jaga-jaga”

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu blames former INEC chairman Professor Attahiru Jega, for Nigeria’s woes
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