Opinion

Aircraft seat: Soyinka’s son, Olaokun blasts youthful social media warriors

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

In an open letter to Tonye Patrick Cole, the man who started the controversy over an airline seat, Professor Wole…

The rage against Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

On the 24th June 2019, an unusual political activity took place in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. A public demonstration…

Sanwo-Olu at 54: Celebrating a man on Mission for a Greater Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Truth be told, Governor Sanwo-Olu is an embodiment of a good head, a good heart and of course a literate…

The Day Botswana stopped being an African Country

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

On June 11, this year, the Lobatse High Court in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, returned a verdict in an appeal case…

The Power of Storytelling

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

I've always been fascinated with stories. It's one of the reasons why in high school I jettisoned physics, chemistry, and…

How Okorocha ‘garnisheed’ Imo for his last supper

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

That the eight-year reign of Governor Rochas Okorocha left Imo State a wasteland is common knowledge to most Imo people.…

Reminiscences: For Olisa Agbakoba and the Human Rights Campaigners

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

By Babafemi Ojudu I am writing this a bit late as my June 12 tribute to Olisa Agbakoba. I read…

Nigerian Politics: What Goes Around, Comes Around

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Eric Teniola Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme (1932-2017), from Oko, Orumba North local Government Area of Anambra State, was the…

Bard of the River Nun

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Niyi Osundare (Remembering Gabriel Imomotimi Okara, 1929–2019) . . . .my river’s calling too ……………………..…… And each dying year…

Second Term: Oshiomhole As A Governing Cancer

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By SKC Ogbonnia The objective fact is that Adams Oshiomhole neither has any sense of history nor the vision to…

Lamentations As Boko Haram Technically Defeats Buratai’s Army

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Muhammadu Buhari administration has been unable to draw a line of distinction between politics and governance in the business…

Jibrin: Undisputed Kingmaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Idris Omolabake The story of the emergence of former Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his successor, Femi Gbajabiamila, will be…

Cultism: The New Face of Insecurity in Anambra

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

By Chimezie Anaso The menace of cultism has been identified as a major threat in Anambra, a state that prides…

Osun Security: The truth, the lies and the rest of us.

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

By Adeyanju Binuyo It was close to midnight a few weeks ago when we landed in Lagos. I was scheduled…

June 12: Nigeria’s feats amid shortfalls

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

By Carl Umegboro Military junta of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida had inadvertently made June 12 a historic day Nigerians will…

Heroes Without Horns

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Ose Oyamendan I have never told any of these men this – they will always be one of the…

Federalism, Local Government Autonomy and the Crisis of Identity In Nigeria

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Austin Emaduku Pending when Nigeria decides whether to operate a two tier or a multi-tier federal system of government…

June 12 and the Rebound of Truth

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

When he wrote In Julius Ceaser that the evil that men do live after them, legendary Writer, Williams Shakespeare, was…

MKO Abiola and his three strange friends

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

By Dare Babarinsa It is a matter of irony that President Muhammadu Buhari, who was decidedly hostile to Chief Moshood…

Emergence of 9th National Assembly Leadership and Triumph of Party Supremacy

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

By Obike Ukoh From onset the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) made it clear it would not allow a repeat…

June 12: My Narrow Escape from the Abacha Junta – Adebanjo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

They came for me in the forenoon. It was a Friday in the month of May,1995 . The operatives from…

The Epetedo Declaration: MKO Abiola’s historic speech titled ‘Enough Is Enough’

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

This is the late Basorun MKO Abiola's speech dubbed: The Epetedo Declaration. At Epetedo, Lagos Island, the winner of the…

A Democracy Day Primer by Wole Soyinka

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

By Wole Soyinka This year’s recall of an uplifting day in the year 1993 comes up against a background of…

June 12: The Truth that sets Democracy free in our Land

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The power of truth to set men free from the limiting chains of falsehood and limiting superstitions is one of…

Kidnappers, Akeredolu, Igbinedion and Mt. Kilimanjaro

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Ademola Adegbamigbe When Lucky Igbinedion was Governor of Edo State, Mr. Babajide Kolade Otitoju (former editor of TheNEWS and now…

The challenges before Prince Dapo Abiodun

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has enormous challenges on his hands. And, son of man pity him a lot.…

Abiola: A Lost Hope

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Chief Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola, born on 24 August 1937, did not disappoint his parents. He gave them reason to…

June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day & The Danger Ahead

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

In less than 72 hours from now, history will be made as Nigeria officially commemorate June 12 as Democracy Day…

Facts About The Kaduna State Religious Preaching (Regulation) Law 2019

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Muyiwa Adekeye Kaduna State’s new law to regulate religious preaching outlaws the use of religion for incitement and encourages…

Saraki: Going Into Political Purgatory

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú Senator Bukola Saraki, thank you for your service. Go and work for your restitution. I suggest you…

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