Tag: opinion
Run, Jonathan Run
By Ben Nanaghan The drumbeats of the 2015 presidential elections are very clear and even deafening. However the People’s Democratic…
A Combatant’s Chronicle Of The Nigeria–Biafra War
By Kunle Ajibade It is quite thoughtful that General Godwin Alabi–Isama has chosen Nelson Mandela’s birthday to present his book,…
Nigeria: The Scoundrel From Khartoum
By Osuolale Alalade A scoundrel from Khartoum came to town last week and the nation went berserk. The cacophony of…
Dame Patience, Our President’s Darling Wife
By Reuben Abati DEMOCRACY is readily associated with freedom: the freedom to be free in many respects and increasingly in…
The Igbo’s Vicious Circle Of Self-Inflicted Injury
By Ogbueshi Nnolim As a Deltan who was brought up in Enugu, schooled in Nsukka, and had business calls in…
Warning On Rivers State Crisis
By Joe Igbokwe Whatever way you choose to look at the political quagmire in Rivers State, it is obvious that…
Democracy And Leadership In Nigeria
By Salihu Lukman In his book, ‘The Age of Turbulence’, economists and former Chairman of US Federal Reserve (1987-2006), Alan…
A Book To Crow About
By Kole Omotoso This is a book to crow about. There are many reasons why anyone familiar with the vexed…
Promoting Human Survival Through Tree Planting
By Rasak Musbau The importance of the emergence of tree before the advent of man on earth is not lost…
The Sordid Events In Rivers
By Eneruvie Enakoko The recent events in Rivers State constitute a serious threat to our democracy and collective freedom, and…
Rivers State Crisis: Issues, Sense And Nonsense
By Bamidele Aturu Rivers State is on fire, literally and otherwise. But that is not really an accurate statement. It…
Anambra 2013: Senator Ngige Holds The Ace This Time
By Joe Igbokwe During the 2010 Anambra governorship elections, I was not in support of Dr Chris Ngige even as…
Ribadu: Truths, lies and my EFCC days
By Nuhu Ribadu I read Mahmud Jega’s Daily Trust column a fortnight ago, with the title “Gra-gra versus softly-softly”. It…
Waiting For Tambuwal’s Revolution
By Chido Onumah This piece has nothing to do with what is happening in Egypt. Ultimately, Nigerians, based on their…
Is A Nigerian Nelson Mandela A Possibility?
By Ayo Olukotun Nelson Mandela’s prolonged stay in hospital for lung-related complications elicited in his country folks and much of…