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Politics in Nigeria: A better approach (Part 4)
At every turn of the road, one would notice that people have suddenly devised strange means through which they play politics. Many 21st century leaders and politicians have stopped…
Impunity: A show National Theatre shouldn’t host
By Ikeddy ISIGUZO
Do agreements matter in Nigeria? It depends on who you are dealing with, a lawyer said without losing a breath. Does it matter if it is a business agreement with the…
The Food Inflation Scourge
By Jerry Uwah
There was a time when Nigerians would go to the market with money in their pockets and come back with wares in a basket. Those times are gone and may be gone for…
Is Nigeria still palatable?
How will it explained, especially to the unborn generations, that Nigeria which was referred to, as the Giant of Africa in the 60s and 70s for it economic strength as well as military…
Oil-producing host communities and the rest of us
By Niran Adedokun
If it wasn’t too sad to even contemplate, the fight that broke out amongst host communities of Nigeria’s oil and gas producing areas at the House of…
The Ninth Assembly and the PIB demons
By Felix Akindeji
Slightly above 2,000 years ago in the country of the Gerasenes near Galilee, there was this story of the encounter between Jesus Christ and a man possessed by demons…
Obiano, Igbakwu and unfinished projects
By Maduka Nweke
Igbakwu Community in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State will always have history to visit with the Governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The history will always…
Governors Of South-West Are Feckless, Spineless Cowards
By Bayo Oluwasanmi
After the Igangan killings by Fulani herdsmen savages, Governors of South-West met yesterday with security chiefs and the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders…
Beyond The Politics of Covid-19 Vaccines
By Edwin Uhara
Since the Federal Government made it’s intension to acquire and inoculate Nigerians with Covid-19 vaccines was made public, I have read several critical comments against…
Comrade Edwin Uhara is a UN-trained Negotiator and Member APC Presidential Campaign Council in the…
Where Is Magu? Used, Dumped And Forgotten?
By Fredrick Nwabufo
You cannot tango with hyenas and not get devoured. Hyenas are vicious; blundering yet pernicious, and jocular yet…
Buried for 50 years: Britain’s shameful role in the Biafran war
By Frederick Forsyth
A million children starved to death. I’m haunted by the images I saw there – and by the complicity of the (Harold) Wilson government.
Starving children in a…
Fulani gangs vs Ondo: Akeredolu will stand firm
By Olatunbosun Oladimeji
Events this past week across the South-West again pointed to the urgency for institutionalisation of a stronger security architecture to rein in crimes and…
Nigeria has a ‘Fulani’ problem
By Emmanuel Onwubiko
In one of his smallest books Professor Chinua Achebe of the blessed memories made very startling claims that Nigeria has an “Igbo” problem.
In the “The Trouble…
E-Governance: Improving NIN registration, palliatives, and COVID-19 vaccination
By Timi Olubiyi
THE World Bank explains that electronic governance is simply known as e-governance, e-gov, digital governance, or online governance is the use of information…
A nation at war with itself
The recent increase in the numbers of attacks on the media from some elites, overzealous officers, and fraction of the public shows that Nigeria is seriously at war with itself and needs a…