By Jude Ndukwe… The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, recently wrote a letter to Mr Michel Forst, the UN Rapporteur on situation of human rights...
By Joseph Edgar… The unseriousness of the corruption battle has finally come home to berth. Make no mistake I am not on the side of the...
[divider] By Femi Adesina… What a helluva week for a man who turns 74 today. In one day, in his birthday week, he flew from Abuja...
By Tony Ogunlowo… It’s all the rage now; every Tom, Dick and Harry is becoming a pastor, setting up their own churches and making lots of...
By Reuben Abati… When President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia conceded defeat after the December 1, Presidential elections in that West African country of 1.9 million...
The Gambian comedy of errors By Joseph Edgar… President Jammeh of The Gambia has captivated the world with his eccentric approach to governance. He has held...
By Joseph Edgar… What mega party? That is my state of mind this morning, a gross lack of respect for this generation of politicians. Their selfishness...
By Okey Ndibe… I have said this before: one of the hardest tasks is to predict how Nigerians would react in any given situation. We are...
By Joseph Edgar… It was a very friendly conversation with a tinge of humor, serious banter and a lot of prayers wishing his successor well. This...
By Tony Ogunlowo… Just like with most things in Nigeria, today, energy requirements far exceeds the current production levels – and will do so for many...
By Edwin Okon jr… After twenty-two years in power, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh graciously conceded defeat on Friday, December 2, 2016 to his opponent Adama Barrow...
“Politics cannot be effectively played or carried out without money. Even in those ancient days when politics started, some form of money was involved. At least,...
By SOC Okenwa… When Miss Chidinma Blessing Okeke from Ogboji, Orumba South LGA in Anambra state, heard about the 2015 Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant organized by...
By Charles Ogbu… There is something fundamentally criminal about an army which killed not less than 150 of her own unarmed citizens, burned their bodies in...
By Sonala Olumhense… As one who firmly believes that one Olusegun Obasanjo squandered the finest opportunity of any Nigerian leader since independence, I have often criticized...
By Reuben Abati… The recent Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states threw up a number of issues about the politics of succession in Nigeria. In...
By SOC Okenwa… Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is an enigmatic controversial misunderstood statesman in Nigeria. His national interventions always had an insightful impact on our national...
By Joseph Edgar…I have just read of the immediate sack of Sally Mbanefo, the Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Board, by the Federal Government. This...
By Abiodun Komolafe… In one of his essays, American author, Wilfred Peterson wrote: “big thinking precedes great achievement.” With the benefit of hindsight, Rauf Aregbesola has...
By Farouk Martins Aresa… Nobody would argue that Fidel Castro changed Cuba. Whether it was for better or worse than he met it depends on your...
By Reuben Abati…The death of Fidel Castro was long expected and when it finally came on Friday night, there was very little surprise across the world....
By Joseph Edgar… What has academic qualification got to do with performance? In my books, absolutely nothing. Reno Omokri is being totally mischievous with his latest...
By Reuben Abati…When aggrieved politicians within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) decided to join forces with members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress...
Some gory pictures and videos of a seven-year-old boy who was beaten and burnt to death for allegedly stealing garri in Lagos went viral on Nigerian...
By Joseph Edgar… The Ondo APC rally has come and gone but the unsaid remains loud in the ears of keen watchers. The Party Leader Asiwaju...
By SOC Okenwa… Let me begin this piece by making a solemn confession: ever since Donald Trump was declared the victor of the American presidential poll...
By Joseph Edgar… Nigerian political terrain has never been cast in finite moulds. It continues to shift according to the forces of self interest and the...
By Emmanuel Ogenyi… A statement asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as issued by an appropriately named, Wailing Wailers, is nothing but what it is –...
By Louis Odion… This must be a depressing hour indeed for the man who “fashioned the drama of existence” and first black Nobel prizewinner in Literature,...
I have not read the full interview but as expected it has generated a vicious response from no other than the governor of Kaduna State, His...
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full–Henry A. Kissinger By Prince Charles Dickson… A Professor was traveling from ACCRA to...
By Reuben Abati… I do not share the view of those who assume that by some kind of miracle, in the shape of electoral-college defections, Hillary Clinton would...
By Wole Soyinka… I shall begin on a morbid note. One of the horror stories that emerged from the Daesh (ISIS) controlled parts of Iraq was...
By Tony Ogunlowo… Just when you thought it was safe to come out from behind the sofa Donald Trump trumps Hilary Clinton to become the 45th...
By Tony Ogunlowo… In writing this article I’ve been advised to tread carefully so I do not tread on the toes of certain powerful ‘Men 0f...
By Joseph Edgar… As I sat alone in my London Hotel room monitoring the results and alarm that it was generating, I smiled to myself. Trump...
By Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu… Like a fairy tale, the news broke on the 16th of October that 21 Chibok girls had been released by the dreaded...
By Reno Omokri… When recession hits the economy, it leads to inflation. When it hits INEC it leads to ‘inconclusive elections’. When it hits APC, they...
By Reno Omokri… Name your dog Buhari and you will be diligently prosecuted in today’s Nigeria but kill a harmless woman preaching the Gospel of Jesus...
By Remi Oyeyemi… The brief exchange between Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Mrs. Folorunso Alakija at the 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum last weekend was...
By Remi Oyeyemi… It is evidently unfortunate that certain sections of the media – print, social, broadcast – have been collaborative in fostering media trials of...
By Annkio Briggs….. The oil-rich delta region of southern Nigeria – called Niger Delta – is larger than 70,000 square kilometers with a population larger of...
Anybody familiar with the politics of Ondo State will not be taken aback at the hullabaloo spurned by the activities of Lagos-based mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim. Really,...
By Pius Adesanmi… There are very few places on earth and in the 21st century where an administration could announce casually, via a letter to the...
By Joseph Edgar… This is like a bad movie. The judiciary is crumbling. What has this generation of players done to the judiciary? They have brought...
By Isaac Aluko Ademoroti… Going by all available records, Nigerian politicians generally, shortly before and immediately after independence from Britain, were often referred to as ten...
By Hakeem Babalola… In the land of Airegin where my mother born me to my father lived a king. This king was ruthless – he was...
By Remi Oyeyemi… There have been many commentaries on the BBC interview of Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari. The explosive interview has been widely responded...
By Joseph Edgar… AS soon as i read the rejection of Pauline Tallens’s rambassadorial appointment and reason, i laughed. These people are still playing games with...
Femi Falana… Two weeks ago, the Nigerian Bar Association had cause to condemn the nocturnal raid on the official quarters of seven judges including two members...
