By Eddy Odivwri… His Excellency, I am constrained to write you this letter, not only because it is tough trying to see you, but also because...
By Femi Adesina … Some call it the Buhari bounce. Others describe it as the Buhari effect. Yet some others say it is the Buhari aura....
By Steve Ayorinde… With the anniversary of his 100 days in office almost here, President Muhammadu Buhari is expectedly drawing critical appraisals from different quarters, the...
By Femi Fani Kayode “In 418 B.C. Herodotus, the Greek philosopher who is known as the ‘’father of history’’, said “a man who does not know...
By Bala Muhammad … Whereas in Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras citizens are out on the streets protesting against corruption and calling for the heads of their...
By Mahmud Jega … Appointment of men and women to occupy key offices in the new administration was delayed for three months “in order to get...
By Sonala Olumhense … As the entire world now knows, the Nigeria Senate is toying with Ibrahim Lamorde, who chairs the nation’s Economic and Financial Crimes...
By Chido Onumah … This piece is not about former President Goodluck Jonathan, but it is important to focus on him to help us understand our...
By Steve Ayorinde … A very good contender for the Story of the Month award: There is no potable water in Otuoke, the hometown of Goodluck...
By Etcetera … The APC is now being haunted by the saying, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back at you.” If...
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye … Strange and worrisome as the decision by the Buhari administration to limit its ongoing probe of public officers and institutions to the...
By Pat Utomi… Much of the routine criticisms of Nigeria politics has to do with the seeming of absence of ideas and ideology in organizing political...
By Charles O. Ebun-Amu… Scanning through today’s Nigerian Newspaper Headlines, I was not surprised to read about the EFCC and Senate ‘Katakata’. This time it is...
By Pius Adesanmi… Chapter one of the integrity story is easy to remember. We had become a society of zero consequences for actions injurious to the...
By Etcetera … “I believe if Nigeria does not kill corruption; corruption will kill Nigeria. I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liabilities and encourage...
By Eugene Enahoro …. The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has commenced an offensive against noise pollution in the state. In most parts of the...
By Olusegun Adeniyi …. It was the emergency nature of the call that made me curious because the Olori Ebi (head of the family that is)...
By Eze Chukwuemeka Ejike … The scale of clear naked looting in the last administration reached a fever pitch that it could only be compared to...
By Femi Aribisala … “I have houses in at least 188 countries in the world, so I am richer than Bill Gates.” (Adeboye). Recently, a friend...
By Nwachukwu Okafor … “Hony mone, a term proverbially applied to such as be newly married, which will not fall out at the first, but th’one...
By Joseph Edgar … I think we are back in 1983 when the only agenda for the Buhari/ Idiagbon junta was various wars against corruption and...
Exactly sixty-five years ago, eight young men of like minds met at No.4, Ibadan Street in the Sabon-Gari district of Kano city. The product of this...
Sometime last year I watched the Hollywood blockbuster titled ”12 Years A Slave” starring Brad Pitt and the Nigerian-born actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. After watching the film...
By Pat Utomi … Suicide is not pleasant stuff. In most cultures it is seriously frowned on and considered taboo. Yet we know that a seed...
By Akintokunbo Adejumo To be your own worst enemy: to cause most of your problems or most of the bad things that happen to you yourself,...
By Joe Igbokwe … I want the Igbo nation, where I come from, to play opposition politics in Nigeria at least for the next ten years...
By Etcetera … I have been receiving a lot of mails and phone calls in recent weeks requesting that I lend my voice in support of...
By Pat Utomi … Language humor always gets me going. The TV series Mind your Language was a hit with me, therefore one of my favourite...
By Reuben Abati … As spokesman to President Goodluck Jonathan, my phones rang endlessly and became more than personal navigators within the social space. They defined...
By Idang Alibi… One of the most moving and insightful stories of visionary, committed, dedicated, inspiring, transformational and sacrificial kind of political leadership worthy of emulation...
By Lawrence Chinedu Nwobu… The APC hoopla and promises of change in the course of the campaign was always going to be a scam. Yet, while...
By Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai… There is every danger that addressing a topic like this might yield another exercise in vain lamentation when what our country needs...
By Etcetera… Wake up, President Buhari. Get in the game; you have left the door open for more Federal Government bailout. The question is, why would...
By Peter Claver Oparah… Only yesterday, they were men of power, prancing the national stage with so much haughtiness. They reveled and clowned as their commission...
By Pat Utomi As I listen to lamentations on the speed of expected change, following the swearing in of a new government at the Centre, in...
By Daniel Magnowski (Culled from Bloomberg Business) Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office a month ago on a wave of hope that he would quickly deal...
By Oluyinka Adediji… It was not only gratifying, but reassuring when President Muhammadu Buhari ostentatiously declared that change has come in his post-election acceptance speech. A...
By Dele Momodu… Your Excellency, I write to you today with a heavy heart. The reason should be obvious. I was one of those latter day...
By Etcetera… If there is any group of individuals who can manufacture shock, political punditry out of nothing, it is the All Progressives Congress (APC). They...
By Remi Oyeyemi… “Even among thieves, there is honour.” – Professor Wole Soyinka “Though, force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness and cooperation can finally...
President Muhammadu Buhari is dangerously close to leaving Nigerians disillusioned. Forget about his failure (as at this writing) to announce his cabinet, bad as it is....
This week, I decided to give my weekly column to my readers, here on this wonderful media and of course on social media. I looked at...
If the All Progressives Congress (APC) is honest enough to admit it, the party will confess it is reeling under the weight of two major problems,...
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already gone down in history as a trailblazer. Nothing showcases the steady, reliable, fuss-free Asiwaju brand better than adversity. His life has been...
By Mohammed Adamu When I wrote the piece: ‘Tribute to Tinubu: A Parody of Shakespeare’ a few friends and colleagues said I was un-characteristically ‘patronizing’. Some...
This is not a mocking write-up, it is a serious piece meant mainly to draw attention to something that could become a real problem in the...
There is a wave of optimism and hope right now in the country as Nigerians think the new government of Buhari is capable of cleaning the...
In agricultural genetic engineering, scientists found a way to introduce different genes into plants in order to enhance specific desired characteristics. According to the World Health...
According to published reports, the Prime Minister of UK Mr. Cameron asked President Buhari (PMB) to bring along his shopping list to the G (7/8/10 whatever)...
“The man dies in him who keeps silent in the face of tyranny.” – Wole Soyinka I am beginning to be embarrassed by what is going...
