MEDIA
Social Media Manic
It is the 21st Century and keeping up with the new trends for those of us over the age of 40 is both fun and exciting but at the same time daunting and challenging. For […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
TheCable: Only Black Panther Can Stop Boko Haram
Boko Haram has brandished its fangs in the most daring way this week. Attack after attack, but with a new onslaught trouncing the old one in audacity, gruesomeness and fatality. Between Thursday and Friday, Boko […]
Politics
Run! Buhari Run!!!
By Michael John Sometimes one wonders why Nigerians bother with watching movies. I must admit, to my shame, that curiosity got the better of me and I hunkered down and watched the blockbuster “Black Panther […]
Government
‘Operation Show Your Driving Licence’ In Lagos
Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that 56, 767 driving licences were yet to be collected by their owners. Omeje who disclosed this on […]
The Arts
Long-Lost Nigerian Portrait Sold For £1.2m
By AFP A long-lost portrait of a Nigerian princess dubbed the “African Mona Lisa” sold at auction in London on Wednesday for £1.2 million (1.4 million euros, $1.7 million), exceeding estimates and setting a record […]
Issues/Policy
Boko Haram Insurgency And How To Curb Future Terrorism In Nigeria By Bin Zak
Boko Haram was an Islamic sect founded in 2002 by Mallam Mohammed Yusuf in Maiduguri, the capital of the North-eastern state of Borno. Its tenets were built on the “Khawarij sect” ideology, an Islamic group […]
Video
Will You Be At The Funeral?: An Oration At Nigerian Political Parties’ Graveyard By Festus Adedayo
The die was cast. The party had met and decided. The Action Group, at its 8th Annual Congress held at the African Sports Club, Jos, from February 1 to 8, 1962 had concluded on the […]
News
2019: Atiku To Formally Declare For Presidency In Two Weeks
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he will formally declare his 2019 presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform in two weeks. Atiku said the event will take […]
Security
‘Dapchi Was An Incident Waiting To Happen, Just Like Chibok’
Captain Aliyu Umar Babangida (rtd) is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Goldwater and Riversand. He is a National Security Resource and Solutions Consultant. In this interview, he spoke on the abduction of Dapchi School girls, […]
Politics
Buhari, How Did Dapchi Happen?
By Azu Ishiekwene CNN anchor, Isha Sesay, is right about what she said on her Twitter handle. The kidnap of the 110 girls of Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, is not a national disaster […]
Politics
PDP In Trouble Again As Top Members Dump Party
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in trouble again as top members of the party have abandoned it and pitched their tent with the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Top PDP chieftains that have abandoned the […]
Economy
Africa’s Takeaway From The World Economic Forum By Adele Adeniji
The World Economic Forum for 2018 may have come and gone, but the question that will linger remains what lessons African leaders took out of it. The summit in Davos had ‘Creating a Shared Future […]
Health
Doctor In Kenya Performs Brain Surgery On The Wrong Person
A neurosurgeon at Kenya’s largest hospital has been suspended after performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. The scandal, which prompted an outpouring of horror on social media, is the latest drama to hit the […]
Politics
‘We Need More Help’ – How Arsenal Players Feel About Wenger Situation
he speech was delivered by one of the senior players in the Arsenal dressing room but he did not finish it. He was too choked up as he reflected on how such a talented squad […]
Politics
Why Semi Literates Are Governing Nigeria – Prof. Nwabueze By Emeka Mamah
Apparently miffed by the degeneration in Nigeria’s political and economic fortunes in the recent years, the National Chairman of the Patriots and Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Professor Ben Nwabueze has called for the amendment […]
Politics
Of Tinubu and Buhari By Dr Ugoji Egbujo
Prior to 2015, Tinubu was desperate. He wanted the PDP and Jonathan dislodged. It had been impossible to forge a formidable alliance in the past. The PDP looked invincible. So he needed Buhari. Buhari had […]
Politics
A Reconciliator In Need of Reconciliation By Muyiwa Adetiba
It’s not easy to spot a talent. In my recruiting days as Editor or Publisher, I often asked young writers to write about their partners. My aim was to see how well they could make […]
Life Style
I Really Want To Marry And Have Children, I Think About This Every Day – Mohammed, Gani Fawehinmi’s son
Mohammed Fawehinmi is the first child of late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi. After a car accident in 2003, the 47-year-old lost his ability to walk. He told Eric Dumo how the incident changed his […]
CRIME
How Telephone Robbers Now Steal Millions From Customer’s Accounts
YEMI AREMU, a Lagos-based journalist, was about going to bed when he got a sms message alert reminding him that his mobile phone internet subscription was due for renewal the next day. Since he was […]
Politics
APC Crisis And Tinubu’s Mission Impossible
By Majeed Dahiru About a year to the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken several steps towards putting his party, APC, in proper shape to come out victorious in the oncoming polls, again. […]