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Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Food
Can tsiperifery replace black pepper on our tables?……..By Martin Vogl
A relatively unheard of variety of pepper is growing in popularity among chefs. Could this citrusy variety replace black pepper on our dinner tables? A wild pepper called tsiperifery has been winning over food connoisseurs […]
Politics
Buhari, time we stopped lying to ourselves By Abimbola Adelakun
President Muhammadu Buhari is not in an enviable position right now. Just a year ago, Nigerians were chanting “FeBuhari” and piling their mountains of soteriological expectations on him. In about six weeks, it would be […]
Life Style
The real thing about Valentine’s Day By Niran Adedokun
Next Sunday is February 14. That day in which the world celebrates the memory of St Valentine, that day in which Nigerians show the world their bent to accept foreign ideas without reservation and surpass […]
Issues/Policy
2016 budget and civil servants as mafia (1) By Magnus Onyibe
As a push back to critics of President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in constituting a cabinet about four months into his administration, the President reportedly retorted that ministers were “noise makers” and the job of running […]
Society
Beauty, the beholder and the beast By Lawal Ogienagbon
Beauty, the saying goes, is in the eye of the beholder. How true this aphorism is can be seen from the different ways we react when we see a thing of beauty, particularly a woman. […]
MEDIA
Nigerian press, anti-graft war and rule of law By Dapo Fafowora
The Nigerian press has an impressive record of which it can be justifiably proud. In the colonial era it was in the vanguard of the long and difficult struggle to rid our country of the […]
Economy
Matters miscellaneous By Yakubu Mohammed
Yes, matters miscellaneous. This is how our inimitable columnist and teacher of mass communication, Professor Olatunji Dare, would put it if confronted by weighty issues, numerous, compelling and urgent enough, all competing for his attention, […]
Economy
Nigeria’s 2016 Zero Budget! By Olusegun Adeniyi
It was just about three weeks after I assumed office as Spokesman to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2007 when I received a memo from the office of the Permanent Secretary, State House, […]
Tribute
Akintola, 50 years after assassination – 4 By Jide Osuntokun
The Oyo-Yoruba people, the group from which Chief Akintola hails, are now Oyo and Osun states and one wonders how Chief Akintola would have greeted this news. For in spite of all the efforts made […]
Politics
Ekiti tragedy as Obasanjo’s legacy By Jide Oluwajuyitan
The sickening confession by Dr. Tope Aluko that in effecting what he described as a coup against the people of Ekiti, they “went into the election with 1,040 recognised soldiers and another batch of 400 […]
Politics
Presidential or parliamentary system: Which is better for Nigeria? By Gbogun Gboro
There is a subject which is very crucial to the well-being of Nigeria, but which we Nigerians never give the seriousness it deserves. I refer to the question whether our country should be governed under […]
Politics
Acid test for Fashola By Amanze Obi
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, is in the eye of the storm. But he does not appear to know that. As governor of Lagos State, Fashola was known for his stellar […]
Security
Nigeria ‘kills’ Boko Haram fighters ……. BBC
The Nigerian army says it has killed several fighters from militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-eastern state of Borno. Several other fighters escaped with gun wounds following an encounter with the military at […]
Security
Bombers ‘kill Nigeria refugees’ ……… BBC
At least 56 people have been killed and 67 injured in multiple suicide attacks at a camp for refugees in north-eastern Borno state, an emergency official has told the BBC. The attackers detonated their explosives while the […]
Security
Aso Rock security operatives grumble over unpaid allowances ……… PUNCH
There is currently a disquiet among security operatives attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, over their unpaid allowances, The PUNCH has learnt. If not addressed quickly, the situation, our correspondent learnt on Wednesday, might degenerate […]
Politics
Jonathan, Alison-Madueke named in Abuja land grab …… NATION
I acted within my powers, says ex-Minister Mohammed The Senate is exploring ways and means of invoking sanctions against former President Goodluck Jonathan and some former ministers for allegedly appropriating reserved plots of land in […]
Economy
Nigeria’s Largest Company Dangote Says Currency Situation Tight …….. BLOOMBERG
Dangote Group, Nigeria’s largest company, is struggling with a constricted supply of foreign-exchange in the West African country and is relying on its international cement operations and export-credit agencies to get around the shortage. “The […]
Politics
EFCC blames journalists as Metuh disputes reports ………. GUARDIAN
‘NSA’s payment of N400m to PDP’s spokesman legal’ FOR Ifedayo Adedipe, the counsel to Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a press statement issued by the Economic and Financial […]
Economy
Savings from fuel subsidy removal rise to N647m daily ……. VANGUARD
Nigeria is currently saving N647.2 million daily from the suspension of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. At the current price of N86.50 per litre in petrol stations across the country, the […]