Life Style
Why it is good to sleep naked By Tunde Ajaja
How comfortable is it to bare it all at bedtime? Going to bed or sleeping naked is one phenomenon that seems very weird to some people, but to the few who do it, it is […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
A state of insecurity By Muyiwa Adetiba
I went to Festac Town the other day. Founded originally as accommodation for the participants of the 1977 Black Arts Festival, it was started by Gowon but subsequently developed to be a model town by […]
MEDIA
The online warriors By Reuben Abati
MY criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the target of attacks, with many insisting on quoting the opening paragraph […]
Politics
Reps halt sack of 2,000 varsity staff Schools teachers ……. VANGUARD
The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Government to halt the mass retrenchment of Teachers and Workers of University Staff Secondary Schools and Primary Schools across the country. The leadership of Senior Staff Association […]
Issues/Policy
How Nigeria can rise again, by Anya, Utomi, others
Lagos—NOTABLE scholars were yesterday unanimous in their call for meritocracy to be entrenched in the manner Nigeria is governed in order to have strong institutions needed for growth. They also noted that the prevailing malfunctioning of […]
Sport
Buhari won’t allow Dalung to disgrace his govt — Toro
Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung has been been condemned for causing confusion and instigating actions that brought shame to Nigerian football on Wednesday when NFF President, Amaju Pinnick and Giwa FC owner, […]
Entertainment
All those who diverted money from Jonathan will die — Ibu
•Recalls how his father died and reveals why their movies are full of rituals Nollywood star actor and comedian,John Okafor,popularly known as,Mr. Ibu, in this interview expresses his reservations on the efficacy of the current […]
Security
Suicide bomber hits marketplace in Nigeria’s northeast ……. AL JAZEERA
At least eight people have been killed and 28 others injured in an attack in Nigeria’s restive northeast, witnesses said. A teenage suicide bomber on Friday blew himself up in a grain market in the […]
Economy
Buhari Curbs Nigeria Central Bank Independence to Save Naira …….. BLOOMBERG
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari erased any doubt about who is in charge of currency policy in Africa’s biggest economy — to the detriment of the central bank’s independence. Buhari said that he won’t “kill the […]
Security
Up to ten killed by suicide attack in northern Nigeria …… REUTERS
Up to ten people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a busy market in a town in northern Nigeria where the jihadist Boko Haram group is waging an insurgency, […]
Society
The price of disorder By Ayo Olukotun
I didn’t see any fire service. They said the firefighters complained of lack of water and went back. Goods worth about N200m were lost to the fire. The number of shops burnt were over 500” […]
Society
The Other Foot Of Dambazzau’s Shoes, by Azu Ishiekwene
I think the rampant and sickening cases of big man worship we’re seeing today are a reflection of the increasing material poverty and widening gap between the rich and poor…The poor, bereft of self-esteem, think […]
Politics
Obasanjo, Dino Melaye, and the Impossibility of Nigeria’s Progress, By Pius Adesanmi
Nigerian, you already know by now that Baba Olusegun Obasanjo recently wrote a letter to the National Assembly, calling them names and accusing them of corruption. That the National Assembly has been Nigeria’s most notorious […]
Society
As we fight corruption, we must build character (1) By Fola Ojo
The road that stretches from General Gas to Akobo in the ancient city of Ibadan measures about 10 miles. It is bumpy and riddled with potholes. If you call it a dirt-road, you won’t be […]
Society
No money! By Donu Kogbara
I v’e spent the past three months in London. And while I was away, I regularly received phone calls from friends and relatives who are based in various Nigerian states. Some of these friends and […]
Economy
Infrastructural development and contractor impunity: A case study By Segun Gbadegesin
Consider with me the following three theses: First, infrastructural development is key to economic breakthrough even in an era of dwindling resources. Second, Nigerian governments have not been unmindful of the importance of infrastructural development […]
Society
Beasts of no gender (2) By Olatunji Ololade
Today, a creepy trend ensues: the Nigerian man is incidental. He has become disposable means to self-indulgent ends. But the Nigerian woman isn’t; she is hopelessly accidental, even as she giftedly uses and disposes of […]
Economy
IMF’s mixed economic solutions By Stanley Ibeku
FOR most Nigerians, the recent four-day visit of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Ms. Christine Lagarde to the country remains an economic voyage with somewhat cynical connotations and at the same time with […]
Politics
Afenifere agonises ……. NATION
Afenifere agonises; and from that agony comes a gratuitous counsel: President Muhammadu Buhari should not anchor run a sole anti-corruption agenda. But where did Afenifere get the idea that fighting corruption is the sole goal […]
Government
$470m CCTV contract award didn’t follow due process —BPP
THE Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, yesterday said the $470 million contract awarded by the late President Musa Yar’Adua’s administration for the procurement and installation of Close Circuit Television, CCTV, in Lagos and Abuja did […]