The Guilty are Afraid, James Hadley Chase, the crime thriller great, would have dubbed it, being the title of one of his ever-racy novels. But Hardball prefers Jonathan Agonistes — the agony of Jonathan — […]
As Iliyasu Adamu woke up to the news that the first sliver of the new moon had been sighted the night before, he felt a sense of optimism that he had not felt in a […]
Last week, I saw the photo of a group of people who gave the impression that they are receiving military training somewhere in Igboland. This afternoon, I saw another photograph on Facebook, with some youths […]
Chief Bisi Akande, former governor of Osun State and interim national chairman of the now ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is hardly your typical politician, who is easily given to demagoguery. As anyone familiar with […]
The debate over the possibility of Greece leaving the Eurozone due to its inability to repay its debts, led me to think about the usefulness and purpose of the African Union, AU. Beyond defending war […]
The Jama’atul Alhul Sunnah Lidda’watiwul more popularly as boko haram started as a peaceful organization in 2002 with the late Mohammed Yusuf as its founding father. Many never thought that this innocuous organization would end […]
WE are in an upbeat mood. Money is beginning to flow again. At least from the federal main supply, to the state and local government taps, and of course the federal tank which collects 52 percent […]
A scathing assessment of the CBN’s strategy for reducing the increasing demand pressure on the Naira was recently published by “The Economist,” which is a UK based internationally respected magazine. ‘The Economist’ in its report titled […]
IT was at the church service for the 90th birthday of the legendary matriarch of the Awo dynasty, Chief Dr Hannah Dideolu Awolowo (HID) in Ikenne, that the thoughts that prompted this article began. Some […]
At last, President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the service chiefs. Many had expected the President to have relieved them of their appointments shortly after he was sworn-in on May 29. But for reasons known to the […]
All the conspiracy theories about the Boko Haram uprising collapse when you consider the data painstakingly acquired by the Africa Health, Human & Social Development Information Service (Afri-Dev). I was just going through the data […]
The right lesson will be learned by prosecuting the offender The controversy surrounding last year’s collapsed guest house at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos seems to have been finally laid to […]
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced about a week ago that the Nigerian government was willing to negotiate with the deadly terrorist group, Boko Haram. If we leave […]
In his last incarnation as Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari and his second-in- command, Tunde Idiagbon, were a couple of all-action soldiers who took an unruly nation by the scruff of the neck and set […]
This Igbo song is by a musician from the East which was very popular in the 1960s and 70s. It says that a sheep that gives birth to a ram has no child. This song […]
The thoughts that provoked this piece are not original to me; they are not mine, but the expression of the thoughts is mine while the conveyance belongs to the publisher of this column. It was […]
Looking at all the drama that took place in the National Assembly in recent weeks, which brought about the emergence of Saraki and Dogara as the leaders of the Assembly. I lean back to think […]
W here do you stand on the disengagement of Stephen Keshi as Super Eagles coach by the Nigeria Football Federation? Keshi is my friend and I was one of those who championed his recruitment when […]
UNTIL the March 28 and April 11 polls, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State was the most accomplished liar in Nigerian politics. He lied without compulsion; he lied eagerly; he reveled in lying; and he […]
Stephen Keshi did not need Paul the Octopus to tell him that it will come to this. Like a bad marriage, his coaching contract with the Nigerian Football Federation collapsed two years ago. Both parties […]
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