The past few weeks have seen Nigeria seething with rumours and plots of interim government, many of them quite fanciful and far-fetched, and a few somewhat plausible. The plots proceeded from the palpable fear that […]
This is why I am appealing to the APC to instruct all its agents to ascertain that only INDELIBLE, as opposed to VANISHING INK, is supplied for use In the case of Afenifere that has […]
The string of successes recorded by the Nigerian military forces in clearing Boko Haram insurgents from towns they occupy in some states of the North East region of the country is heart-warming. Last Friday, the […]
…Nobody can sack me –Fasehun Members of the Dr Fredrick Fasehun faction of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) have appointed Comrades Dare Adesope and Odunayo Ogunmoye as President and Vice President of the association […]
Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, increasingly sounds like a man who has started something and is clueless how to finish it. He has blundered badly but is too ashamed to admit it. There’s no dignified […]
Oba Adetona has done what is expected of a traditional ruler of repute Oba Sikiru Adetona, The Awujale of Ijebuland, deserves commendation for the candid remark he made during President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to his […]
Nigerians must remain indebted to Chadian and Nigerien troops for liberating us from the scourge of Boko Haram. The two neighbouring countries have been showing extraordinary bravery in Nigeria’s liberation struggle from the sect, and, […]
A Yoruba adage says, eni awosunkun to so ara e di aworerin (literally meaning, someone who causes sorrow but pretentiously referring to him/herself as source of joy). This is Nigeria among the comity of […]
Emotions, very strong ones at that, has dominated public reaction to the 20 per cent hike in subscription rates of various bouquets announced by MultiChoice, the country’s leading pay-TV provider. To say I was […]
Just what was Hillary Clinton thinking when she avoided using the government email account system and instead adopted a private one during her tenure as secretary of state? We’re now being told by a slew […]
Transformation Agenda. That is the favourite buzz phrase of the Goodluck Jonathan administration. His ardent supporters want President Jonathan to continue in office for another four years so he can complete his revolutionary and historic […]
Sometime, you wonder if Nigeria is not already at war with itself over the likely outcome of the 2015 general elections. It is not just about the hate speeches and denigrating documentaries that pervade […]
At an early stage in life, Samuel Owem Wilson, owner of Twinnas Barbing Salon, chose the part of business to secure his future and make his way to the top. Wilson relives his journey with […]
In societies with established system of values there is usually the principle of collective responsibility, which demands that you do not openly criticize the government that you are part of. On that basis, Agwai might […]
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Verily All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, we seek His help, and we seek His forgiveness. And we seek refuge in […]
Corruption has been the bane of Nigeria’s political firmament even before the multi-ethnic state was granted independence by Great Britain in 1960. Foremost nationalist, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe as the then Premier of the Eastern Region […]
The eternal words of William Shakespeare ring true that the world is a mere stage where mortals are players who have an entry and exit route. The battle of life always has something at the […]
I have always argued, in all the occasions of discourse of ethnic national literature, that it is rather reductionist to contextualize and define Abubakar Gimba’s literary output mainly within the ambit of its northernism. Some […]
My favourite Shakespearean play is Macbeth. It is one of the darkest works of the renowned playwright. The premise is simple. Vaunting ambition leads to crime, followed by inevitable fall. Macbeth is a kinsman and […]
Akin Osuntokun’s “Buhari: Which South-west”, which appeared on this page the other week, threw up an interesting perspective on the real issues facing the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-west, with its fielding of […]
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