Issues/Policy

Usman Mohammed, managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says consumers should be prepared to pay more for electricity to ensure regular power supply. Mohammed (pictured) was speaking during the groundbreaking for the […]

The Nigerians in the Diaspora constitute a sizeable chunk of the Nigerian population and a majority of them play more than an active role in the quest for good governance in the country touted to […]

Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, says community policing is a “fraud” and total distraction. Ekweremadu, who represents Enugu west senatorial district, said this when he featured on a Channels TV programme on Friday. Mohammed […]

Practical reason was on its feet last Monday in Kaduna on the question of the “northern condition.” It wore the full regalia of trado-religious institution with unfussy elegance, but it was speaking the language of […]

Agba Jalingo, publisher of CrossRiverWatch, says he thought he would be in jail until the end of Ben Ayade’s tenure as governor of Cross River. He said the governor vowed to lock him up after […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo has debunked the premise which the Supreme Court based its stunning verdict of 13 February, nullifying […]

One major issue that caught the attention of Nigerian writers, historians, journalists and linguists amongst others in January 2020, was the adoption of 29 Nigerian coinages and words from, especially Yoruba and Hausa languages, into […]

AUDIO: Capt Blade Wept For His Country In This Interview

Years back, a friend who had worked on the 2011 Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) presidential campaign told me about the overly enthusiastic responses they had received in the North. In one instance, he said […]

nadedokun@gmail.com In spite of all the evil that Boko Haram, its affiliates, splinters and other opportunistic groups, perpetrate, Nigeria still does not seem to be doing much to arrest the situations. Of course, there are […]

The case of Kwara State in the Nigerian union is a peculiar one that public commentators hardly pay much attention to. Yet the peculiarities of her history and geography place the state among the few […]

Following the withdrawal of certificate of return earlier given to David Lylon and Biobarakuma Degi of the All Progressive Congress, APC, on February 13, less than 24 hours to when they were billed to assume […]

It happened on two occasion in 2015 and early 2016. The first was when he sat with some youthful friends, most of whom he often relates with to gauge the pulse of the majority. The […]

Preparations were already in top gear for the D-day, as countdown intensified for the inauguration of David Lyon as the 5th democratically elected governor of Bayelsa state. Guest list – checked. In fact, President Buhari […]

Give me my Due Give me what is my rightful due, While I still live and breathe and love For little I have of you When I am called from up above. No flowers gay […]

Last weekend love was generously in the air! Every 14th of February ‘lovers’ (real and unreal) around the world celebrate St. Valentine’s Day, an amorous event originating from the ancient Roman empire and dating back […]

Before the Nigerian Government starts blaming communities for terror that abounds, they need to take responsibility as do all other countries in the world. Rather than sentencing terrorists to death as ordained by Nigeria’s Anti […]