This piece is a dialogue with Nigerian Leftists—and all those who feel they share essential attributes with Leftists (socialists and pro-people radical democrats) but, for one reason or another, reject the “label” Leftists. The dialogue […]
IT WAS a battle between David and Goliath. On one side was Dewayne Johnson (pictured, above), a former school caretaker who is terminally ill with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood-cell cancer. On the other was Monsanto, […]
Dale Carnegie had it right all along, when he said, “Two men looked out from prison bars, One saw the mud, the other saw stars.” For a few days, variations on the outcome of a […]
Provided that a formal stay of execution of the judgment of the Appellate Court has been obtained, the Lagos State Government’s decision to maintain its ban of hijabs in its public schools is remarkable and […]
willieojo@yahoo.com I purchased my first cellular phone in Baltimore, United States in 1991. It probably weighed as much as five pounds, and nearly as big as an African villager’s transistor radio. Over a period, telephone […]
Grazing by animals is a very intense form of deforestation. In most instances humans are selective when it comes to removal of vegetation and usually make room for the plants to regenerate, but as mentioned […]
The National Assembly’s joint committees on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have failed to resolve discrepancies in the 2019 election budget. The commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu was, therefore, invited to appear again today to make […]
One should be circumspect and not dismiss the boast of the Executive Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Prof Ishaq Akintola, who claimed they used the National Broadcasting Commission to ambush artiste Falz, and get his […]
I write to you with the highest sense of humility and respect for your exalted office. Lack of democratic ethos is now the blight of your presidency. Nigerians voted for social democracy, democratic ethos, strong […]
While the remote and immediate causes for last week’s decisive sacking of Mr Lawal Daura as the Director-General of the Department of State Services remain a guess, it is unarguably the most inspiring action by […]
Amnesty International says Samuel Ogundipe, a Premium Times journalist who was arrested on Tuesday, must be released immediately. Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, reportedly ordered his arrest over a story on Lawal Daura, sacked director-general […]
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has written a petition to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo against the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. The union complained about the detention of PREMIUM TIMES journalist Samuel Ogundipe and […]
The great patriotic service that the Presidency and the entire political class can offer Nigeria is to pursue constitutional means to change the National Assembly leadership. Not through war drum tactics that have stagnated us […]
Jones Abiri, the Nigerian journalist detained for over two years has been released. The journalist was released on Wednesday evening after he met his bail conditions, his lawyer told PREMIUM TIMES. Mr Abiri was detained […]
What is the worth of your life? In the hand of the assassin, a life could be worth as low as N10,000. Last month, Imohimi Edgal, the hard-working Lagos State Commissioner of Police, paraded a […]
Writing about Nigeria in these days of a menacing or threatened enactment of a Hate Speech law can be irksome. The writer may be unable to properly delineate the terrain of a possible infraction of […]
The need to revive the Nigerian economy and sustain the growth momentum since the country’s exit from recession in the second quarter of 2017 appears more compelling now than ever before, state actors need to […]
In the past year, I have written at least three opinion pieces about Ibrahim Idris, the inspector general of police (IGP), and the Nigerian Police Force. If I did not know myself better, I may […]
On Tuesday, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo ordered Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, to overhaul the police special anti-robbery squad (SARS) with immediate effect. Osinbajo also asked the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to set up a committee […]
The reprehensible arrest of PREMIUM TIMES reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, over the leak of the police interim report of the probe of the National Assembly invasion by the Department of State Security, DSS, has further shown […]
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