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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
I have not seen the card reader, the newly acclaimed anti-rigging technology in the country. At least, that is the position of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega. Nobody is […]
Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye, a public affairs analyst, in this piece, used the theory of historical materialism as espoused by Karl Marx to establish that there is a seeming complacency among the Nigerian youths who have […]
SOME of our monarchs, to be more elastic, the traditional rulers, do not realise that they are losing grips on their residual authorities. They do not see themselves through the same lenses as their subjects […]
Joe Onwukeme, a public affairs analyst, reflects on the role of religion in Nigeria’s political terrain, concluding that Nigerians need to come together as one, irrespective of religious, ethnic or party affiliations, for the country […]
The Lagos State Government is constrained to respond to an article titled,” Lekki Toll: Biggest Fraud Ever Conceived and Committed” published in The Herald of 13th February, 2015, and many other online platforms. This has become […]
SOCIAL scientists determine ethnicity to be an artificial construct based on shared beliefs of identity created over time. Groups (and their leaders) create certain beliefs in order to implement political strategies and control their followers. […]
It is bad enough that at a time that we should have put the 2015 elections behind us, and be eagerly awaiting the swearing-in of a newly elected president, state governors and legislators, Nigerians are […]
Patience Jonathan, aka Dame Patience, aka First Lady, aka Dr. Chief (Mrs.), aka Mama Peace, has emerged as the standard for Nigeria’s current political season—with all the consequences and implications of that designation. Nigeria has […]
The office of the First Lady in Nigeria was made popular by the late Maryam Babangida when she made it a quasi-rival to that of her husband. Through her ‘Better Life for Rural Women’, she […]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the factors that would likely inhibit General Muhammadu Buhari from occupying Aso Rock in June. The reaction I got surprised me. People I had not heard from […]
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