Sport
Essential Gym Rules You Must Learn
With more and more gyms popping up around Lagos, it’s important to understand the gym code of conduct… you need it! The idea actually came to me while sitting in the cinema and thinking […]
Security
Should Nigeria Negotiate With Boko Haram? By ‘Tope Oriola
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 […]
Politics
Pros and cons of presidential ‘go slow’ By Festus Eriye
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 […]
Politics
Femi Fani-Kayode: Aturu Mulu Ebunu Gba aka Nwa, by Joe Igbokwe
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 […]
Video
Power, Money And Sex By Tola Adeniyi
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 […]
Issues/Policy
Party Supremacy Vs People Supremacy By Leye Jokotoye
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 […]
Issues/Policy
Sport
Stephen Keshi: Finally, the Big Boss Goes Down
That Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation did not come as a surprise to many following the hullaballoo between him and the NFF eggheads since Nigeria’s victory at the […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria: A Governance Postponed, By Jaafar Jaafar
When ex-Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, decided to postpone the general elections for eight weeks on the premise of ill-preparedness of the country’s electoral commission (INEC), the nation protested. The country dangled precariously on the precipice […]
Video
Okorocha And The Social Media By Joseph Chimezie
The social media is now a factor that can make or mar politicians in the world and social media has also created and aided the spread of information more than the conventional media. Information travels […]
Issues/Policy
On Nigeria’s Leadership Deficit On Nigeria’s Leadership Deficit…..Guardian
A COMPARISON of Nigeria’s experience in the quest for development with the experiences of other countries in the world provides a clear answer to the question: why has Nigeria failed or why is Nigeria failing? That answer, poignant and direct, is that there has not been a steady supply […]
Sport
Oliseh Lacks Ability To Coach Egoistic S’Eagles Players – Westerhof
FORMER Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Clemens Westerhof, says the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is committing a blunder by offering an untested Sunday Oliseh the job to coach the senior national team. Oliseh, 40, was handed […]
Government
Buhari sacks Tafida, Bianca, Maduekwe, Farounbi, others…..Nation
The call of duty is over for top ranking members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who were appointed ambassadors by former President Goodluck Jonathan. They were recalled home last night by President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Issues/Policy
Seizing the momentum by Muyiwa Adetiba
The current APC saga reminds me of one of those folklores. You know, the one where three people came together to plan a major heist. At the successful completion of their dare-devil operation, they faltered at […]
Sport
Keshi was consumed by the politics he played – Odegbami
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 […]
Video
Why Nigeria Needs Stalin By Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN
The Great Ife Students’ Union Building (Ken Saro Wiwa Building) means different things to many people. While to some, it is a place that has produced heroes and legends; to others, it is the bedrock […]
Politics
Lying as political art: Fayose, Saraki and Melaye By Aykube
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 […]
Economy
Fuel crisis looms in Lagos, Delta, Rivers …as NUPENG issues fresh strike notice
Anxiety over the availability of petroleum products has heightened in some states in the southern part of the country as members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) commence indefinite […]
Politics
The Shame On Buhari-APC’s Presidency By Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije
Ever since he was sworn in as a democratically elected president of Nigeria, it is increasingly becoming worrisome—in virtually all ramifications—the way and manner General Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressive Congress, have […]
Sport
Why Stephen Keshi Lost His Biggest Match By Azubuike Ishiekwene
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 […]