The dust raised by the stunning exposé of Australian independent negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, on the alleged sponsors of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, indicted former Chief of Army Staff, General Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), the usual suspect, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former Borno State governor, and an anonymous senior official of the Central Bank of […]
By John Abiola-Bada These are interesting times for Nigeria. It is a time in which people revel in propaganda and falsehood. As we make steady progress to the election year of 2015, there will be more mudslinging, character assassination and all kinds of propaganda to score cheap political goals or to gain some advantage even […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi Parents and guardians with their children and wards in both public and private primary and secondary schools – which were earlier scheduled to reopen by the third week of September after a long holiday that began late July – were directed by the Federal Government to adhere to a new date following […]
By Balarabe Usman Minso What Nigeria needs at this time, apart from prayers and selfless love from her citizenry, is good quality opposition. Iron sharpens iron. A bright opposition party will make the incumbent work even harder. The improvement that Nigerians can expect from the People’s Democratic Party is directly proportional to the quality of […]
In recent weeks the All Progressive Congress(APC) has been rocked with a tidal wave of defection of a founding member in Chief Tom Ikimi and the party’s 2011 presidential candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to the party Nigerians loathe but can’t vote out of power at the centre, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Ikimi’s grievance with the […]
The proper address should be Mrs Alison-Madueke and for this reason, the titling above seems to fall short in required courtesy. But there is something about this woman, a tough girl quality underneath that fine designer face, which calls for wise recognition. Something beyond marriage tags and chieftaincy beads: an actualised soul carrying on with […]
By Oyewale Oyelola Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in build up to 2003 general elections declared the year’s election was going to be a ‘do or die affair’ for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP). Obasanjo made this statement as opposition parties were scheming to form an alliance to wrestle power from him as […]
By Tajudeen Balogun Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos Despite the painful casualty, efforts taken so far by various arms of the Nigerian Government and their agencies on managing outbreak of deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country have been very commendable. The established synergy among the constituted authorities, health institutions and stakeholders with respect to handling of […]
The imbroglio that engulfed the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) after the national team’s poor outing at the last World Cup appears to be assuming an embarrassing magnitude that should no longer be allowed to continue. Before now, there have been litigations, court injunctions, dissolution of the federation board, suspension by the Fédération Internationale de Football […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos The reality of the contextual idiomatic expression – ‘when stay at the convenience is overdue, infection by plagued flies is abound’ is presently staring Nigeria at face. In the past, various sections of the country have been under siege of sectarian, communal and inter – tribal onslaughts, orchestrated by different militia groups. The Nigerian communities […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi The season of defection by politicians is becoming more interesting going by the latest move by a former Presidential aspirant of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, decamping from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ordinarily, one should not be too worried about […]
By Uche Igwe Almost six months ago when I wrote the first part of this article, I got more than two hundred comments, several emails and even phone calls. This was despite the fact that I do not encourage feedback on phone. The volume of responses demonstrated many things to me. The first is that […]
By Professor R.A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria The proclaimed leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, released in a video clip on Sunday August 24, 2014 that the Islamic sect has captured Gwoza and has turned the Local Government Area as part of their intended Islamic Caliphate in North East Nigeria. In a quick reaction […]
The just-concluded exercise for the issuance of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been received with mixed feelings throughout the federation. While a few people have applauded the exercise, many participants on the other hand, who had turned out to collect their cards complained that the process was slow, […]
By Eze Anaba Besides wars, diseases and violent militant groups, nothing has threatened law based states in recent times more than corruption. It is often stated that one of the ways a functioning democracy is judged is how corruption is treated. That is why the founders of democracy defined good governance – as a government […]
By Joel Pereyi Year in, year out, parents and guardians in the country over pour in their lingering hopes, and in some cases their all into the successes of their children and wards. After much have been expended, our ivory towers certify them worthy in learning and character, only for them to be rubber-stamped and […]
By Godwin Adindu THERE is a yellow rainbow across the skyline of Abia State, a syndrome pervading the state. The colour, yellow, is ubiquitous in all nooks and crannies and has transformed into a mental construct. There is yellow everywhere. Governor Theodore Orji has painted Abia yellow with his Youth Empowerment Programme. For a visitor […]
By Chief (Sir) Don Ubani, ksc, JP As the Holy Bible puts it in the Book of Ecclesiastes, ‘to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven’. This implies that, as it is with many other human engagements and enterprises, there is a time for a State Governor to […]
By Kayode Ojo For a long time, former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has spoken of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leadership in unkind words. It is, after-all, the party which displaced him from the state’s topmost post by fraudulently manipulating the judiciary and has, since November 2010 when Rauf Aregbesola […]
By Dimgba C Ikwuegbu Recently, former Aba North elected Chairman, Ikwechegh Alex, granted an interview titled ‘Orji has put Abia in national political grid!’. From all indications, Alex was merely trying to launder his image if he has any. There is this Igbo analogy that goes this way. You pulled your gun at me, pulled […]
