Monday, May 20, 2013

Whose Government? By Ifeanyi Uddin

Ifeanyi Uddin There is a variety of Nigerian patriots for whom the mantra “my country, good or bad” is a... read more

Can APC Be Our Long Awaited Messiah, By Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu

Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu In a bid to capture power from the ruling Peoples Democratic party (PDP), some opposition parties in Nigeria... read more

Article of Faith: Tithing Bananas, By Femi Aribisala

Femi Aribisala According to the scriptures, money is not acceptable as tithe; it has to be food-crops or livestock.  As... read more

The immorality in awarding public land to Turai’s personal NGO, By Adisa Danialu

“Now that judgment has been given, can we return to the basis of the case,…” …... read more

Nigeria’s Impunity Ranking: The Facts Don’t Lie, By Peter Nkanga

Peter Nkanga Nigeria’s press freedom record is on the decline. For the first time since 2008, when CPJ began publishing... read more

Dominance without Hegemony: Seriake Dickson’s “he is that he is”, By Pius Adesanmi

Pius Adesanmi It is safe to assume that only the fear of a backlash from Nigerian Christians prevents Bayelsa Governor,... read more

Media Freedom And The Threat Of Impunity In Nigeria, By Dapo Olorunyomi

The past half a decade has been perhaps the most challenging years since Nigeria’s return to civil rule in 1999.... read more

A Nation Caught In The Web Of Evil Forces, By Bosede Olalekan Davies

Boko Haram has become Nigeria's biggest headache of the moment “Truth is we need a change; the political solution is... read more

Who Moved The Motion For Nigeria’s Independence, By Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode  “…almost 90 per cent of Nigerians have been brought up to believe that the motion for Nigeria’s independence... read more

Bamigbetan: Nigeria’s boiling cauldron! By Dele Agekameh

Dele Agekameh The lesson Bamigbetan’s kidnap is that Nigeria is sitting on a boiling cauldron which might turn over at... read more

Kingsley Kuku in Abacha’s Cocoon, By Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu The speech last week in Washington, D.C. delivered by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta,... read more

Re: How to tap the resources of our retired but un-tired retirees, By Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u

Muhammad Jameel Yushau Last week’s article on the above subject attracted a lot of reaction, and I truly appreciate the... read more

Jonathan’s Fangs On Amaechi And Verdict Of History, By Emmanuel Onwubiko

Emmanuel Onwubiko Few hours back, I stumbled on a publication by a very respected online medium [Premium Times] containing excerpts... read more

Jonathan’s Hypocrisy: Punishing MASSOB while rewarding MEND, OPC, Boko Haram, By Adeolu Ademoyo

Adeolu Ademoyo Just as the guns and bombs of Boko Haram, the main northern wing of our ethnic militia, continue... read more

Article of Faith: What Is The Name Of Jesus? By Femi Aribisala

Femi Aribisala The name “Jesus” was never heard of until 1,500 years after Jesus walked the earth. Several years ago,... read more

Prevention of Occupational Diseases: A Case for Decent Work in Nigeria, By Emmanuel Obasi

Emmanuel Obasi: ” Nigeria must join the ‘prevention paradigm’’ move, at the heart of which is tackling the ‘‘Decent Work... read more

Our Resource Curse: Dutch or Nigerian Disease? By Abah John Abah

Abah John Abah Nigerian sauntered into big resource wealth in the 1960s when oil was discovered in exploitable quantity. With... read more

Part-Time programmes and the destruction of Nigeria’s educational system, By Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu

Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu Education is widely believed to be the key to success in the contemporary world. No wonder why many... read more

King Jona’s Miracle, By Pius Adesanmi

Pius Adesanmi And it came to pass that on the fiftieth year of the slavery of the tribe of the... read more

The Cost of Governance: The PPPRA and a regime of corruption, By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

Nasir Ahmad ElRufai In December last year, the National Assembly Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) asked the Petroleum Products Pricing... read more

The “fake universities” syndrome, By Chido Onumah

Chido Onumah Last July, shortly after the horrific Dana Air crash that killed over a hundred Nigerians, I did a... read more

Suicide Bombing: Dying to Kill, By Hannatu Musawa

“There must be a better option than killing to die… or dying to kill!” …... read more

Amnesty from our tax burdens, By Obo Effanga

Obo Effanga Each time I receive my pay advice and go through the mathematical details that define the deep crevice... read more

The Boko Haram Amnesty Committee needs ‘amnesty’, By Dele Agekameh

Dele Agekameh In its relentless efforts to end the Boko Haram insurgency, the Presidency has constituted a body, the Presidential Committee... read more

Boko Haram: Why Boston Isn’t Kano, By Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu Two movie-like incidents occurred in two cities – Kano in Northern Nigeria and Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. The two... read more