Taming Ignorance and Begging in Kano, By Yushau A. Shuaib

Realising the importance of knowledge, skill acquisition and job creation, the Kano State government through its Kwankwasiya slogan is fighting ignorance, street... read more

The Conspiracy of the Theory, By Hannatu Musawa

Hannatu Musawa The unprecedented, horrific events of the Woolwich killings of a British soldier, James Rigby, in broad daylight, on... read more

Who Should Pay the Pilgrim’s Passage to Paradise? By Ogaga Ifowodo

Had Nigeria, like Britain, an unwritten constitution, no one would know ours is officially a secular country. Every politician not... read more

The Governors’ Forum Election and the Drubbing of the Ministers, By Dele Agekameh

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, took off as a mere association of governors of the 36 states of the federation.... read more

Governors’ Forum Election is 2015 Foretold, By Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu With the breakup of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, into two factions as a consequence of the failure... read more

Shooting of Kwara Poly Student and the inept Nigerian Police Force, By Wale Odunsi

 A trained policeman misses the tyres of a taxi and shoots a passenger in the taxi instead. …... read more

[Bamidele Upfront] Falling Oil Prices is Nigeria’s Destiny, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú If you have participated in milking the Nigerian cow comatose, you better start looking for citizenship elsewhere because... read more

Travelogue: Savouring faith and Shawarma in the land of Imam Al-Bukhari (I), By Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u

Muhammad Jameel Yushau  “Please is there anyone going to Dushanbe?” asked a gentleman standing before us at the Dubai International... read more

A Case For Canceling The 2015 Elections, By Okey Ndibe

Okey Ndibe Once again, Nigeria has entered an awful, familiar season. The country’s air is rent with talk of power.... read more

The Burden Of Democracy Without Democrats, By Bamidele Aturu

Many of our compatriots have expressed shock and disgust at the blatant rejection of the result of the recent Nigeria... read more

Impunity, Injustice and Insecurity: What is the Role of the Law? By Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai

Nasir Ahmad ElRufai Introduction: It would not be far from the truth to say that as Nigerian citizens, we are... read more

Institutional Inequities Against The Nigerian Child, By Emmanuel Onwubiko

Emmanuel Onwubiko Nigeria will on Monday, May 27 2013 mark with the usual make- belief and heavily contrived fanfare in... read more

Nasir El-Rufai and his two daughters, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, former aviation minister The graduate unemployment rate in Nigeria is 80 per cent yet these young people that... read more

Lagos Schools, Hijab and the Sovereignty of the State, By Adeolu Ademoyo

Adeolu Ademoyo The news that the Lagos state government is examining the wearing of hijab by female students in Lagos... read more

Grandpa in Politics: The Necessity of Sober Reflection, By Pius Adesanmi

Pius Adesanmi The good news for Professor Ango Abdullahi is that no Nigerian who has followed his history of public... read more

Ogun PDP and the familiar demons, By Bolaji Adeniji

The Peoples Democratic Party The health of the party has become a festering sore that has failed to respond to... read more

The Woolwich Killing- More Questions Than Answers, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode Mr. Fani-Kayode says the Illuminati may be responsible for the Woolwich killings. …... read more

The Achebe I knew, By Chido Onumah

Chido Onumah  “Indiscipline pervades our life so completely that one may be justified in calling it the condition par excellence... read more

Tourism and Rural Development in Ogun: A call to rescue, By Wale Odunsi

Wale Odunsi  ”Government’s financial plan for next year should comprise an improved budgetary allocation for the development of tourism …”... read more

Who Are The Yoruba People? (Part 2), By Femi Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode  “The Yoruba are ancestors of the black Cushite migrants and settlers that did not go to Africa…” …... read more

How Amosun plans to turn 7,000 Ogun University students to drop-outs, By David Chris

Governor Ibikunle Amosun The governor of Ogun State promised to reduce the tuition fees of the school in his election... read more

Nasarawa Massacre: ‘Barbarians’ on rampage, By Dele Agekameh

Dele Agekameh ‘It is said that 115 policemen, including operatives from the Department of State Security Service, SSS, were involved... read more

The North and its Many Spokesmen, By Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu Anyone who wants to understand the undertone of confusion in the Northern Nigerian political landscape needs only to... read more

[Bamidele Upfront!] Wanted: A Culture of Learning, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú

Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú Every facet of our national life is a presentation of oddities. Part of the reasons why we have... read more

Which gods must be appeased? By Okey Ndibe

Okey Ndibe Modern Nigeria’s crisis, I suggest, is primarily a crisis of values. In Umuofia, Okonkwo may give vent to... read more