Tribute to My Teacher: Dual Professorship, borderless scholarship (III), By Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u

Muhammad Jameel Yushau Continued from last week. Thus, by 2010 Prof. Adamu had become one of the world’s leading authorities on... read more

A funny Valentine, By Ose Oyamendan

​What a funny week for love? While the whole wide world was celebrating Valentine’s Day, some in the anti-love crowd... read more

Article of Faith: The Counterfeit Christian Church (1), By Femi Aribisala

Femi Aribisala The modern Christian church, with its mega-pastors and highfalutin cathedrals is nothing but a counterfeit of the true... read more

The Christian Lent Season, History And Our Moral Conscience, By Adeolu Ademoyo

Adeolu Ademoyo “When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearances so that they may... read more

Pension scam judgement: Is Justice Talba to blame? By Tunji Ariyomo

Tunji Ariyomo Having been charged under the Penal Code, the EFCC comfortably tied the hands of Justice Talba. The judge... read more

The Yoruba and their self-marginalisation,, By Dele Agekameh

Dele Agekameh Aside from the fractionalization of the PDP in the South-West, which has affected the fortunes of the zone,... read more

Tackling the age-old question of leadership, By Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu In a country of hagiography, where books are written to praise successful men and women, the recent publication... read more

Tribute to My Teacher: Dual professorship, borderless scholarship (I), By Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u

Muhammad Jameel Yushau Continued from last week. Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu was  born in Daneji, the city of Kano, northern... read more

The Stephen Keshi in All of Us, By Ose Oyamendan

Ose Oyamendan You gotta be living in Mars not to have smelt the putrid dust kicked in the air by... read more

Who’s Exploiting Nigerian Mobile Phone Users? By Okey Ndibe

Okey Ndibe One of the biggest revelations of my recent brief visit to Nigeria was to discover the shabby, deteriorating... read more

Making Sense of the CBN’s New Capital Adequacy Requirements, By Ifeanyi Uddin

Ifeanyi Uddin Last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) toughened its regulatory regime. Its review of risk weights on... read more

El-Rufai’s Retweet, And CAN’s Misrepresentation of a Moral Point, By Adeolu Ademoyo

Adeolu Ademoyo “Therefore putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, for we are members of one... read more

In Nigeria, You’re Either Somebody or Nobody, By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

IN America, all men are believed to be created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. But... read more

Article of Faith: God Does Not Know Who Will Be Saved, By Femi Aribisala

Femi Aribisala The salvation of God is not predetermined.  Neither is it discretional nor based on God’s unmerited grace.  Jesus’... read more

APC as Nigeria’s New Dawn, By Hannatu Musawa

Hannatu Massawa February 6, 2013 was a magnificent day for Nigeria. As the sun rose over the eventful day, Nigerians... read more

The Assault on Public Education, By Chido Onumah

Chido Onumah There has been a hue and cry about the collapse of public institutions and infrastructure in Nigeria, particularly... read more

Power Sector Reform: TCN, Manitoba and Suggestions for the new Power Minister, By Tunji Ariyomo

Tunji Ariyomo At face value, the contract between the Federal Government of Nigeria to cede the management of the Transmission... read more

CAN Versus Nasir el-Rufai , By Ebenezer Obadare

“As a de facto extension of the semi-criminal racket that runs the Nigerian state, CAN epitomizes the moral turmoil in the... read more

There’s something about government (#NewLeadership Series with Chude Jideonwo)

My orientation about our government began to change in 2009. Before this time, I had always felt – sadly without... read more

A pension thief and the injustice of a slap on the wrist, By Garba Shehu

Garba Shehu One lesson that must not be missed from the enormous outrage that followed the light sentence given to... read more

Mali, not Afghanistan, By Dele Agekameh

Dele Agekameh Since the campaign by the French Army to free Northern Mali from the iron grip of the Islamic fundamentalists began... read more

The issue is not yesterday’s men; the issue is tomorrow’s children, By Ayobami Oyalowo

Ayobami Oyalowo A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.... read more

Superbowl Sonny, By Victor Ehikhamenor

Victor Ehikhamenor Last Sunday was Superbowl in America, and if you missed it I am sorry and if you don’t... read more

Jonathan is Obasanjo’s worthy successor, By Okey Ndibe

Okey Ndibe Nigeria’s crisis of leadership has grown so malignant that one is frequently tempted to cry, “Where is Fela... read more

Tribute to My Teacher: Dual professorship, borderless scholarship (I), By Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u

Muhammad Jameel Yushau This piece is a personal tribute to my teacher, mentor and intellectual associate, on his appointment as... read more