Articles and Opinion
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Finally, Nigerians contend with the Buhari hoax
By Oladimeji Abitogun The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, would be remembered as someone who carried on, for most of his adult life,...
Retelling Governance And The Prowling Ghost Of Hitler’s Joseph Goebbels by Dr. Godknows Igali
Incontrovertibly, the Germans are one of mankind’s most resourceful, resilient and progressive nationalities. In the course of world history, almost in all other...
Senator Omo-Agege’s comeuppance
By Sufuyan Ojeifo If he had taken time to review recent history and incidents of insolence in the National Assembly, perhaps, Senator Ovie...
Saraki and the infallibility of Supreme Court’s verdict
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The exculpation of senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, last Friday, by the Supreme Court in the false asset declaration suit...
The House of Mourning by Oge Modie
As we wake up in the arms of our loved ones and in our warm homes, there are many today in the Northern...
Carnage and poverty as national tragedies
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Two existential issues -security and poverty-that bear great relevance to the assessment of performance of governments globally reared their heads...
Adams Oshiomhole’s legerdemain
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Dateline: June 11, 2018. Abuja. Artificial barriers and shared prejudices crumbled like a pack of cards at the Ladi Kwali...
The Fruit Called Joy
By Oge Funlola Modie There are quite a number of things in life that seem not to matter until they’re lost. One of...
The ominous “bloodshed” in Ekiti
By Sufuyan Ojeifo It was the inimitable pioneer Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, the late Dele Giwa, who once wrote that one...
Ekiti’s ultimate governorship deal
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The stage is set for the July 14, 2018 Ekiti state governorship election. I call the contest the ultimate deal. It...
AGF Abubakar Malami and the wailers
Ismaila Suleiman It’s probably unlikely that Nigeria has had an Attorney General and Minister of Justice who has done so much within so...
How Journalism Can Help Beat Human Traffickers in Nigeria
WRITTEN BY Philip Obaji Jr. MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA – After the Boko Haram insurgency began in northeast Nigeria in 2009, thousands of people...
The real price of “change the change” campaign by Shehu Garba
By Garba Shehu On Tuesday, May 29, 2018, the Buhari/Osinbajo led government will clock three years in office. With elections less than...
2019: As PMB, Amaechi prospect for encore
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The Yoruba proverb-omo ina li a nran si ina-transliterated as – it is the child of fire that we send...
NDDC: Making a paradigm shift from the old
By Tamunodie Preye It is good for leaders to be provoked once in a while or as the need arises. But only provocation...
The Power of Thanksgiving by Oge Modie
By Oge Funmilola Modie We are almost halfway into the year 2018 and you are probably thinking that you are behind in some...
