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PMB and the Bishops: Let the Frank Talks Continue
By Emma Agu These are very challenging times for Nigeria and Nigerians. And if there is one man who should feel the pinch...
Between Obasanjo’s Third Force and Third Fault – By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Is the leitmotif of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s proposal of a National Coalition (NC) geared towards a complete change of the modus of...
I Ran From Boko Haram Once. No More.
By Philip Obaji Jnr I was born on Aug. 8, 1985, in the southern Nigeria town of Ogoja, the same year that the...
Why I stand with Buhari By Femi Adesina
These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers, Kaduna,...
Still on Murderous Fulani Kidnappers
By Yushau A. Shuaib “Terrorists Now Disguise as Fulani Herdsmen” – President Goodluck Jonathan June 2014 The above quote was the news headline...
A macabre sense of vengeance By Sufuyan Ojeifo
Sometimes circa 1985, before he was killed on October 19, 1986 via a parcel bomb, inimitable journalist, prose stylist and glamorous founding...
A Handshake Across the Niger by Femi Adesina
On December 5, 2017, three wise men came from the East. They had come to see me at the State House, Abuja. Who...
Nigeria said it defeated Boko Haram. So why is it throwing more money into the fight?
By By SIOBHÁN O’GRADY For two years, the Nigerian military has claimed to have defeated Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group that has terrorized...
Buhari at 75: Why God kept him alive
By FEMI ADESINA Let me begin by telling a story. On June 1, 2015, the day I resumed work as adviser on media...
Of the PDP, the “victor” and the “vanquished”
By Sufuyan Ojeif I thought I read in one of the newspapers the newly-enthroned national chair of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince...
Ekiti APC & 2018: A Re-match of Old Foes; Will Fayose Boast Successfully Again?
By Adeyemi Ibironke With Anambra State Gubernatorial Election out of way, and the ruling Party at the State, and opposition to the Party...
Why the tenure of the present NDDC board does not and cannot expire in December 2017
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Your Excellency, In what can only be described...
Bagobiri @60: The Priest Who Refuses To Stay Silent
By Musa Simon Reef Let me confess that I was really pained missing an opportunity of sending a birthday wish to the Bishop...
Wise men still come from the East By Femi Adesina
At his incarnation, wise men gifted in astronomy came from the East, all the way to Bethlehem, in the south of Jerusalem, to...
Buhari and the allegation of Northernization By Reuben Abati
Perhaps the biggest news this week so far, has been the attempt by the Presidency to debunk the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari...
$350m Loan: el-Rufai’s Vain Quest
By Musa Simon Reef Kaduna State Government under Malam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai is presently engulfed in a loan request controversy of $350 million...
