adminYAHAYA BELLO: Gov. Ododo and the desecration of immunity
By Pascal Ibe The corruption of our politicians, our leaders, and the heads of big corporations didn’t suddenly happen when they found themselves in influential roles; it has been…
The EFCC, Bobrisky, and Boblion
By Ugoji Egbujo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must choose its fights sensibly. An Ijele doesn’t go about dancing at babies’ birthday parties just to be noticed.…
A look at the psychology of Nigerian secondary school teachers
By:Ebo E.C Chukwuma The job of a secondary school teacher is a very sensitive one, they play the role of instilling sound morale values into adolescents going through a very…
The rise of Sycophancy
By Ugo Egbujuo Sycophancy works best with a narcissist in power. Surrounded by mediocrity as subordinates, worship becomes work. If the public is a longsuffering but excitable religious rabble,…
PASCAL IBE: ECOWAS’s U-turn to pamper coup hit countries, a degradation of democracy
“With immediate effect, the bloc has suspended all commercial transactions with Niger, frozen itsstate assets in the regional central bank, frozen assets of the state and state enterprises in…
NIGERIA: May things not fall apart
By Chris Ekpenyong Like a patient who has undergone numerous surgeries and rehabilitative procedures under the supervision of surgeons and medical consultants for years, yet with no recovery in…
We’ve failed Nigeria, time to go back to drawing board — Northern Elder
Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said it was time to go back to the drawing board as systems have proven to be failing in…
Soludo and his Small-minded Solutions
By Ugoji Egbujo Contrary to his name, Soludo seems to love squabbles. Contrary to his reputation, Soludo is busy with small things. Soludo had come with intellect and clout.…
Is Tinubu’s Obazee Team A Mirror Of Buhari’s Ode Panel?
By Yushau A. Shuaib In the past couple of weeks, the media has been awash with monumental scandals involving individuals and organisations associated with the past administration of President…
OPEN LETTER TO FCT MINISTER, CHIEF NYESOM WIKE
By Richard Akinnola Dear Hon minister, First, a disclosure. You may not know me but we have met on two occasions in the house of our mutual respected Oga,…
Dr. Yemi Cardoso, welcome to the hottest seat in Nigeria
By Dele Sobowale “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” — John Wayne, US Actor Right now, nobody on earth has a tougher assignment than you. You…
Strong abroad, weak at home?
By Dakuku Peterside PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, in their first 100 days in office, hold the record of the most travelled presidency since 1999. The…
Interrogating President Tinubu’s UNGA speech
By Jideofor Adibe ON September 18, 2023, President Bola Tinubu gave a speech from what could be called the grandest stage of them all – the United Nations General…
How Nigeria’s courts became ‘the lost hope of the common man’
By Chidi Odinkalu When Ogbonnaya Ukeje died in Lagos two days after Christmas Day in 1981, Bode Rhodes-Vivour was a 30-year-old lawyer making his way up the rungs of…
Why youths stand for Mohbad in death
By Owei Lakemfa Emerging musician, 27-year-old Ilerioluwa Aloba alias Mohbad passed away on September 12, 2023 of undisclosed reasons and crowds poured out in the streets. In Lagos, youths…