The crackdown on #EndSARS activists
By Simon Kolawole Any hopes that we are going to quickly move on from the tragic #EndSARS protests and enter into the phase of reconstruction and rehabilitation are disappearing by…
Why Trump is afraid to leave the White House
By Timothy L. O’Brien Donald Trump is the luckiest man alive. Unlike almost, well, everyone, he’s been protected from the consequences of his own mistakes his entire life. Born into…
We can re-write Nigeria in Arabic — what matters is governance
By Frederick Nwabufo Bigotry. We are big on it. To inflame passions and to smoke out the most reticent of Nigerians, flagellate the tempers of religion and ethnicity. Yes, then…
Muslims more loyal to Christ than Christendom
By Reno Omokri Recently, I wrote about the difference between Christianity and Islam and the feedback from many Muslims exposed a lacuna in their understanding of Christianity, which is quite…
Trump will never concede, he will break things: Niece Mary Trump
By Mary Trump This is how the most colossal and fragile ego on the planet deals with losing the US election: he does not deal with it at all. My…
God save America
By Simon Kolawole My favourite comedians are Bovi and Okey Bakassi. Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River state and Hon Gudaji Kazaure are also gifted entertainers. Their theatrics are primed…
Okigwe shops for compromise candidate, as Araraume grounds Nwajiuba’s candidate
By Jonathan Igwebuike From precedent, the unending intrigues that have marked the Okigwe (Imo North) Senatorial bye-election may pave the way for a compromise candidate. With the recent grounding of…
Buhari, good governance will silence social media
By Frederick Nwabufo No government is short of opposition. In a democracy, the residence of an animated opposition signals the buoyancy of the system. Where there is democracy, there is…
Donald Trump, the African strongman in America
By Frederick Nwabufo One of the five cardinal objectives of the United States foreign policy is ‘’promoting and supporting’’ democracy. The US has fought wars and spent billions of dollars…
Police lives too matter
By Fredrick Nwabufo Humanity is all inclusive. There are no higher or lesser humans. We all breathe the same air. Whether doctor, lawyer, journalist, police or soldier; we are all…
What #EndSARS mayhem tells us about Nigeria
By Simon Kolawole Years ago, as we were driving through some Lagos streets early morning on a weekday, we saw idle young men sitting in front of their houses, some…
Does the FCT have a minister?
By Frederick Nwabufo There is no government presence in the federal capital territory (FCT). Yes. In fact, there is no such thing as leadership in the FCT. If there was,…
OPINION: EndSARS protest: A clarion call to reform the police
By Adémólá Òrúnbon The spate of violent and unlawful killings by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Unit of Nigeria Police, especially in the South West region of the…
Rabiu Garba: The Cop Whose Reputation Saved Fegge Police Division From Mob Action
By Steve Uzoechi The dust from the #EndSARS protests across the country may be gradually settling but the wanton destruction of lives and properties may not be forgotten in a…
‘Hoodlums’ – the new title for hired thugs and unknown soldiers
By Frederick Nwabufo There is an agenda to violence — the state’s agenda. The biggest beneficiary of violence in most cases is the government which controls every apparatus of terror.…





















