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…
Ribadu and arduous task of securing the nation
By Kehinde Olatunji When Retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police Nuhu Ribadu, assumed duties as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), he pledged to subdue insecurity and stabilise the world’s most…
Deputy Governor’s impeachment: Akeredolu, beware
,By Tonnie Iredia Section 188 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, provides for the removal of governor or deputy governor from office through the process…
Obasanjo and the puppet kings
By Obi Nwakanma Last week at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Iseyin, Oyo State, Olusegun Obasanjo, former head of state, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the republic…
Opinion: Let us pray and work for Tinubu to succeed
By Dele Sobowale God, give me the courage to change the things I can change, the serenity to accept the things I can’t change and the wisdom to know…
Organ trafficking: Nigeria’s silent crisis
By Shola Ogundipe Researchers in Canada discovered that male and female patients treated by women surgeons for fractures, hip replacements, and heart problems were about 10 percent less likely…
Coups in Africa: It’s time politicians accepted soldiers as rival for power
By Olu Fasan THE recent resurgence of military coups in Africa calls for further exposition, and I would do that here through the theory of militarism. From a cause-and-effect…
The Overzealous Ajuri Ngelale
By Ibe Pascal The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports them as fact, or…
Coups: Democracy In Africa Not A System To Attain Western Development
By Ibe Pascal Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result…
Between Ikénga Ugochinyere And Hope Uzodimma
By ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES In the last few days, Hope Uzodimma has unleashed his rambling rascals on the internet with a sole charge to insult and attempt to ridicule…
KAYODE EGBETOKUN: The Game Changer Revolutionizing The Police Force
By Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Destiny in one’s life will always be manifested with efforts, dedication and commitment. The attainment of higher positions in life is constantly tailored to many driving…
OPINION: My Advice To Those Calling For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
By Frederick Nwabufo We must tread with circumspection. We must follow reason. Why are we inclined to misadventures? Why are we not having conversations on how the south-east can…
Sustaining the stimulus of hope
By Fredrick Nwabufo It has been 30 days of the Bola Tinubu administration, and it has been a bustling and eventful one. President Tinubu has rightfully earned the ticket…
When preparation meets leadership, Tinubu happens
By Fredrick Nwabufo The past one week has been one of the most momentous in the life of the nation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu dared the undared, and triumphed.…