The seasonal madness, Dan Agbese
And the seasonal madness is already upon us. I am torn between wasting my sympathy on PDP and wasting my tears for our country. PDP […]
Column / Opinion
JAMB/UTME: A convergence and other tales, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
The 2021 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination may have come and gone but the conduct of the exercise and issues therefrom […]
A bibliophile goes a-shopping, by Ibrahim Sheme
On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, my bibliophilic instinct (combined with nostalgia) drove me to do something extraordinary that I used to do way back in […]
Waiting for Godot, by Dan Agbese
We are familiar with abandoned projects. They range from economic to political and social projects, each conceived, poorly or not, with the best intentions to […]
Nigeria’s weak presidency or president, by Abdullahi D. Mohammed
The “Presidency” as an institution, provided the glitz, fervour and direction which, could shape, mar or make any adminstration. A President could be aged, frail […]
Of conspiracy theories, Fulani cause and Nigerian Army, by Hassan Gimba
One of the conspiracy theories parroted by some people in Nigeria is that the Nigerian Army conscripts “repentant” Boko Haram fighters into its ranks. It […]
PMB’s administration @ six: An unpopular view, by Michael Stephens
Exactly three years ago, President Muhammadu Buhari proclaimed June 12 as Democracy Day. It was his third year in office as President of Nigeria and […]
June 12: How to honour Abiola, by Dan Agbese
It seems President Muhammadu Buhari did not quite get it. June 12 was an opportunity for him to do two things: a) enunciate the political […]
On being angry with the state and INEC, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
Let’s get it right from the start. Nigeria has been a huge disappointment to her citizens, and no one, not even those in the corridors […]
Tourism, COVID-19 and a new dawn of service delivery, by Folorunsho Coker
Calibrating the Impact Certainly, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or simply the coronavirus, which causes the coronavirus disease referred to as COVID-19, […]
Let’s tell Buhari not to forget the police reforms, by Dan Agbese
In the wake of the brutal and violent suppression of the #EndSARS sit-in protest by our youths at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, by the Nigerian […]
Buhari and the IPOB insurgency, by Majeed Dahiru
In what appears to be his first formal reaction to the unfolding armed insurgency against the Nigerian state by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra [IPOB] […]
Open letter to Ndigbo, by Hassan Gimba
Nwanne m, ndewo. My Igbo brothers, I find it necessary to send you this epistle – from a North Easterner to a South Easterner – […]
We are still ‘dancing on the brink’, Dan Agbese
The news ought to be good, very good now with 22 years of precious democracy under our belt. The government of the people by the […]
The promises of 2015, by Dan Agbese
In keeping with our political tradition, President Muhammadu Buhari must show the nation his report card on his, obviously and unarguably, sterling performances in office […]