Pantami: Presidency and the fury of wild politics, by Mohammed N. Yakubu
In the last few days the nation has been suffocating from the choking fumes of unsubstantiated allegations spiced with morbid fabrications against Isa Pantami, the […]
Column / Opinion
A nation bleeding from many wounds, by Hassan Gimba
Every patriot currently has gloom written all over him. The defence minister told us a few days ago that the country is ‘bleeding.’ Indeed, Nigeria […]
Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu at 65, by Ibrahim Sheme
On this day, April 25, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, clocked 65 years. He […]
Buhari and the separatist agitators, by Dan Abgese
Presidential spokesman, the gentlemanly Garba Shehu, said April 20 that agitations for secession could not intimidate Buhari. Perhaps not. But the statement itself is not […]
Merryl Wyn Davies: A short tribute, by Ibrahim Sheme
In our culture, it is said that it is never too late to submit condolences over somebody’s demise. So I felt obligated tonight to pray […]
Mala Kachala: Requiem for a man of peace, by Inuwa Bwala
It is already fourteen years since he passed on. Everything still look fresh in my mind, looking back at the events of that fateful day, […]
Ramadan and a lesson in love, loyalty, by Hassan Gimba
Ramadan is a month synonymous with fasting in the Muslim world. In Islam, fasting is the practice of abstaining from food, drink, smoking, and sexual […]
The fuel subsidy shuffle, by Dan Agbese
At long last, the penny dropped with a quiet but disturbing thud. It finally shattered our illusion that President Muhammadu Buhari was the man to […]
OPL 245: Abacha family and the Malabu trial scandal, by Majeed Dahiru
Ten years after an international inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the sale of OPL 245 oil field by Malabu oil and Gas Ltd to Shell […]
Matawalle’s political gamble, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
Barring any last minute change of mind, the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon join the ruling […]
MUSWEN to Oyetola: Your administration has proved justice, fairness, equity in governance
The Muslim Ummah of South-west Nigeria (MUSWEN) on Sunday said the Administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has exhibited justice, fair play and equity […]
My Igbo brothers, before it is too late, by Hassan Gimba
The Igbo are a resilient lot, an egalitarian and industrious people. Defined as a meta-ethnicity native and one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, […]
Tinubu: standing out in the crowd, by Dan Agbese
The occasion of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 69 birthday last month invited, as such occasions are wont to do, a flood of encomiums, each intent […]
Police reforms: Senator Uba Sani’s enduring legacy in view, by Jafaar Bello
Nigeria is bedevilled by lingering insurgency and insecurity in the form of violent crimes such as abductions, farmer-herder conflict, attacks on local communities, revived secessionist […]
Police reforms and Senator Uba Sani’s imprimatur, by Jafaar Bello
Nigeria is bedevilled by lingering insurgency and insecurity in the form of violent crimes such as abductions, farmer-herder conflict, attacks on local communities, revived secessionist […]