The tragedy called Zamfara state
For almost two decades now, Zamfara state has been in the news; sadly, for all the wrong reasons. If it is not politicised sharia law today, it is lead poison tomorrow, which killed […]
Column/Opinion
The longest unwinnable war, Dan Agbese
Fifty-five years ago, as of this January 15, the late Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, told us that the ten per centers made Nigeria look big […]
The men who talk to the gods, by Dan Agbese
By Dan Agbese Pastor Enoch Adeboye, general overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, said early in the week that God had not told him who […]
Cry my beloved Northern Nigeria, Majeed Dahiru
Northern Nigeria is bleeding and many of its people are now calling for its rescue from an army of killers that is fast turning the […]
Banditry and our quest for leadership, by Hassan Gimba
I wanted to continue with my treatise on the Rule of Law as our only panacea for survival when a clarion call by the governor […]
As tomorrow cometh, by Dan Agbese
It is the time of the year we are immersed in the ritual of the momentous change in the calendar. One year becomes old and […]
The rule of law, Nigeria’s only hope for survival (3), by Hassan Gimba
Many patriots concerned with our rapid nose-diving in morals and abandonment of the rule of law believe that the British left too early. Some theorise […]
Again, the triumph of selfish politics, Dan Agbese
The discerning knew it would come to these: that the electoral act bill sent to President Buhari for his assent on which he sat for […]
Keren and Sylvester: So similar, yet so different, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
As bad as abuse of minors is, the Nigerian factor which makes it almost impossible to bring offenders to account, leaves families of victims distraught […]
Rule of Law, Nigeria’s only hope of survival (2), by Hassan Gimba
This is the second part of our treatise on the rule of law that started last week. The rule of law is about the creation […]
The World Bank’s bad news about our economy, Dan Agbese
The bad news is that our national economy remains stubbornly defiant. Past and present efforts to solve its inherent historical problems and cure it of […]
The #ENDSARS panel report, by Dan Agbese
I bet I was not the only one who feared that the work of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Restitution for Victims […]
Ndigbo and politics of identity, by Hassan Gimba
Even though Anambra has been in the kitty of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for a long time, the recently concluded gubernatorial election in […]
What N6bn can do for my state, by Hassan Gimba
Yobe is a small agrarian state on the path to becoming great. All those who governed it ensured this. All the past governors, one way […]
Of Wachakal Airport, wastage and the bandits in government, by Hassan Gimba
When the news hit the airwaves that the federal government had budgeted N6.3 billion to build an airport at Wachakal, in Yobe State, 130 kilometres […]