Obidient movement as most valuable player, by Majeed Dahiru
The long awaited 2023 presidential and national assembly elections may have come […]
Column/Opinion
Nigeria: Divided in flesh, united in spirit, by Hassan Gimba
This was first published on 20/08/2018 but it is still relevant, more so now that the presidential election held on 25/02/2023 has exposed our weaknesses. […]
Governorship and SHA elections as opportunity
The reactions to the conduct of the keenly awaited presidential election of Saturday, 25th February 2023, followed a pattern only the inimitable and incomparable singer, […]
Atiku’s desperate faux pas, by Dan Agbese
SMS: 08055001912 A public protest has three main objectives, namely, to a) air in the public space grievances or wrongs done to groups of persons […]
Governor Buni and the parable of one good turn, by Hassan Gimba
Mai Mala Buni, the governor of Yobe State, is one of the most promising visionary nationalists, bridge-builders and democrats we have in this country. I […]
Presidential election: Losers and winners in perspective, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
As imperfect as any human endeavour is, as disappointing as the election turned out to be, compared with the pre-election optimism, and as certain as […]
2023: Teacher Obasanjo wants to teach us nonsense, by Ismail Omipidan
“These elections have not lived up to the hopes and expectations of the Nigerian people and the process cannot be considered to have been credible.” […]
Let the s accept God’s choice through us, by Hassan Gimba
As you read this, the nation is awaiting the results of the presidential election held two days ago – some anxiously, some eagerly, and some […]
That We May Avoid the Point of No Return, by Dul Johnson
The title above sounds bleak, but it is not intended to be taken as negative or pessimistic. Rather, it is intended to re-awaken in us […]
In Nigeria, the street is not smiling, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
No one can discountenance the disenchantment in the land. It is written all over the place; on our countenance; on our body language; in our […]
The god of Wike! Buhari is alone! And other illusions (2), by Hassan Gimba
President Muhammadu Buhari’s followers, therefore, created in him an image of an ascetic, beyond reproach, and so canonised him as a saint. And he also […]
Power in a piece of paper – an essay on the quirks of democracy, by Dan Agbese
Our national constitution summons us quadrennially to the polling booths to perform our civic duties as citizens. That duty, as important and as sacred as […]
Let the students vote, by Nick Dazang
From colonial to contemporary times, students have played uplifting and progressive roles in our country’ storied existence.Under the auspices of the West African Students Union(WASU), […]
The gods of Wike, Buhari is alone and other illusions (1)
By Hassan Gimba Many governors who finish their two terms in Nigeria retire into the red chamber and become ‘distinguished Senators’. But not so His […]
Currency change and Nigeria’s future, by Abdulmumini S. Balogun
This is one of the best policies this administration has pronounced and is delivering on. Of course people will cry and shout but it is […]