Trump and the law, by Nick Dazang
On Tuesday, last week, former President Donald Trump was indicted on thirty four counts for allegedly falsifying business records and conspiracy for roles in hush […]
Column/Opinion
The faceless and the reckless, by Dan Agbese
Let me begin this piece with the obvious. These are trying times for our country. Tensions are rising and heating up the polity. Transitional general […]
Yobe, the state of party chairman, by Hassan Gimba
This is not what I had intended to discuss this week, but circumstances have given it priority. Yobe is a state that is blessed. Here, […]
2023 election: Voices lost in chaos, by Osmund Agbo
Chaos and noise, Voices lost poise, Violence unrestrained, Change obstructed. Rigging and fraud, Will of people ignored, Leadership hijacked, Future brutally sacked. Weeping people,Torn dreams, […]
Fallacies of religion, no-man’s land, and why Nigeria is unbreakable (1)
One of the factors that determined the just concluded elections in Nigeria is religion. Oh, agreed, in our politics, religion has always been a factor […]
For Tinubu’s eyes only, by Dan Agbese
This is the interregnum, the period between an out-going administration and its in-coming successor when there is usually a feeling of both hollowness and animated […]
I hear the Supreme Court of Nigeria, by Dan Agbese
It is just as well that less than 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari denied that he instructed the attorney-general of the federal and minister […]
Obidient movement as most valuable player, by Majeed Dahiru
The long awaited 2023 presidential and national assembly elections may have come […]
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 […]