Our policemen baby-sitting our big men, Dan Agbese
The lives of important people matter. Here is some evidence. There are 400,000 personnel in the Nigeria Police Force. For a population of 170 million […]
Opinion
Rotational presidency: Here comes another merry-go round
In 2007 and 2011, Nigeria was practically on the edge of the precipice, due to intense wrangling over zoning of the presidency. While that of […]
Is AAU @40 anniversary worth celebrating, by Edoko Wilson Edoko
It’s no longer news that the first state owned “Ivory tower of academia” in Nigeria, Ambrose Alli University founded by then Bendel state governor, Professor […]
Mass exodus of doctors and Nigeria’s health sector crisis
The viral video of a recruitment exercise for the employment of Nigerian doctors to work in Saudi Arabia at the peak of Nigeria’s health crisis […]
The road to Nigeristan, by Hassan Gimba
In Part 3 of the film ‘Rambo’, there was a scene where the character Rambo, played by Sylvester Stallone who became an instant megastar after […]
IBB at 80: A birthday tribute and his good leadership prescription, by Dan Agbese
Former President Ibrahim Babangida, the beloved Maradona in our national politics, turned 80 on August 17. The current of history has moved him down stream […]
APC, PDP house of commotion and the imperative of alternatives
The tension arising from governing APC’s multifaceted crises got to their peak last week when the Secretary of the Extraordinary Caretaker and Convention Planning Committee, […]
What have we done for the next generation?, by Hassan Gimba
There is light on the horizon for Nigeria. The fight against insurgency in the North East is now succeeding since the change of military chiefs […]
FG must tread the path of honour, Dan Agbese
Successive federal administrations have collectively earned a well-deserved reputation for their wretched dealing with labour. They serially break agreements reached between them and labour after […]
Strategies to overcome security challenges in Nigeria, by Dada Ahmed
By Dada Ahmed Nigeria, whose sovereignty spans 60 years, since her independence from her colonial master- Britain on October 1,1960, can best be described as […]
Of APC, scorpions and comrade Burombo’s advice, by Hassan Gimba
“Each time I want to fight for African rights, I use only one hand because the other hand is busy trying to keep away Africans […]
Echoes of Sani Abacha, Dan Agbese
Brigadier Sani Abacha (as he was then) in announcing the coup that brought Major-General Muhammadu Buhari to power on December 31, 1983, laid several cases […]
South Africa, so unlike Nigeria, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
A few weeks ago, South Africa was in turmoil, having witnessed a reenactment of violent uprisings reminiscent of its ugly past, the apartheid era and […]
Healing Nigeria in the spirit of Adha, by Hassan Gimba
Last week, Muslims the world over celebrated the eid-ul-adha or the “big eid” or “big Sallah”. We are, however, more interested in its meaning, implications […]
Banditry: A tale of worms and reptiles, Majeed Dahiru
With the recent abduction of the Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu from his palace in Kaduna state along with 12 members of his family […]