Not the time to talk of separation, by Hassan Gimba
The calls for Nigeria to dissolve into its various parts have never been this high. The call is more strident in the Southern part of […]
Opinion
Let’s listen to Obasanjo, by Dan Agbese
These are the facts. Some people just cannot stand President Obasanjo’s guts. They would rather he be seen, not heard. They want him to padlock […]
Kano-Kaduna railway and its socio-economic significance, by Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday lay the foundation stone of the Kano-Abuja sector of the Lagos-Kano railway modernization project.The Lagos-Kano rail project is part […]
As banditry eclipses the North, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
The Emir of Kajuru, Malam Hassan Adamu was kidnapped with 13 members of his family and two other people among them women at the weekend. […]
Between Kanu, Igboho, Gumi and southern governors, by Hassan Gimba
Southern governors last week rose from their second-ever meeting with a communique sounding more like one by Niger Delta militants in their heydays. While some […]
Shame on northern Nigerians, by Dan Agbese
Email: ochima495@gmail.com SMS: 09055001912 A typical day and a typical news bulletin in northern Nigeria: “Bandits kill 21, burn houses in Katsina communities invasion;” “Bandits hold […]
Between World Bank report and Nigerian government, by Abdullahi D. Mohammed
Apparently, the economic woes of the country still persist, which, is a stark reminder of failure of leadership to effect change, and steer the country […]
Now that MMB is APC interim chairman, by Hassan Gimba
On June 25 last year, a special NEC meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) appointed Governor Mai Mala Buni as the chairman of the […]
Where did Zulum emerge from? by Femi Adesina
I know he is an academic, a Professor and former Rector of Borno State College of Agriculture. He was also Commissioner for Reconstruction under the […]
The seasonal madness, Dan Agbese
And the seasonal madness is already upon us. I am torn between wasting my sympathy on PDP and wasting my tears for our country. PDP […]
JAMB/UTME: A convergence and other tales, by Zainab Suleiman Okino
The 2021 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination may have come and gone but the conduct of the exercise and issues therefrom […]
A bibliophile goes a-shopping, by Ibrahim Sheme
On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, my bibliophilic instinct (combined with nostalgia) drove me to do something extraordinary that I used to do way back in […]
Waiting for Godot, by Dan Agbese
We are familiar with abandoned projects. They range from economic to political and social projects, each conceived, poorly or not, with the best intentions to […]
Of conspiracy theories, Fulani cause and Nigerian Army, by Hassan Gimba
One of the conspiracy theories parroted by some people in Nigeria is that the Nigerian Army conscripts “repentant” Boko Haram fighters into its ranks. It […]
June 12: How to honour Abiola, by Dan Agbese
It seems President Muhammadu Buhari did not quite get it. June 12 was an opportunity for him to do two things: a) enunciate the political […]