Buhari and the IPOB insurgency, by Majeed Dahiru
In what appears to be his first formal reaction to the unfolding armed insurgency against the Nigerian state by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra [IPOB] […]
Opinion
Open letter to Ndigbo, by Hassan Gimba
Nwanne m, ndewo. My Igbo brothers, I find it necessary to send you this epistle – from a North Easterner to a South Easterner – […]
We are still ‘dancing on the brink’, Dan Agbese
The news ought to be good, very good now with 22 years of precious democracy under our belt. The government of the people by the […]
Road to Sudan, by Majeed Dahiru
With its peoples deeply divided along ethno-geographic and religious fault lines under a tensed socio-political atmosphere arising from heightened insecurity, the situation in Nigeria today […]
Restructuring, el-Rufai and the rest of us, by Hassan Gimba
There are a number of issues on the public burner. I could have gone on with Part 2 of my write-up on General T.Y. Danjuma […]
National dialogue in two words, by Dan Agbese
We have a very limited vocabulary in what passes for our national dialogue, debate, conversation and incendiary arguments that quite often shake the foundation of […]
Midway to Nirvana: The story of hope in Borno, by Inuwa Bwala
Above should be the title of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum’s midterm report as Governor of Borno State. He may not boast of having taken Borno […]
Insecurity: Lessons from Idris Deby’s Chad, by Abdullahi D. Mohammed
That Idris Deby Itno, the late Chadian strongman is dead is no news, what is news, could be the vacuum his demise has created in […]
Mohammed Idris at 55, Blueprint at 10, Ibrahim Sheme
In my life, there are three people that I call Chairman, and they are related in more ways than one. First, all three happened to […]
What Have We Done For the Next Generation?, by Hassan Gimba
Our next-generation may not know what our generation knew, may not have what we had. We have failed to give them what the previous generation […]
One foot in the door of restructuring, by Dan Agbese
Here is something very important that should make you perk up your ears. Last week, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos State, signed a new state […]
Whither North-east Peace Congress, by Inuwa Bwala
I have been an optimist of peace in the North East sub- region, and anytime the issue of peace is being discussed, my unreserved interest […]
Pantami: Presidency and the fury of wild politics, by Mohammed N. Yakubu
In the last few days the nation has been suffocating from the choking fumes of unsubstantiated allegations spiced with morbid fabrications against Isa Pantami, the […]
A nation bleeding from many wounds, by Hassan Gimba
Every patriot currently has gloom written all over him. The defence minister told us a few days ago that the country is ‘bleeding.’ Indeed, Nigeria […]
Buhari and the separatist agitators, by Dan Abgese
Presidential spokesman, the gentlemanly Garba Shehu, said April 20 that agitations for secession could not intimidate Buhari. Perhaps not. But the statement itself is not […]