PDP’s sad celebration of the false news of Kano stone pelting of the President, By Garba Shehu
We have seen fake reports of stone-pelting incident that took place at Hotoro area of Kano on the day of the visit to the city […]
Analysis
February Elections: Nigerians just dey play, By Prince Charles Dickson
(‘A person is dead, but their spirit lives; if you poke the iris of their eye, they still come alive’) Democracy has a dream-like character. […]
Ahmad Lawan: The Doyen of Nigerian Parliament @64, By Ola Awoniyi
Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the Distinguished Senator representing Yobe North Senatorial District of Yobe State, turns 64 on 12th January, 2023. Within those almost six and […]
Barry Ndiomu: A new page at the amnesty programme, By Tunde Olusunle
As though following a notoriously familiar trajectory, it would seem like every intervention agency emplaced by the federal government to impact on Nigeria’s Niger Delta […]
How Nigeria can win in 2023, By Fredrick Nwabufo
2023 is a defining year. We, the people, will decide our fate. We will decide whether to retreat to the years of the locusts where […]
Nigeria does not have time but has time, By Prince Charles Dickson
…teach us to number our days, that we may present to you a heart of wisdom – Psalm 90:12 I don’t have enough time to […]
Benedict XVI: Counting our losses!, By Abiodun Komolafe
On January 26, 1998, I authored an article, entitled ‘Lessons from the Dead’, in one of Nigeria’s foremost newspapers. In the piece, I attempted to […]
2023 Campaigns: Time to Shelve Dangerous Rhetoric, By Hassan Gimba
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too […]
NDDC: Fractured but unbroken, By Dakuku Peterside
The inauguration of the Management Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last week, the second under President Buhari, was greeted with mixed reactions […]
As Lamido receives Jigawa Ex-deputy governor to PDP
By: Adamu Muhd Usman One of PDP’s founding father, national political leader, former foreign affairs minister and former Jigawa state governor, Dr. Sule Sule Lamido […]
Can Nigeria explore Russia-Ukraine war to capture EU gas market?, By Emmanuella Anokam
Following the instability in the European gas market occasioned by Russia-Ukraine war which started in February 2022, the European Union (EU) looks up to Nigeria […]
Bye 2022, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Civics and the Words and Deeds of a Nigerian Politician was the title of my column of 18th March 2022. The theme was the state […]
Drugs, new year and entertainers, By Adekunbi Lawal
Illicit drug use, abuse, trafficking is no doubt at an alarming rate in Nigeria to the extent that every week we hear news of drug […]
“Vultures” Are Hovering Again:”Shine Your Eyes” Nigerians, By Andrew A. Erakhrumen
Nigeria’s political firmament is visibly cloudy! What kind of rain will result? We may not know – now! However, with past experience, if things maintain […]
How to check Nigeria’s rising debt profile, By Simon Akoje
Nigeria’s debt profile has assumed a worrisome dimension and fast becoming a major drawback to economic growth and development. It is based on this that […]
Tackling the challenges of deteriorating sanitation in Nigeria,By Vivian Emoni
Sanitation is the process of keeping places clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and clean water. Sanitation is also the hygienic means […]
2023: Four years after losing Speakership, can Bago make history in Niger?
Ibrahim Tanko Gaddafi Barely four years ago, he was in the race to become the country’s number four citizen but lost to the party’s favourite. […]
NAWOJ seeks improved welfare packages for journalists
By Aderogba George The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has called for improved welfare packages for journalists to enable them to work effectively and […]
Western hypocrisy loses in epic Qatar match, By Azu Ishiekwene
The shenanigans were always there, but until FIFA president, Infantino Giovanni, called them out in his down-to-earth press conference in Qatar, they remained the elephant […]
FIFA World Cup 2022: A Review, By Reuben Abati
The 2022 World Cup is over and what a World Cup that was- 29 days: November 20 – December 18 of pure passion, nail-biting, knife-edge […]
Give to Ceaser what is unto Ceaser, By Babayola M. Toungo
The people of Adamawa State and the immediate catchment areas of the Modibbo Adama University (MAU) Yola are now enjoying the full compliments of a university by the conversion of the hitherto Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTech) to a conventional one.
Managing flood in Nigeria through proper use of Ecological Funds
By Tajudeen Kareem Flooding is one of the most devastating and dreaded forms of natural disasters that man must contend with. In most cases, it is caused […]
2023 Analysis: Sokoto will be tit-for-tat ; but can Wammako outwit Bafarawa and Tambuwal?
Ibrahim Gaddafi Tanko The North-Western of Sokoto State is unarguably headed for another interesting political contest ahead of the March 11, 2023, Governorship elections, given […]
Stigma as threat to recovery of a drug user, By Mahmud Isa Yola
A notification popped on my screen minutes after the NDLEA Twitter space was declared open for questions and observations on a fateful Friday. For the […]
Insurgency and the burden of care for wives, offspring of terrorists, by Ismaila Ogbaje
The 12 years of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East has created huge humanitarian crisis with thousands of women and children made homeless, orphaned […]