In from Frisky Larr . . . These days, almost every Nigerian with a computer keyboard and the ability to formulate any sentence in English (no...
By Olusegun Adeniyi… Most people, according to Robert Greene in his “48 Laws of Power”, have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. And principally for...
By Reuben Abati . . . “Have you congratulated our new Ministers?” “I am still thinking about it, actually. I don’t know whether to congratulate them...
By Okey Ndibe . . . If you’re an enlightened Nigerian but don’t know who Chuma Nwokolo is, you should be sorry. He’s one of the...
By Pius Adesanmi . . . Our brother, Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, is in the news. More precisely, he’s in the...
By Idang Alibi . . . With the confirmation, last week, of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees which included Rotimi Amaechi and Babatunde Fashola, Nigerians, especially...
By Farouk Martins Aresa . . . Wow! So Nigeria finally succumbed after all the millions, billions and trillions disfarahan? We have been asked for several...
By Femi Adesina . . . What do you do during a flight that lasts nine hours and six minutes? You read. You sleep. You wake,...
By Joseph Rotimi The majority of Nigerians, while assuming the citizenship of the federal republic, do not care much about issues that affect them because their...
By Reuben Abati The democratic experience in Nigeria has definitely been a continuing learning curve, and the more lessons we learn at various active centres: people,...
By George Amuna . . . These are interesting times. Pariahs of yore are being canonised as saints. The price is affordable. All that is needed...
By Reuben Abati . . . . I have tried delaying the writing of this piece in the honest expectation that someone probably misquoted Chief E.K....
By Pius Adesanmi . . . One regrettable detail about the ritual of national unserious which passed for Senate confirmation hearings is that Senators who would...
By Idang Alibi . . . So far, I have recorded ten good things and five bad ones that Buhari has done in his five-month old...
By Son Gyoh … . As a long time admirer of Bishop Kukah, I had to read the presentation he made at the Convent Centre Lagos,...
By Pat Utomi The news came in trickles. First it was said a Nigerian may have been lost in the stampede at a Holy site during...
By Ikechukwu Amaechi… . When President Muhammadu Buhari pulled out his kinsman, Lawal Daura, from retirement to head the Department of State Services (DSS), it did...
By Matthew Kukah … . Being the full text of a lecture delivered by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto at the Platform, Covenant Centre,...
By Jude Ndukwe The recent revelation by the military that “some prominent individuals and political groups who hail from Borno State in particular and the North...
By Adeola Aderounmu … . Last week l lamented the crawling nature of Nigeria as an independent country at 55. It was a mixed reaction on...
By Okey Ndibe … . Last week, when he finally unveiled a partial list of his proposed cabinet, President Muhammadu Buhari also revealed – even if...
By Dele Momodu … Fellow Nigerians, the story you are about to read is the stuff of fiction. Or better put, it is like a play...
By Etcetera … Is Nigeria getting worse? That is a very provocative question. I have found that most people that hate Nigeria are very eager to...
By Azu Ishiekwene … Listening to President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday was almost like going back 31 years. A lot has changed since then, yet so much...
By Idang Alibi As a person, I hate corruption utterly and wish that it should be rooted out completely from our society because of the harm...
By Michael Oluwagbemi … Reading about the escapade of Nigeria’s dignitaries at the annual festival of talk and do-nothing at the United Nations General Assembly held...
By Pius Adesanmi … Ottawa. Airport. In the lounge. I make a rich selection from the buffet and settle approvingly on a French wine. It’s still...
Friends and fans have pestered me lately with one or two questions. What do you think about the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki for alleged...
By Jude Ndukwe … Prior to the March 28 presidential election and shortly after it just before the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari on May 29,...
By Prince Charles Dickson … Throughout last week, we were treated to the “telemundo” featuring the dramatis personae of a certain Mr. Saraki, President of the...
By Pius Adesanmi… President Buhari must send a bouquet of flowers to His Royal Highness Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Emir of Kano. When you miss a side...
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu … There is the matter among the military forces called esprit de corps; that is, the feeling and sharing of loyalty and...
Seun Kuti, the son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has laid a curse on any Nigerian who would out of sentiment defend any politician that...
Niran Adedokun It is true that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has just spent a negligible four of its 48 months term. I understand that this...
By Olakunle Abimbola Lores, on the Russian Bolshevik revolution of October 1917, ooze with revolution and counter-revolution elements, resulting in massive revolutionary purges. What would chroniclers...
By Femi Fani-Kayode … ”Israel will no longer exist in 25 years”- Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei , the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic...
By Pius Adesanmi Congratulations to Pastors T.B. Joshua and Enoch Adeboye on the purchase of their brand new $60-million Gulfstream luxury private jets – reported on...
By Okey Ndibe … One’s first reaction on reading some newspaper headlines out of Nigeria is one of incredulity. It simply can’t be true, one declares....
By Adamu Abubakar … “He is a stabilizer and a mobilizer and a very humble and true democrat who tackles issues dispassionately. Not only did Femi...
The Presidential footprint that has emerged is that of a man who is determined to lead by example, particularly in the areas of national security and...
By Femi Aribisala … It is time to admit it. Electing Buhari as president was a big national blunder. After the 2015 election, I predicted on...
Nigeria has surprisingly little idea of what it is fighting against How many times can one man die? At least four, in the case of Abubakar...
By Eric Teniola … In seizing power from General Gowon (80),the then Military ruler, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed (1938-76) told the nation on July 30 1975...
By Sonala Olumhense … Feeling taller than a tree, Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta said last week: “Our young people have once again shown that they are...
By Remi Oyeyemi … “If any of my associates or party members is indicted of corruption, they cannot escape justice. There is not going to be...
We often use benchmarks as measures of progress. ‘How is your favourite football team doing at the beginning of this season?’ ‘How many words does your...
By Eddy Odivwri… His Excellency, I am constrained to write you this letter, not only because it is tough trying to see you, but also because...
By Femi Adesina … Some call it the Buhari bounce. Others describe it as the Buhari effect. Yet some others say it is the Buhari aura....
By Femi Fani Kayode “In 418 B.C. Herodotus, the Greek philosopher who is known as the ‘’father of history’’, said “a man who does not know...
By Mahmud Jega … Appointment of men and women to occupy key offices in the new administration was delayed for three months “in order to get...