Levi Obijiofor…It was bizarre to read a tribute written and signed by the convicted former Governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, who is currently serving...
By Adetola Ogunsola . . . “If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god” –...
By Remi Oyeyemi…President Mohammadu Buhari, has shown that he enjoys sycophancy. He appears to revel in it. He swims in it. He eats and drinks it....
By Jude Ndukwe…The recent press release by the Directorate of State Services (DSS), Nigeria’s secret police, to the effect that they discovered some fifty shallow graves,...
By Chief James Onanefe Ibori… DSP, I write this with a mixture of a heavy heart and compelling sense of pride. Even as I mourn, I...
By Ope Banwo…We at Change Vigilantes International have closely followed the ongoing national discussions on the allocation of the scarce foreign exchange earned by the Nigerian...
Recently, Prince Tony Momoh cane out boldly to state that he has offered himself for stoning should President Muhammadu Buhari not perform at the end of...
One early morning in May last year, about three weeks to the inauguration of the victorious Muhammadu Buhari as the new president, the then First Lady,...
It is somewhat odd that President Muhammadu Buhari should describe Rivers as the most deadly state in Nigeria. With due respect, Buhari’s...
The recent suspension of Mrs. Nellie Mayshak, may come as a surprise to many, as she is one of the only government officials hired by the...
The proliferation of churches in Nigeria is getting to alarming stage where there would be more churches than members. New churches are springing up almost every...
Elections are always and will remain the vehicle that drives democracy. Invariably, there is no democracy without elections. The March 19 legislative...
Former Nigeria leader Olusegun Obasanjo has explained what became of the funds recovered from Nigeria’s best advertised kleptocrat, General Sani Abacha. Calling the court of law...
Two years ago, I wrote a brief update on my social media page to praise the business ingenuity and nationalist economic instinct of Africa’s...
INEC has declared the recent Rivers State rerun election inconclusive. How many inconclusive elections have we had under the new INEC chairman? How about...
The vultures are circling yet I am not disturbed because they cannot eat my flesh. The wolves are howling yet I shall not retreat because...
Many Nigerians are upset at the Senate’s rejection of the Gender and Equal Opportunity bill. Not me. I fully expected the bill to be laughed...
With the swearing -in of Yahaya Bello as governor of Kogi State in January this year, the number of governors in the country who are about...
In about 2 months from now it will be one year since the APC mandate won the elections that brought it to power in Nigeria. Unexpectedly...
That Nigerian-Canadian civil servant, Nellie Mayshak, spent years working for the government of Ontario. Not one accusation of stealing and corruption. Then she goes back home...
Does Senate President Bukola Saraki believe he is innocent of the charges of false and anticipatory assets declaration filed against him at the Code of Conduct...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has queried the capacity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to successfully subdue corruption in Nigeria. Speaking during his 79th...
I have just finished reading the piece by Mr. Tunde Fagbenle with the above title. I could not resist writing this rejoinder because I found his...
Senator Dino Melaye is a tragic commentary on Nigerian society. No, scratch that, he is an indictment on Nigerian society. He is one of those reasons...
Those who either sentenced themselves or were sentenced to inconsolable heedless wailing by the outcome of last year’s general election can never stop being funny. Often...
By Taju Tijani… The legend of brutal valour and courage associated with High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, the commander of the Movement for the Emancipation...
By Prince Charles Dickson First let me quickly thank my brother and friend Sam Kalu for this narrative. It talks about Otabil’s parable of onions and...
, By Tony Ogunlowo . . . Right now a big black ominous cloud hangs over Nigeria as its vast population of over 160 million is...
By Olusegun Adeniyi . . . President Muhammadu Buhari was in Qatar last week and the major news that came out of the visit was the...
By Felix Ayanruoh The Nigerian people wont’ have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the recent power sector reform if our courts don’t exercise restraint...
By Mahmud Jega Residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital awoke last Friday and Saturday to find that the state government sent bulldozers during the night...
By Remi Oyeyemi One of the arguments of the more reasonable supporters of Mohammadu Buhari’s candidacy and presidency is that though they suspected that he might...
By Waziri Adio Dutch Disease. Resource Curse. Paradox of Plenty. Three good turns of phrases signifying an unflattering concept that could have been developed with just...
By Imran Ahmed I was torn between two minds on whether to bother responding to Salihu Tanko Yakasai’s article titled: “Babatunde Fashola’s Shortcoming Change” which appeared...
By Remi Oyeyemi If the purpose of government is to ease the lives of the people, then it is time for President Mohammadu Buhari to really...
By Jude Ndukwe In the run up to the 2015 presidential election, leaders and members of APC were very vocal in condemning the then president of...
By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba That the Nigerian President Buhari travels abroad frequently is beyond doubt. As of the last count PMB has made 16 abroad travels...
By Festus Ogun . . . Anyone who doesn’t get the drift of the two adjectives (or noun) caged in inverted comma above must have been...
By Joe Onwukeme . . . . One person of interest, an Aso-empowered brigandage, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, a former militant leader, like a wounded telltale,...
By Muhammad Al-Ghazali . . . I can’t be sure of the precise year for now because time has simply sped by. But if there is...
By Pius Adesanmi . . . Nelson Mandela died and was buried in a blaze of international glory. They came from all over the world to...
By Dele Sobowale . . . . “Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a...
By Tonnie Iredia . . . The condemnable attempt a few days ago by just 5 Kogi State legislators to remove their Speaker, Momoh Jimoh Lawal,...
By Pius Adesanmi . . . Less than a year into President Obasanjo’s first term in office at the end of military rule in 1999, he...
By Stanley Azuakola . . Every sane, fair-minded person is pleased at the fairy tale story of ex-bread seller, Olajumoke Orisaguna, whose fortunes have changed in...
By Femi Aribisala When the incredible issue of a missing/counterfeited 2016 budget arose some weeks ago, I was expecting to hear from the APC that Goodluck...
By Emmanuel Uchenna Ugwu A couple of weeks ago, Nigeria announced a momentous, earth-shattering dream: Africa’s biggest economy will produce its first ever homemade pencil by...
By Okey Ndibe . . . . Tumbling crude oil prices—with some analysts expecting the price per barrel to hover for some time around $30—is the...
By Edwin Edwin Okon . . . October 14, 2014: “If my appreciation of the situation is correct, then no patriotic person will shy away from...
By Edwin Edwin Okon . . . Corruption can be likened to a deadly virus, that infects, slowly debilitates its host and without adequate measures to...