Category: Opinion

Photo/Facebook/TheAsoVilla President Muhammadu Buhari reportedly warned recently that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war. He is quite right. And, having fought in the 1967-70 war he cannot but know that war is not ‘‘a dinner party.’’ However, the president has not said anything new: Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai voiced a similar warning early August […]

Photo/Facebook/TheAsoVilla For all it is worth, President Muhammadu Buhari’s second stint at the helm of affairs has proven to be a disaster of incalculable proportion. All social malaise erstwhile alien to the old general – terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, daylight robbery, infiltrations and sabotage of security agencies, oil thieving cartels, corruption, economic free-fall, widespread inefficiency, administrative […]

By Tunde Odesola During their 70th anniversary celebration that lasted from Friday to Sunday, penultimate weekend, members of the National Association of Seadogs aka Pyrates Confraternity converged on Ikeja, the capital of the former federal capital, Lagos State. They were a colourful sight to behold in their white long-sleeved shirts, black trousers tucked into white […]

By Niran Adedokun I watched Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo’s two recent television interviews with absolute bewilderment. And if the situation in Nigeria was not so grim currently, one would laugh at the minister’s posturing during these conversations. For starters, his appointment as a spokesperson for the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima […]

By Phrank Shaibu As far as media spokespersons in Nigeria go, the Minister of State for Labour and spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, by convention, should, among other qualities, be able to self-edit. In other words, good spokespersons should choose their words carefully so they don’t insult […]

By Jide Oyewusi A few weeks ago, an issue which had become very controversial revolving around a popular comedian and a member of Nollywood, Olonrewaju James aka Baba Ijesha was drawn to a conclusion as the accused was sentenced to sixteen years in jail though he would spend only five years serving his term since […]

By Dan Agbese Dr Yusufu Bala Usman. Remember him? Not many of us dare forget the late radical, leftist scholar, an historian who positively influenced young students in the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The students were nicknamed “Bala Brought Up” to correctly situate their radical leftist politics. Usman railed against incompetence in government – be […]

Recent increase of about 20 per cent in the price of bread across Nigeria will inevitably further lower the living standard of the average citizen, given that bread is a staple food item popular among Nigerians of all classes. The increase may appear marginal, but it is certainly sufficient to affect both personal and collective […]

By Alade Rotimi-John The ugly spectacle of the past week in which persons other than those who have been called to the holy orders irreverently donned the hood in the manner of bandits or agberos is not only comically odd but has brought into focus our upturned sense of propriety or correctness in behavior and […]

A judge’s wig By Ighodalo Clement Eromosele The recent order by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for increment in the salaries of the Chief Justice of Nigeria and other judges has evoked mixed feelings – on the one, salutary and on the other, a sad comment on Nigeria’s degenerate reward system. It is sad that […]