Category: Opinion

Nigeria has been under the stranglehold of Islamic terrorism since 2009. Yet, a worrisome new dimension being introduced is the collusion of citizens, bandits, insurgents and terrorists. Such betrayal is utterly deplorable. Citizens should be patriotic. The citizen collaborators may not detonate a bomb or pull the trigger, but they are just as deadly as […]

By Richard Akinnola On January 5, 1994, nine Supreme Court Justices instituted a N450 million libel suit against the Weekend Concord published by Concord Press Limited and owned by Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. This was a novel legal move in the annals of Nigeria, where most of the Justices of Supreme Court would jointly […]

By Yohanna Bwala Since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, one of the biggest, most contentious topics of public discourse has been the legitimacy and functionality of the current constitution under which the nation is governed. As it is with any document drafted by a human being, it is bound to lose relevance, […]

By IkeChukwu Unegbe, Esq. One major concern all well meaning peoples of Nigeria should be bothered about is with the speed at which otherwise noble concepts are muddled up and corrupted. Politics is meant to be a system of governance adopted for making decisions for society, organizations and groups of people. In the context of […]

By Abimbola Adelakun Future historians of this period will one day note that the 2027 presidential election was one of the most remarkable in our national history, as it was the first campaign to begin even before the 2023 election was properly concluded. We know that in Africa, time ordinarily orbits around elections and electioneering. […]

Departed former President Buhari, and Mr Femi Adesina By Dele Sobowale “Silence is golden when you can’t think of an [intelligent] answer” – Mohammed Ali, 1942-2016. Buhari’s death has exposed more horrors about the real attitude of those who held the highest posts in his government – which was largely a failure based on lies […]

By Abimbola Adelakun The Muslim burial that the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, received infuriated many traditionalists and reignited the old questions about the future of our indigenous beliefs and practices in a world dominated by the Abrahamic religions. But at some point, we must also come to terms with the reality that Islam […]

By Tunde Odesola By some indices of human assessment, such as professionalism, intellect, carriage, humility, handsomeness, etc., the erstwhile Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari (of bitter memory), Mr Femi Adesina, was not cut from the same cloth as many of his colleague editors. There was the tale of a toad-eyed, bosomy and big-mouthed female […]

By Olusegun Adeniyi A few days to the end of their administration in May 2007, then Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mr. Olufemi Pedro, resigned his appointment. But Governor Bola Tinubu refused to accept the letter. Tinubu’s goal was to ensure that the impeachment proceedings commenced against Pedro by the State House of Assembly ran its […]