Category: Opinion

By Festus Eriye Birds of a feather flock together. Last Friday, Nigeria joined the likes of China, North Korea, Myanmar, Iran, Turkmenistan and Turkey in blocking Twitter. One thing common to these countries is repression and denial of citizens’ rights to freely express themselves or exhibit dissent. In Myanmar, for instance, Twitter was blocked following […]

By Fredrick Nwabufo Government is a relationship – between the leadership and the governed. A democratic government, in particular, should not operate in vacancy of citizens’ imprimatur. A government needs the trust, support and goodwill of its citizens. Legitimacy is the reward for good governance. Any government, which by intransigence severs the funiculus that links […]

By Agbaje Ayomide We can’t elude the events surrounding the June 12, 1993 elections in our democratic history. The day marked a huge significance in our journey towards the democratic fold. In the elections, the campaign mantra of the late MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), one of the presidential hopefuls and the […]

By Azuka Onwuka Only those who love self-deceit still say or think that things are alright in Nigeria. For those who are realistic, it is scary to move around, as nobody knows where danger lurks. Then, there is the fear for the future of Nigeria. In addition to the widespread insecurity in all zones of […]

Benue State is being swept to the cliff of horror. At present, general banditry, mass killings and chaos have seized the state, reputed as one of Nigeria’s food baskets, by the jugular. A horrible time, killings that mimic ethnic cleansing are escalating. The bloodletting is traced mainly to daring killer Fulani herdsmen and local militias […]

By Kayode Robert Idowu Microblogging platform, Twitter, is one irreverent virtual potentate! It holds supra-territorial sway over the global space for free conversation and levels out the field of discussion with no regard to subscribers’ offices or social-political and economic statuses. On its platform, everyone is an equal player. And in exercising its moderating powers, […]

By Martins Oloja I was reflecting at the weekend on how to expand my view that we should not push buttons on balkanisation of our great country because of the many troubles with our president, Muhammadu Buhari when the federal government announced indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in this our country of anything-is-possible.  It will […]

By Femi Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari spoke on Tuesday, warning troublemakers in the country that the picnic was over, and the next day, I saw this comment online from a Buharist, as lovers and admirers of the President are known: “I just finished watching the President on TV reading the riot act to troublemakers, and […]

By Abimbola Adelakun The so-called investigation by the Nigeria Police Force of the assassination of former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, is highly unsatisfying. Their synopsis of what transpired is riddled with so many holes and hardly sensible. The NPF’s reports are customarily frustrating to read. They are habitually riddled with typos and flawed logic. Read […]