By Martins Oloja ‘Lawan And Gbajabiamila As Enemies Of Restructuring?’“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a […]
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With insecurity pervading almost all parts of the country, heightened by atrocities of Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, kidnappings, banditry and other crimes in other regions, these certainly are worrying times for Nigerians at home and abroad. Police stations, which used to be safe havens, have become the subject to attacks with police officers […]
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Controversies being generated by current debates over the authenticity and veracity of past events in the country tend to confirm the place of History as a veritable subject in Nigerian schools. It is such a pity that millions of Nigerian students had been denied the knowledge of the background and fundamentals of their country, courtesy […]
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The tottering Nigerian state came under scrutiny again the other day where federalism was again the main point at issue. Besides, the question of the unity of the country amid calls for secession was under the lens at “The Platform,” an annual colloquium organised by Pastor Poju Oyemade of The Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos. Varied speakers vent […]
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By Olatunji Dare When the history of this epoch in Nigeria comes to be written, this past week is sure to register as an inflection point. Not on account of the apparent flight of the virus from Nigeria, thanks in no small part to Governor Yahaya Bello who has made the Kogi clime so inhospitable […]
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The emotional and lachrymose outburst of Senator Smart Adeyemi, among other senators, at the plenary session of the Senate on national security lately; as well as the affirmation by Senator Sani Musa (Niger East) that Boko Haram had captured and hoisted their flags in three local government areas of Niger State, have dramatically drummed home […]
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By Temitope Ajayi In his recent article on possible aspirants ahead of the 2023 presidential race from the Southwest, Dr. Reuben Abati saw a problem that only he can probably solve on behalf of the 50 million or so people of the arguably most politically sophisticated people of Nigeria. He problematised the contest for All […]
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By Martins Oloja As I was saying on this sixth anniversary of the Buhari administration, our leaders at all levels have a responsibility to swallow their pride and vanity and focus intentionally on robust investment in education quality, lest we will continue to celebrate excuses and continue to read from Walter Rodney’s lamentation book, “How The […]
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By Onyedika Agbedo As Nigeria contends with escalating insecurity, it has become obvious that unless the country mops up illicit arms circulating in its territory, citizens’ hope of sleeping with their two eyes closed might remain elusive. Last Sunday, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) disclosed that its officials in Ebonyi State intercepted about 753 live ammunition […]
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UnderTow It took quite some time and several displays of vacillating leadership for Nigerians to come round to the fact that they were hasty in voting the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to get rid of what they believed to be the Goodluck Jonathan laissez-faire presidency. The ripple effect of that unspoken meeting of minds among […]
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