Category: Opinion

Being the first Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission to be given clearance to serve for a second term by the National Assembly, Prof Mahmood Yakubu may consider himself lucky. But his seeming good luck is entwined in a mesh of responsibility and great expectations by Nigerians regarding the performance of the umpire in […]

By Patrick Dele Cole I know that for many, the headline is all they will read and I will forever be identified as an enemy of Mr Buhari. Those who can inflate a simple request into my calling for the president to resign. President Bill Clinton apologised to the Indians and the Blacks in the United […]

Tunde Odesola   In the beginning. They were the sons of rebellion. Rebellion fertilised by years of tragic neglect. Neglect that prizes cow life far above human lives. Human lives wasted daily without a war in sight. So, the heirs of terror turned against the land and her inhabitants. Pinheads turned into warheads. Insanity cages sanity, […]

Sonala Olumhense On Thursday, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, died at 85.  I condole with his family. He was a well-educated lawyer who attracted the attention of the then retired Gen Muhammadu Buhari in 2003 when he delivered a favourable minority judgment in the presidential candidate’s election appeal. When Buhari finally […]

By Martins Oloja Our 469 National Assembly members don’t care a hoot about their image. They would like to be addressed as Honourable Members and Distinguished Senators. But they don’t know about what it means to be prominent without being honourable and significant. They don’t know about the weight of their responsibility to the 206 million […]

By Babafemi Badejo On December 6, after some debate on whether I should rest or not, I summoned the courage and strength to proceed to the Sadique Baba Abubakar Golf Club (SBAGC). This is at the Nigerian Airforce Base, at Shasha, a suburb of Lagos. Wondering about the name Sadique Baba Abubakar? It belongs to […]

By Martins Oloja When I read the other day that some powerful patriots in the governing party, the APC had concluded plans to return former president Good-luck Azikiwe Jonathan to power, my soul magnified the Lord that at long last, the most populous black nation on earth would fulfil destiny sooner than later. I hope most right-thinking […]

By Kolawole Olaniyan President Muhammadu Buhari is failing to live up to his promises to ensure respect for human rights, obey the rule of law, and tackle corruption. Since assuming office in May 2015, the Buhari government has consistently flouted constitutionally and internationally guaranteed human rights. The growing crackdown on peaceful dissent, and the signing […]

… At the burial of Borno slain farmers By Mike Kebonkwu In Nigeria, it is almost customary with us that no one takes responsibility for anything.  This is the reason why a driver’s mate (conductor), will be blamed and held responsible for an accident. After 60 years of independence, the political class and the ruling […]

Our last editorial on this subject of federalism summed up the pros and cons of federalism. Categorically, it stressed the need to revert to a federal constitutional arrangement along with the finest principles of federalism, namely, respect for pluralism, subsidiarity and autonomous sphere. Since last week, there has been an avalanche of calls for a […]