Category: Opinion

By Olusegun Adeniyi When Nigeria marked its 60th independence anniversary five years ago, I recalled how 1960 was deemed ‘The Year of Africa’. Because 16 of the 17 countries that gained independence that year were from the continent. I then x-rayed the state of those other 15 African countries that secured their independence same year […]

By Ikechukwu Amaechi In trying to understand the curious conduct of Siminalayi Fubara since his reinstatement as the governor of Rivers State after serving out a six-month suspension slammed on him by the headmaster of Nigeria’s democracy, President Bola Tinubu, and his class captain, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, I […]

By Reuben Abati On Thursday, 18 September 2025, the six months state of emergency declared in Rivers State on 18 March would have expired and this has led to high expectations among the people. The hope that this would be the case was further raised when Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), […]

Nigerians woke up on Sunday to a weekend stained by violence. Over two unnerving days – Friday and Saturday – bloodshed by Islamists, bandits, and kidnappers scarred the fragile national landscape. A major newspaper estimated 102 deaths resulting from attacks and counterattacks across four states. President Bola Tinubu and the military high command must implement […]

By Reuben Abati “So, where is President Tinubu, my brother?” “What do you mean where is President Tinubu? He told you and everyone else that he is travelling to France and the UK on a working leave.” “What else is he doing? What work is he doing? “ “Don’t be rude my friend? Who are […]

By Abimbola Adelakun Of all the possible resolutions to the drama involving Wasiu Ayinde Anifowoshe (the artiste popularly known as K1), and which has been the subject of frenzied discussion for the past week, what I bet no one saw coming was that he would emerge as an NCAA ambassador. If this were to be […]

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 […]