Category: Opinion

By Chukwuneta Oby Those of us who grew up in the village knew that there’s only one thing next to the feeling of seeing God in the eyes of every village child. And that is beholding an “obodo oyibo”(abroad) returnee! My mother had an only brother who sojourned in Europe. His wife frequented home more than […]

By Tunde Odesola It was a Sunday morning, almost 38 years ago, when a faceless porter of death delivered a letter bomb at the Ikeja house of the Editor-in-Chief of Newswatch magazine, Dele Giwa. The then-Director, National Intelligence Agency of Nigeria,  Brigadier General Haliru Akilu, had reportedly called Giwa’s wife, Funmi, thrice on Saturday, and […]

By Abimbola Adelakun When you finally read The Guardian editorial that drew the ire of presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, you cannot help but wonder at his overreaction. For a Presidency that forged its path to power through journalistic propaganda, these people are too jumpy when they encounter media reports they consider unflattering. Even before being […]

Alex-Ikwechegh-and-the-assaulted driver The recent assault and threats against an e-hailing (Bolt) driver by Alex Ikwechegh, a first-term lawmaker, representing Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency of Abia State, in the House of Representatives reflects a disturbing abuse of power and an affront to the dignity and rights of all Nigerians. In a viral video on X, […]

By Bola Bolawole Those who created the T-Pain label for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must be grinning from ear to ear for the phenomenal success they have recorded! Not that they said anything new or that Nigerians were not familiar with the phenomenon they graphically painted but because the Tinubu government allowed it to get […]

By Reuben Abati “Bros how you dey oh” “Omo, body still dey inside cloth. We dey push am.” How for do? Man no die, man no leave one place, all of us just dey.” “God works in mysterious ways.” “But how you come take this their cabinet reshuffle?” “Underwhelming. An anti-climax. What is all the […]

By Biodun Oyebanji One of the dominant themes in public discourse that has continued to attract both academic and media scrutiny in Nigeria is the leadership question. A lot has been written and many words expressed to describe the leadership situation in our country. It is the view of many that our major problem is […]

The lawsuit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking the cancellation of import licenses granted to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and six other oil marketers signals an insidious attempt by the giant refiner to impose a monopoly on the country’s oil market. In the same […]