Opinion

One of my favourite Igbo proverbs says: “What a dog saw and started barking ferociously is the same thing a goat saw and merely grunted.” As young as I am, I have seen so much…

There he goes again. Troublemaker. He wants to abuse our prophets, the vessels of God Almighty. Not so. Let me state from the beginning that I believe in…

Whilst the Lagos State House of Assembly is upbeat in passing a legislation outlawing parading of suspects in whatever guise, it leaves much to be desired why such bill has become a…

Nigeria, a country of roughly 250 ethnic groups arbitrarily coupled together by the British colonialists in 1914, is mired in an “existential crisis”, probably like…

I write this letter to you in good faith. By now, some of us who are lush and ceaseless writers can proudly claim to be one of the concerned stakeholders searching…

It is about two years to the next general election in 2023, and already there is chaos, confusion and caustic rhetoric brought on by politics of conquest. It is…

A pro-democracy advocate and human right activist, Comrade James Adeyemi, has taken a critical look at the political pedigree of the Honourable Minister of…

Recently, my perspective on Nigeria changed. I have never supported any separatist or secessionist agenda. However, I have supported and defended the right…

By Pakribo Telema-Daregoe It is not a common happenstance for me to write a tribute in honour of somebody. I am usually compelled to do so when I am fully involved either by…

When the news first flashed in the social media, announcing the capture of Nnamdi Kanu, the fugitive leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and…

In the buildup to the imminent inauguration of a substantive board for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, a loud cacophony of rather perplexing calls for…

The interception of Nnamdi Kanu and the storming of Sunday Igboho’s mansion last week were clearly and deliberately orchestrated by the…

I know he is an academic, a Professor and former Rector of Borno State College of Agriculture. He was also Commissioner for Reconstruction…

IN one of my early journalism classes, my teacher, Olatunji Dare, said nothing sells like a judicious mix of crime, sex and money. It’s well over 35 years since he said…

Speaking at the APC Caretakers Committee Executive meeting last Friday at the State House which has since its first inauguration on June 25, 2020…

Between the late Umaru Dikko and the now re-nabbed Nnamdi Kanu — any similarity?  That question must have pronged at the historic-minded, as the news of Kanu’s…

Nnamdi Kanu’s methods won Ndigbo fewer friends, and his vitriol enabled the worst of us to pass off as the face of Ndi Igbo, writes Cheta Nwanze…

Through his eccentric interventions and conversations, is ex-soldier and respected Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, seemingly supporting the evolution of a rogue Nigerian…

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu had looked invincible. For years, the long arm of the law could not catch up with him. Kanu…

By Farooq Kperogi I’ve known since the beginning of the month that Nnamdi Kanu would be arrested and extradited to Nigeria, but my informant swore me to secrecy,…