Opinion

Popular Nigerian ‘Journalist’ Dele Momodu a.k.a Bob Dee means different things to different people. To some he is the archetypal grass to grace story whose palm kernels were broken for…

When wars and armed conflicts breakout in a place our assessment of the extent of the resultant damage is always placed on the number of causalities, displaced people,  destroyed…

An aspect of Pastor Enoch Adeboye’s disarming humility is his ability to share the wretchedness of his background without worries. He recently had no qualms admitting that he was born in…

What exactly do the Yoruba want as a constituent part of Nigeria? What is the political agenda of the South-West? Well, without a doubt, it is restructuring. The South-West has long been…

There is no minute atom of doubt that the country is at a crossroads at the moment and needs an urgent fix to keep it going otherwise something may have to give way…

You need to see me laughing quietly in my corner as we prepare for the 2023 presidential election. The political debate has been built around where the next president should…

The export expansion grant (EEG) scheme is a vital policy instrument to boost the competitiveness of Nigerian products in the international market and grow non-oil exports. As the bulk of…

By Muyiwa Adetiba We were in traffic along Kingsway Road Ikoyi when my driver who normally keeps to himself while driving, asked a most unusual question. He pointed to a…

For many Nigerians, the federal government of Nigeria joined the league of super entertainers when it announced its readiness to auction undergarments belonging to the embattled…

He rarely speaks on things that do not have to do with the work of the Kingdom, which he is completely sold out to, and has been engrossed in for over 50 years. In fact, he exemplifies…

By Oluwafemi Popoola The uncertainties of 2023 elections keep raging. The debate of President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor and 2023 politics have thrown the current Nigeria’s Vice…

The Nigerian nation is seriously palpitating on who will be the next occupier of the exalted presidential seat in 2023. No thanks to the tensed and restive environment created by…

Born into relative obscurity even as apocryphal or doubtful sources claim he was raised or nurtured in sublime circumstances, Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s early life is…

Just like the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is also at a crossroads and its sitting on a keg of gunpowder which could explode…

The Jagaban is back. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is back. He’s the most talked-about politician today. Let me say this, he may become president of Nigeria. Politics is about strategy, networking,…

At a point in life, when somebody is superior to you in all ramifications, but you are insisting it is just a little in inches, then, something is wrong that requires urgent…

When you sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind. This always comes to mind anytime there is an outbreak of debate over the naira. It is a discussion we have been having since, I think, 1986 when Gen…

My first intervention some months back on the war against hard drugs use in the country was under the headline ‘Buba Marwa and the Bad Guys.’ And here I come again today, armed…

The 2023 electoral circle moves closer as Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has less than two years to complete his second term in office after his historic win on a joint ticket…

The Economist, the international weekly newspaper, has been steadfast and dutiful on its pursuit of a solitary narrative about Nigeria. Going by this newspaper’s disposition towards…

Would you rather buy petrol at the market price — currently about N264/litre — but get quality healthcare and education in return? Or would you prefer to keep buying subsidised…

By Comfort Obi In the afternoon of Tuesday, October 19, an abominable incident took place in Imo State, Nigeria. It was unprecedented. A sacrilege, it churned the…

Up until the news started trending most people had even forgotten that Tiwa was brand Ambassador to this brand Folly number one. In trying to dissociate itself it appeared finicky and…

The contents of the Pandora box has been unveiled, and the lid raised, which earlier shrouded the unwholesome character of the high and mighty in the society across the globe. It awaken and…