Opinion

GENERAL Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida will be 80 today, August 17. He is the second longest military ruler in Nigeria, the first being General Yakubu Gowon who ruled Nigeria from…

It has been two months since the Nigerian government banned Twitter after the tech giant deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari for violating its rules on abusive…

If you think this is a satire, then you are taking life too seriously. It is time to start thinking about unusual solutions to Nigeria’s unusual problems. There is no use following the regular route…

Former Governor of Anambra State and running mate to Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, flew into the eye of the storm some days ago, when he said…

Anyone born in the 1990s cannot understand why for those slightly older, former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida aka IBB aka Maradona remains an object of enduring…

The times call for political pragmatism and economic realism The dust is gradually settling after the recent violence and looting in many urban centres of South Africa,…

Education  is the bedrock of development. If the education system in the country can be revised to emphasise the practical aspect of study and particularly entrpreneurship,…

Ahead of his 80th birthday, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, who ruled Nigeria as a self-styled military president from 1985 to 1993, spoke at length with ARISE TV in an interview aired…

SENATOR Bola Ahmed Tinubu held his last political office in 2007 when he completed his tenure as the second civilian governor of Lagos State. That is 24…

Before he departed for the wilderness, he had left a prayer on his Instagram page for his three million fans. After thanking God for making him wealthy, he begged the…

It amazes, even confounds, to hear some people say President Muhammadu Buhari should go after Boko Haram terrorists and bandits with the same gusto he has displayed against…

Why do many political opponents dread the All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, so much so that in their wishful thinking they hope he…

August 4, 2021 ushers in another birthday for Nigerian industrialist and philanthropist, Abdul Samad Rabiu. The Chairman/ CEO of BUA Group who is easily one of the richest in…

Nigeria is not exactly a police state but it is perilously close to being one because the police wield so much power and act with so much impunity. The EndSARS protests which…

If you went to nursery or primary school in Nigeria, you’re unlikely to miss the deafening ‘A-for-apple’ cognitive verbal rendition schoolchildren crammed and screamed. ‘A-for-apple!’, ‘B-for-ball!’, ‘C-for-cake!’, ‘D-for-dog!’,…

Ramon Olorunwa Abbas aka Hushpuppi, currently facing prosecution in the United States of America, accused Abba Kyari, Nigeria's celebrated super cop, as one of the…

Mallam Abba Alhaji Kyari, the deputy commissioner of police widely celebrated as “Super Cop”, dotes on limelight like an ant on sugar. But the celebrity cop may be seeing the…

Without the rule of law, we have no democracy. We have been on this journey for four years. Despite having the Constitution and several judgments from the court on…

“We are but the atoms in the incessant human struggle towards the light that shines in darkness” – Emma Goldman Beaten by poverty, haunted by the decadence of morals, we…

By Fredrick Nwabufo Those plunking for secession and advancing hate for the north may not know that the region was once a convenient political ally of the south-east. The…

How did you feel watching Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, inspecting the just completed multi-million dollars bridge at Ikom, Cross…

The Nigerian government can try proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu under stealth circumstances, sections of the laws. Nigeria’s Terrorism Act of 2013…

My roommate in my final year at the University of Lagos was a man of humour. Much older than I was, he was someone you would call a “mature” student. He even bought a TV for…

I watched a short video some time ago. A man was in the bathroom when the wife requested to use his car. He agreed, but shortly after, he remembered that he left his…