Opinion

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…

President Joe Biden has a favorite sign-off at the end of every major speech: “May God bless America and may God protect our troops.” In August 2020, when he gave a speech…

Our Roads before 2023 The quality of rehabilitation of Abuja – Kaduna dual carriageway is very good, I must say. I really enjoyed driving on it this morning…

Multiple layers of revelations have continued to trail the circumstances that revolved around the murder of Michael Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV.…

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…

In my journey of mentoring and coaching designers, I get asked this question several times, in a million and one ways, and it is usually along the lines of So how long before I can become good enough to get a job? While I am very quick…

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…

With the rapid growth of digitisation today, technology seems to easily transform lives, especially in marginalised communities where resources are often limited. As a software engineer and tester, I have seen firsthand how our work can…

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…