Category Archives: OPINION

LETTER I’m writing this letter to you, a few days after, through a Presidential action, you and the members of the  National Assembly decided to give me a rebirth from my resting place of decades. The last time I checked, I have been dead for over two decades and have been restfully resting in theContinueContinue reading “An Open Letter To The President By The ‘National Anthem’”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s year in office has been one like no other. He has willfully turned Nigerians into destitutes in their land of plenty. In a country that is officially not at war and has not experienced failure of rainfalls and drought, it is very painful to see citizens, predominantly women, and children, goContinueContinue reading “Tinubu’s Reign Of Deception, Destitution And Hopelessness, By Prof. Usman Yusuf”

In the last few weeks, kidnapping in Nigeria has escalated into such a terrifyingly contagious national epidemic that it’s now difficult to keep up with its spread and malignancy. When I decided to dedicate this week’s column to this phenomenon, I kept a record of the abductions that had been reported in the news media.ContinueContinue reading “How to Stop the Kidnapping Epidemic in Nigeria By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi”

The recent gory and gruesome attacks by gunmen on some communities of Bokkos and parts of Barkin-Ladi LGA of Plateau State which left dozens of innocent people with their families killed, injured, and displaced, has questioned the veracity and the reliability of the Tinubu-led administration. His recently reconstituted national security architecture was envisaged by manyContinueContinue reading “Plateau Massacre: Fortified National Security Architecture, A Hoax! Philip Brandford Adams”

doctoral candidate argues that George Orwell’s thesis transcends geographical location as its blockbuster effects remain an irresistible recipe on the menu of political literature reminding power handlers who betray their fellow countrymen and women in totalitarianism and corrupt fashion that they might soon meet their Waterloo. Unfolding events in the most populous black nation onContinueContinue reading “Nigeria: The “Animal Farm” That Characterises Our Polity, By Justine John Dyikuk”

There are some bitter truths that those in the temporary house of power may not like to hear. One such truth is the fact that democracy is not a sure fire assurance that a country will prosper. Autocracy, its supposed opposite, is also not guaranteed to lead to misery. If Democracy was an infallible systemContinueContinue reading “If Democracy Comes To Grief, Blame Politicians!Wole Olaoye”

Nigeria as a country which hitherto started well by the first republic elites who patriotically and selflessly laid the foundation for developing the country after fighting and securing the country’s independence from the illegal British domination has come and gone like lightning, leaving its trail of agony and frustrations.The untimely evanescence of these great leadersContinueContinue reading “KAKISTOCRACY:Nigeria’s Impending Doom. Philip B. Adams”

In nearly eight years as Minister of Aviation, he failed to get Air Nigeria off the ground. But in one fell swoop last week [or, as one of my reporters once wrote in a feature article, in one swoop fell] Captain Hadi Sirika got many things, not launched into the skies, but flat on theContinueContinue reading “OPINION; 21st Century Chronicle: Sirika, in one fell swoop. By Mahmud Jega”

Atiku, Tinubu, Obi and other presidential candidates are ethnic champions in Nigeria. They represent Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo nationalities respectively in the fast approaching 2023 general elections. In other words, the hanging national electoral contest in Nigeria, is on the platform of ethnic affiliation. Therefore, voting may be done along ethnic/or religious lines in thisContinueContinue reading “OPINION: FOOD FOR THOUGHT”

In Lagos, about 85% of Danfos on the roads don’t have working headlights, brake lights, signal lights, functional seat belts or other safety devices.You don’t have to believe me; just take a ride around the city and see for yourself.Let us not even talk of valid driver’s license. Most danfo drivers don’t have one.Meanwhile, asContinueContinue reading “OPINION: Lagos Agberos And The 2023 General Elections. By Dr. Abdulrasaq Shittu”