BY JEMILAT NASIRUA woman on the street I live most likely had a quarrel with her husband overnight, and as early as 6am, the street was echoing with her voice, cursing her husband. Apparently, the man was leaving the house in his car to avoid further trouble. “Useless man, na dat motor go kill you. I say you go die [...]
Your Say
BY JAMES AKINLOYE Abraham Ogbodo seems to have an obsession with Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. He is constantly searching for what next the Vice President would do – but if he was searching with good intent it would have been better, unfortunately for this suspicious journalist, he is always on the lookout for whatever the Vice President would do with [...]
BY ADEDOKUN SEYI I've decided to pen my thought on the spontaneous sense ridden lyric of the song of this secular stars who, at times, people feel they just wake to bounce into the studio and say something to only sound like a song. First, to say nonsensical songs get their ways amidst us as Africans alone doesn't settle a sense of [...]
BY ADNAN TUDUNWADAWhen I came across the news of Ibrahim Idris tenure extension as Inspector General of Police, I shook my head and asked, does he deserve a tenure extension? Has he performed up to the expectation of Nigerians? Is the extension in accordance with the law? So many unanswered questions came to my mind.I'm not a lawyer, I have [...]
BY TURAKI HASSAN"I would rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I am not"- Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara.Rt. Hon. Barrister Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, is 51 years old today.Today, he has added another eventful year. Another year of service to God and country. His is a life full of purpose. Indeed, [...]
BY BABALAWO FAMILUSI AWOLOLA It is alarming to note the level of misinformation that has befallen the Yoruba race in lieu of our inclination towards alien esoteric knowledge. When I see people referring to Esu in derogatory manners and in connection with the biblical Satan or the Aramaic shaitan, it tends to reiterate my belief and the agreeable truth of our misinformed [...]
BY ANEKWE OBORJI We have chosen for our Christmas and New Year reflection this year, the theme of Christmas Crib and the surprises of God in turbulent times. Our bearing is from the two separate Christmas Messages of Pope Francis to the Roman Curia and the families of Vatican employees respectively, which the Pope gave on December 21, 2018 in the [...]
BY AYOBAMI AKANJI People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament - A.P. HerbertIt started like a scene out of an action movie - the Climax. The scene where the "Boss" gathers all his proteges, revelling in their plenty ineffectiveness in their last attempt to [...]
BY EKENE ODIGWESupport systems are relied on when things aren’t going well or when one is not feeling too great. Heavens knows we all need support and encouragement every now and then, for it is such a tough road to walk alone. Take Emeka for instance when the doctor told him that he has HIV. He was dumbfounded and dead [...]
BY YUSHUA SHUAIBDear Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), As you spend your third year in illegal detention since December 2015, I am using this memo to intimate you about the brutal assassination of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Alex Badeh by gunmen along the Keffi-Abuja Highway. He was expected to open his defence next month January 16, 2019 in the trial [...]
BY OLABODE AYO-PHILIPIt was the legendary Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, a former Presidential candidate in the Second Republic, who made the plea for change in one of his numerous manifesto speeches: “Fellow Nigerians, the country is in a terrible state of decadent paralysis and there is no point heaping the blame on the discontinuous politicians that have ruled our lives for [...]
BY LOUIS OKOROMAAs the 2019 elections draws near, the issue of how to create jobs for the teeming millions of young school leavers, graduates and adults in the country is taking center stage. Creating jobs and growing the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the mark of a sound economy and a sign that the government of the country is [...]
BY OKANGA AGILA In the final months of transition from military to civil rule between 1998 and 1999, I never felt the enthusiasm that gripped most people in the country. My lethargic disposition at that time was not due to the uncertainty of whether the process would work – it was largely seen as an attempt, an experiment, a trial at [...]
BY PHILIP AGBESE Nigeria is indeed a dynamic country where we have found the habit of looking at things mainly upside down and without giving it a second thought or a benefit of a doubt. In most times, we cry wolf where none exist. We are quick to “pull down” and celebrate the consequent downfall. Welcome to Nigeria.No discerning mind would [...]
BY TONY ELUMUNORA noisy but silly debate is on; whether the National Assembly could muster two-thirds majority vote to override President Mohammadu Buhari’s veto of the latest Electoral Bill which he declined to sign into law.Question: Why did Buhari refuse to sign the bill? He explained: “I am concerned that passing a new electoral bill this far into the electoral [...]
BY GABRIEL IKESEThe idea of electing legislators is generally regarded as admirable yet the selection process does not always throw up the best of choices. And that has been our albatross here in Nigeria. The legislature is expected to reflect the electorate’s preferences, but that is in the white man's country, not in our clime. If you follow the antecedents [...]
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