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Dapo Abiodun: 100 days of nothingness, by Yemi Babalogbon
It has been almost 100 days since that utopia administration of Abiodun was sworn into office and, as expected, the reality of the Ponzi scheme is manifesting, faster than anticipated.
Read moreThe Army-Police war: Where is the NSA?, by Yushau A. Shuaib
“Our country is bedevilled… (by) multifarious security challenges by which each agency must bring its wealth of experience and comparative advantage to compliment the effort of another.” — Director General,...
Read moreWhy Indian hospital is worse than Kirikiri Prison, by Ibraheem El-Zakzaky
She, Malama Zeenah has a full bullet lodged in her body(that needs to be removed), also she is in need of a knee replacement surgery in addition to other problems.
Read moreSowore and the back road to democracy, by Owen Donbruce
Both groups seek to reap where they have not sown. They both share the deviant desire to short-cut their way to satisfy inordinate urge to acquire wealth and power even...
Read more9th Assembly: Harmonizing democracy, by Musa Zuru
In an inaugural speech, Lawan, the president of the 9th National Assembly, promised to be fair to all his colleagues irrespective of political, ethnic or religious affiliations and work to...
Read moreFulani Fury: Buhari’s radicalised autocracy against Nigerians (1), by Taju Tijani
How are Nigerians savouring the multiple ironies, paradoxes and aberrations that are unravelling under a demagogic and effete despotic President Muhammadu Buhari administration that is daily detonating grenades across Nigeria?...
Read moreGroup demands prosecution of soldiers involved in alleged police killing
The Centre for Change Initiative has told the Federal Government to commence prosecution of soldiers involved in the alleged killing of three policemen and a civilian.
Read moreOn 2023 campaigners in 2019, by Tunde Rahman
Early campaign or what some political analysts would rightly call “jumping the gun” is part of what blights our electoral process. It is distasteful and disruptive, as it cuts into...
Read moreMaurice Iwu: Impossible bail terms amount to refusal of bail, by Aloy Ejimakor
With all due respects and without any intentions of preemption, it is my considered view that crucial aspects of these bail terms are unreasonable, excessive, impossible and potentially unconstitutional.
Read more#RevolutionNow: As Buhari forgets why, how he became president, by SKC Ogbonnia
... while history will cast Jonathan as the president who condoned corruption, Buhari might eventually be remembered as the man who assumed power with a singular purpose to eradicate corruption...
Read moreExclusive breastfeeding as panacea to neonatal and infant death, by Hameed Oyegbade
Simply put, in Yoruba language, Abiku refers to the spirits of children who die before reaching puberty, while in Igbo language, the literal translation of Ọgbanje is children who come...
Read moreIf Buhari lifted 5m out of poverty, why do 98m live in multidimensional poverty?, by Fredrick Nwabufo
Are Nigerians poorer today than they were in 2015? Yes, if we go by data and economic indicators. In June 2018, a report by the World Poverty Clock revealed that...
Read moreSowore and the Nigerian Revolution, by Reuben Abati
“The #RevolutionNow protest led by Omoyele Sowore. The security people grabbed him ahead of the August 5 protests, but the Grand Coalition for Security and Democracy still came out in...
Read moreA decade of uprising: What does Boko Haram want?, by Mobolaji Aregbesola
Ten years since the launch of violent attacks against innocent citizens, it is pertinent to find out exactly what Boko Haram want. It is not enough to continue to wage...
Read moreSowore: Facing the bullets of revolution, by Taju Tijani
Nigerians have arrived at a stricture of no going back. The country, according to millions, is overripe for revolution. Out there on the streets, there is a huge sense of...
Read moreTJ: Death and the President’s man, by Oche Echeija Egwa
Until his death on July 31, 2019, TJ was the Special Assistant (General Duties) to the President. He retired from Public Service as a Director/Special Assistant (Special Duties) to the...
Read moreBuhari bares his fangs, by Tunde Asaju
I confess, we missed the mark and campaigned for him. In the words of a famous comedian, he promised change but changed the promise once in power.
Read moreSowore’s arrest and the DSS as political police, by Fredrick Nwabufo
The Department of State Services cannot be accused of being fair-handed and unprejudiced. It has always been the political police of the existing regime. I recall in 2014 when agents...
Read moreIhedioha’s 50 days in office briefing: A paradigm shift, by Kennedy Ibeh
July 18, 2019 witnessed a convergence of Imo State Stakeholders as convened by His Excellency, Governor Emeka Ihedioha. For some of us who were part of the Imo State Government...
Read moreAtiku’s unrelenting appeal to emotion: A gambit doom to fail, by Femi Adesina
When the Supreme Court recently pronounced the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as due winner of Osun State gubernatorial contest, Alhaji Abubakar, a former Vice President, had chided the court,...
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