Opinion
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434Drafting a people’s manifesto
It is now appropriate, indeed imperative, for the Nigerian Left to present its own manifesto to the country. This should be in...
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792President Buhari, Magu and Lessons from Addis Ababa
The 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union just ended in the ancient...
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1.2KI prefer a sex doll, please
Back at Chelsea FC, eccentric football coach and loudmouth, Jose Mourhino, was a reputable advocate of “Park the bus” football philosophy. But...
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920Before the next round
I am inviting our country’s popular-democratic forces, especially the Nigerian Left, to join me in looking back once again. We have to...
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1.0KBIAFRA: THE PYTHON DANCE III AND OUR SHORTSIGHTEDNESS TO IT’S IMPENDING DANGER
At the time when Benue State is burning, with the Fulani people killing Tiv indigenes in their own land, the Nigerian military...
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7472018 Guber: Osun’s destiny is at stake
“It is when good men refuse to take up political leadership that idiots find their way to power. Such good men shall...
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970Marrying irresponsible men shortens your life span
I pity women who marry irresponsible men. I pity women who date irresponsible men. I also pity ladies who know that their men...
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247Ode to ‘their distinguished honourables’
If honour must be given to whom it rightly belongs, all lawmakers in the 8th National Assembly and the leadership in both...
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411Obasanjo has come again o!
In the last few days, former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s long letter, advising President Muhammadu Buhari to forget a second tenure bid for...
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400Pastoralist/farmers crisis in Benue and the search for moderation
I spent the weekend in Benue State with a delegation of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which had gone there on a...
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269How will a breakthrough come?
About five years ago, in late January and early February 2013, The Guardian carried my three – part column titled “Struggling for...
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460When today’s greed rapes our future with impunity
I have often pondered over how Nigerians keep trudging on with either smiles or in difference amidst the unending self-inflicted calamities that confront...
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392Femi Adesina: Why I stand with Buhari
These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers,...
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484Jan 15: A long pause in the history of Nigeria
Maddie’s Thoughts ‘Today, we are no longer what we were; what is happening today is not in our character. The norms and...
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372Should Policemen guard politicians?
Fatima Shuaibu, 20, Care Giver, Tudun Nupawa, Kaduna Police should not be responsible for the safety of politicians. In other countries, special...
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362WINING BY LOSING
Whenever you win in the flesh, count your losses spiritually; name them one by one. There is a popular Christian film made...
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452Mr President, Man Shall Not Live By Power Alone
My dear President, please, permit me to wish you and your family a very happy new year. Let me also offer my...
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416This coated canvas of doom
We are barely into the first week of a New Year and the Nigerian narrative has taken yet another turn in our...
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409Why The Caged Bird Cried
“MY SON’S 17 YEARS OF PAIN AND MISERY” “Jebose my brother, My life, these days, is like a fish out of water....
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386Whose Christmas was that anyway?
Despite the very low-key celebration in many states of the federation, Aso Rock, the seat of power, brimmed with lush hysteria. On...
