Category: Opinion

The day I fell in love with Peter Obi

The rise of Nigerian recording industry and the talents that propelled it (111)

TONY OKoroji The soundtrack of the end of the Nigeria/Biafra war may be found in one song, “Happy Survival” by a previously little-known artiste, Ifeanyi Eddy Okwedy...

Jos mayhem and Nigeria’s killing fields

  By Emeka Alex Duru   (08054103327, nwaukpala@yahoo.com)     In 2016, the United States (US) and United Nations (UN), issued two frightening advisories...

The importance of dialogue in remaking Nigeria

By Anyim Pius Anyim Democracy thrives on dialogue and it function to build consensus. Our current efforts at nation building and the modest achievements we have made as...

On Kwara bond and other issues

Rafiu Ajakaye   My growing up as a teenager was filled with privileged exposures to interesting scholars like Sheikh Muyideen Ajani Bello, a witty and fiery Muslim...

When will medical doctors stop going on strike?

  By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Between doctors who habitually go on strike, with the attendant costs in lives and limbs, to draw attention to...

Frankly Speaking 2023: The all comers..'Taja Teran' affairs

Abba Kyari/Hushpuppi gate: Ethnicisation of justice in Nigeria

By Tunde Abatan E mail: tunde2013abatan@gmail.com Tell: 08165660217 It is an incontestable fact that one of the biggest drawbacks of the President Muhammadu...

Who is afraid of 86-year-old Akintoye – (1)

  By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 As an Octogenarian inching towards becoming a Nonagenarian, Professor Stephen Adebanji (Banji) Akintoye (born...

The rise of Nigerian recording industry and talents that propelled it (2)

By TONY OKOROJI   Victor Uwaifo was one of the major acts whose influence before the war transcended the civil war. His monster hit “Joromi” released on the...

Still, some fine cops

  BY Segun Ayobolu     It is only natural that the still unfolding sensational drama of what is emerging as the rise and fall of celebrated and much...

Is Nigeria a failing state?

By Toyin Falola Is Nigeria in a situation where the government has lost total control on the guarantee of security for lives and properties? Nigeria and its conditions...