Category: Opinion

What Nigeria’s election cannot teach does not exist

  By Azu Ishiekwene Nigeria’s February/March elections undid many things. One of them was the 63-year-old myth that no wealthy and ambitious candidate could...

Opinion: Now, I know why football lovers cannot do without Ayodele’s prophecy – An atheist account

  By John Green, USA I’m an atheist, I don’t believe in prophecies but philosophy of life. Out of the many things in this world, football interests me more and...

Buhari’s eight-year rule: A Postscript (1)

By Kazeem Akintunde President Muhammadu Buhari, like a heavyweight boxing champion going for the 12th round, is already battle-weary and eagerly awaiting the referee to...

Still on agricultural marketing boards: To be or not to be?

  By Bolanle Bolawole [email protected] 0705 263 1058 Last week, we highlighted certain cankerworms that have eaten very deep into the fabrics of the Nigerian...

The day I fell in love with Peter Obi

Are you giver or taker?

SATURDAY BREAKFAST with TONY OKOROJI   When I pray to the Almighty, I do not ask Him to give me anything just for myself. I ask Him to put me in a position where I...

The equity Imo craves for

  By Oguwike Nwachuku At the end of its first quarterly meeting in Owerri recently, precisely on April 13, 2023, members of the Imo State Council of Elders took far...

Hadiza and the toes of the Nigerian big man

Azu Ishiekwene Hadiza Bala Usman’s new book, “Stepping on Toes,” is a cautionary tale for anyone hoping to work in public service in Nigeria,...

Stears and the selective amnesia of Obidients

  By Kingsley Okafor Before the February 25, 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, supporters of Mr. Peter Obi, one-third of what had become a three-horse race,...

BOLA AJIBOLA, THE MAN WHO KEPT HIS PROMISE! (POSCRIPT)

SATURDAY BREAKFAST with TONY OKOROJI BOLA AJIBOLA, THE MAN WHO KEPT HIS PROMISE! (POSCRIPT) Early this week, I received the sad news of the passing of one of the...

Justice for Osinachi Nwachukwu

Making Peter Obi the issue

    Making Peter Obi the issue     (08054103327, [email protected])   The reasons why the Labour Party presidential candidate in the February 25...