Category: Opinion

Three Lessons from the ethnicisation of the JAMB controversy

By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Over the last few days, I recoiled in horror and disgust as the fairly straightforward case of JAMB exam result fraud by...

A cat with more than nine lives!

SATURDAY BREAKFAST with TONY OKOROJI I want to say again that I am an unbelievably lucky guy. Each time people have counted me out, the Almighty has restored me. It has...

Domestic violence: Is the Bible taken a la carte?

Some Nigerian journalists and comprehension of instructions

The link below isn’t one I’m proud to share because it represents an indictment of Nigerian journalists and their trade. How so? There is a portion of the...

Justice for Osinachi Nwachukwu

The task to rebuild South East

  By Emeka Alex Duru   (08054103327, nwaukpala@yahoo.com)     There is need for clarification on the originality of the headline for this...

Alex Otti is playing with Fire!

  By Jesutega Onokpasa A picture is currently circulating of Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, addressing a group of people with his portrait on the wall behind him,...

Mmesoma: What really happened? Azu Ishiekwene

By Azu Ishiekwene I’m not sure what breaks the heart more: her insistence on her innocence or the prospects of a future that now hangs in the balance. For a young...

JAMB and the new face of examination malpractice

  By Bola Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com It is often said that crime, criminal activities and criminals are one or two steps ahead of the law, law enforcement and law...

Olagunju and the stoking of apocalyptic embers

By Chuks Iloegbunam In the Yoruba country, once someone hits the public arena, the first question asked is, “Who is his (her) father?” I know a Yoruba chap also...

Inclusivity: A case for women

  By Doris Ochei PhD “We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and...

President Tinubu must hear this!

By abiodun KOMOLAFE All through history, finding and keeping round and square pegs in their respective holes has never been a Sugarcandy Mountain party. It’s a tough...