Category: Opinion
Akpabio’s gaffe and the ECOWAS war drum in Niger
By Kazeem Akintunde Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, caught the attention of many Nigerians last week. On Wednesday, at the end of the plenary session, the...
Niger Republic and Nigeria’s national interest
by Bolanle Bolawole Let us start our discussion today by considering a few quotes. “Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the...
Chai! Naira running fast to One Thousand to a Dollar
SATURDAY BREAKFAST with TONY OKOROJI Nigerians have been hit by a double whammy. The truth is that for so many years Nigerians have been under tremendous...
Adeboye, holiness and evangelistic expansionism
by Kola Johnson For decades right from its formation in 1952, The Redeemed Christian Church of God (R.C.C.G.) had languished at the backwaters of popular...
Niger: It is purely an ECOWAS affairs
By Temitope Ajayi There is no doubt that the Northern region, especially the people of Fulani ethnic stock share filial, cultural and religious affiliations with...
Tinubu’s list, Gbaja-nisation and Nigeria’s politics
Azu Ishiekwene If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the HB ground running, it was because problems chased him into office. Yet, it wasn’t long before he tripped on a...
Niger’s war of blood and water
By Lasisi Olagunju One of the bitter lessons Bola Tinubu may have learnt in his abortive war against Niger Republic’s military junta is that with...
AMCON’s sunset is overdue; it’s time to scrap this inefficiency
Adrive from Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, to Lagos, the economic epicenter of Nigeria, and getting to the start of the Longbridge, lies a sprawling complex...
Where do we go from here?
By Lasisi Olagunju Given today’s state of the nation, it is likely that both Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi are thanking their stars that...
Before we repeat the ECOMOG misadventure in Niger Republic…
By Bolanle Bolawole turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 A “wind of change” is blowing across Africa but this time around, it is not the same wind of change that...
