Category: Opinon
South, not north is the problem of south
By Charles Ogbu (Twitter@RealCharlesOgbu) The biggest lie ever sold and bought in the Southern part of Nigeria is that the North is the cause of the...
Nigeria, a place where dreams die
“Failure On July 14, 2008, The NEWS Magazine published an article, A Genius Remembered, a tribute to Ayodele Awojobi, the famous Nigerian inventor, public...
6th NBC Code: Knee on the neck
By Dorka Yowika Understandably, conversations around the regulatory framework recently released by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) have mostly revolved around...
Restructuring of Nigeria: Can Arewa bite the bullet?
By Aminu Imam The best way to illustrate the North’s present precarious socio-economic position in Nigeria today is that of the proverbial rabbit caught in the...
In Keyamo: Nigerians find a reason to support Buhari
By Desmond Ike-Chima Last week at the National Assembly, Festus Keyamo, fiery human rights lawyer and Minister of State for Labour and Productivity drew positive...
What happens when girls say ‘no’?
By Lolo Cynthia Ihesie A recent United Nations report finds that one-in-four women globally feel powerless to refuse sex with a husband or partner. Yet, the...
The usurper, the collaborators and the echoes of the end
Somewhere in a gilded opulence, far in the deepest recesses, distant from man and nature, unseen by the paid cheering circus, there is a man huddling in some...
Saturday breakfast with Tony Okoroji: This is not Okoroji testimonial
Guest columist -Azeezat Allen I received this piece just this morning from the great singer and my colleague, Azeezat whom we love to call the Queen of Love. In the last...
SDD honeymoon gradually ebbs (part 1)
By Thomas Peretu I am not the least perturbed nor bemused or serenaded by the calibrated din evinced by my supposed review of the SDD (for the uninitiated, SDD is the...
Presidential Amnesty Programme: The need for military coodinator
By Thomas Peretu It’s almost a year since Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo was eased out of office as the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. A very...
