Estimated Reading Time: 4By Remi Oyeyemi “While Revolutionaries as Individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas.”~ Thomas Sankara “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”~ John C. Maxwell “The key to change… is to let go of fear.”~Rosanne Cash On April[Read More…]
Opinion
Farooq A. Kperogi: Abba Kyari and His Red Flags of Vulgar Exhibitionism
Estimated Reading Time: 6 By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Although there is no art to decipher the cunning of crooked cops, DPC Abba Kyari gave us many red flags to cause us to be suspicious of his policing, but many people ignored it. I, for one, have an abiding suspicion[Read More…]
Onyeka Onwenu: Obi Cubana’s Lavish Burial of His Mother
Estimated Reading Time: 8By Onyeka Onwenu I told a friend just days before the most outrageous burial of Innyom Ezinne Uche Iyiegbu in Oba, Anambra State in July that I had given my family instructions as to how to bury me when my time comes. Do it quickly, quietly and[Read More…]
Cheta Nwanze: Funding sporting success
Estimated Reading Time: 4Our national basketball team just lost their first game at the Tokyo Olympics to a very good Australian team. But the real victory is that they got to Tokyo at all. I was privy to a debate about D’Tigers two weeks ago, and the funding problems they[Read More…]
After Asaba And Lagos Accords, What Next?
Estimated Reading Time: 4by Jude Obuseh On May 11, 2021, Governors of Nigeria’s 17 southern states, under the aegis of the Southern Governors’ Forum, SGF, met in Asaba, the Delta State capital, to discuss pertinent issues of mutual concern such as security, open cattle grazing, resource control and the restructuring[Read More…]
Law Mefor: A Memo to the Indigenous People of Nigeria
Estimated Reading Time: 4By Law Mefor Permit me to take the liberty of addressing you on a matter, which I consider quite crucial. I am of a well-considered view that the indigenous peoples of Nigeria are big and staunch enough to fix Nigeria for common good. Yet, you chose the[Read More…]
Top 10 Popular Nigerian Lies with Enormous Staying Power
Estimated Reading Time: 7 By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi In Nigeria, once lies and historical myths take roots, they are almost always impossible to uproot. But the stubborn persistence of lies is no reason to give up on correcting them. Find below 10 oft-repeated lies with the most staying power[Read More…]
Ifedotun Ogundipe: It’s time to speak plainly, terrorists are not bandits
Estimated Reading Time: 4 by Ifedotun Ogundipe Antonin Scalia, the famous American jurist, once said: “Words have meaning.” Today, that seemingly simple quote is relevant, especially in an age where doublespeak is fast becoming the standard. Take Nigeria for instance, where a Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet aircraft was shot[Read More…]
Cheta Nwanze: Nigeria is heading towards an implosion
Estimated Reading Time: 4Four years ago now, I wrote this piece about the thing of collective guilt, and what it leads to. I think it’s more relevant now as Nigeria falls to pieces because of the bad leadership of Buhari. I’ll talk, first in general terms, and then about the[Read More…]
Farooq A. Kperogi: Why APC Politicians are Terrified by e-Transmission of Votes
Estimated Reading Time: 6 By Farooq A. Kperogi The political elites of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have chosen to regress to the stone age in matters of election at a time that Nigeria is relentlessly digitalizing in every other sphere. Banking is now almost entirely digitized, POS vendors[Read More…]
