PERSPECTIVE – The proof Buhari needs
President Buhari. By Sonala Olumhense President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated his 78th birthday on Thursday. For the event, he could not have picked a worse location on the almanac or on the map: his hometown of…
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PERSPECTIVE – Alleged Plot to assassinate Ned Nwoko and Police probe of Gabriel Ogbechie
By Delta Fresh Vision DELTA FRESH VISION, an NGO committed to social justice and good governance is aware that there has always been this lingering suspicion that the Idumuje-Ugboko crisis is being fueled by some…
DIALOGUE WITH MY COUNTRY – The North and its failed political industry – Weep my brother
Mr. Dan Agbese. By Dan Agbese Chief Audu Ogbeh, immediate past minister of agriculture and chairman, ACF, was recently quoted as saying that politics is the only industry in Northern Nigeria. His statement intrigues me…
PERSPECTIVE – Infradig – A presidential comeuppance
Prof. Wole Soyinka. By Wole Soyinka Once, the word featured prominently in the repertory of Nigerian shorthand diction. Indeed, I grew up thinking that it was only one word, not two, and assumed also that…
PERSPECTIVE – The biggest hoax in 60 years?
President Muhammadu Buhari. By Sonala Olumhense On Thursday, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, died at 85. I condole with his family. He was a well-educated lawyer who attracted the attention of…
PERSPECTIVE – When the snail enters a head-butt competition of animals with horns
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. By Owei Lakemfa THE House of Representatives is sulking that President Muhammadu Buhari did not honour the invitation to address it on Thursday over serious insecurity in the country.…
PERSPECTIVE – Shifting power centres drive Ethiopia into endless wars
Regions of Ethiopia. Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa Ethiopia is today, bleeding. It bled yesterday. The day before, it bled. The challenge is how to stop its bleeding, stabilise, and hopefully, stop her from…
DISCOURSE – The challenge of ethnic federalism
Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim. By Jibrin Ibrahim In 2003, I wrote an essay drawing lessons for Africa from the collapse of ethnic federalism in Yugoslavia and other parts of the former Soviet Bloc. The main lesson…
PERSPECTIVE – Nigerians: Groping towards a post-pandemic world
Comrade Owei Lakemfa. By Owei Lakemfa Intellectuals, diplomats, social activists, trade unionists and international relations experts across the country gathered in Abuja on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, to dissect the state of Nigerians under COVID-19…
PERSPECTIVE – Looming clash of two Lagos godfathers
Bola Tinubu, left and Bode George. Mr. Felix Oboagwina. By Felix Oboagwina The godfather of Lagos politics, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has always preached that his followers should not expect power to be served to…