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First, my prejudice: I am committed to the promotion, elevation and celebration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Just like lovers of...

Your Excellency,More than two millennia ago, the prophet Daniel observed that, "God changes the times and the seasons and lifts...

For a people in search of a meaningful national identity, I worry when we miss any opportunity – no matter...

“If citizens of the same country have to carry IDs to be able to move freely from one state to...

On 7 December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, forcing the United States...

Profiling of citizens in accordance with their religion and ethnicity is wrong and condemnable. ------------------------------------------ As the Nazi leaders quickened...

“Aribisala should ask himself in good conscience what he would have done if he was in Asiwaju’s shoes and there...

‘In essence, the Boko Haram crisis, which escalated in July 2009, has continued to grow into the Frankenstein monster it...

For me, one of the most disconcerting facts about public discourse in Nigeria—including intellectual exchanges—is the rampant, if not default,...

“Instead of choosing public servants, elections in Nigeria have been basically to select a new aristocracy, an elected royalty.”

Will a Fayose have the guts to run for the position of a city clerk in the United States? Of...

While Tinubu derided Yoruba Obas as “useless,” he went up North to Kwankwaso to engineer the installation of a “useful”...

Because Nigeria has largely squandered staggering natural resource wealth and human potential over more than half a century of independence,...

At a recent private engagement with the media, a prince of the Sokoto caliphate, former aide de camp to former...

I am so depressed by the ambient literature and statements on the Nigerian state that I need to find solace...

This month the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) rate-setting committee (the Monetary Policy Committee — MPC) meets for the first...

“Because of the feeble crutches the Washington Post piece is hinged on, the President, ended up like the proverbial he-goat...

At this juncture permit me to share the words of my friend Mr. Dickson Igwe. On June 16th 2014 he...

Here is some bad news for voluntary organisations, including churches and mosques involved in running social services like schools, hospitals...

Mutating from Defeat to Hope in Ekiti, By Hannatu Musawa

Jesus will not offer to God the sacrifices he insists will not prevent people from perishing. --------------------------- On the Mount...

Some years ago, a British filmmaker discovered an exotic site in Nigeria: An entire community of human beings subsisting on...

The most amusing thing about Nigerian analysts, the outspoken observers of our political evolution into a pseudo-democratic nation, is our...

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, most Merciful All praise and thanks are due to Allah. We praise and...

Bisalla was a reporter who reported diligently on all issues affecting the nation. He was a devoted friend who cared...