Columns

“Whether or not the film eventually gets a ratings certificate in Nigeria, "Half of a Yellow Sun" will be seen...

About a forthnight ago, on Amanpour (CNN), Christiane asked Prof. Wole Soyinka a very pertinent question, one I think all Nigerians...

As a Muslim, I feel personally embarrassed by the kind of evil that Boko Haram has perpetrated in the name...

Either we like it or not, the presidential system of government is killing us. It is so wasteful and too...

Now that the United States, Britain, and some European countries may be stepping in to help rescue the Chibok girls,...

These days, whether you are in London, New York, Berlin or  Johannesburg, the debates and discussions on Nigeria are most...

George Orwell once wrote that, “in times of deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act”. I am not here...

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration has consistently claimed it is not in touch with Boko Haram members, emphasizing the faceless...

Amid the media storm surrounding the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, it is hard to remember that just a couple of months...

Finally we are in the eyes and ears of the world for despicable reasons. Nigeria has been exposed less as...

My friend's eight-year-old daughter burst into tears while watching a Boko Haram video release on TV the other evening. The...

On Wednesday 6th of April 1994, around 8:30pm the Presidential Jet conveying President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda touched the country's airspace after...

Dangote is remarkable because he chose a route far less travelled by his compatriots: the hard, difficult grind of manufacturing. ...

THISDAY edition of 16th May contains on its back page what was meant to be a rejoinder to my earlier...

“I honestly don’t believe Goodluck Jonathan or Pius Anyim really believe what they’ve been quoted as saying regarding the inviolable...

Many Nigerians were startled with the rude and crude statement by Senator John McCain of the United States that -...

"Calm before a raging storm"! This was how a participant at a discussion, last week, described the state of the...

The request for the extension of the state of emergency in the northeast states tabled before the National Assembly by...

Your Excellency, Dr. President Jonathan, I am using this medium to urge you to urgently relocate and operate the seat...

On the night of 17 September 2012, insurgents assassinated Zanna Mallam Gana, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of  Borno State....

Why is Jonathan, Shettima, and Abubakar still keeping their jobs? Tons of colonialist literature were written on Africa during the...

When President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office in May 2011, he identified persistent violence and crime as a major problem confronting...

The story of almost 300 of our girls being abducted by a bloodthirsty and diabolical bunch of criminals has gripped...

“If they ever tell my story let them say I walked with giants, men rise and fall like the Winter...

The hand of the diligent will rule… (Proverbs 12:24a) In a brilliant article titled ‘Here Today - Gone Tomorrow’, Mark...