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As good politicians, PDP Governors who are toying with the idea of a bloody fight with Jonathan for the control...

The IG of Police should not put his image or job on the line by defending the indefensible. He should...

I am certainly not worried by the statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics which basically was more interested...

The Lord is determined to kill everything that gives us joy until we have no joy left outside of him. ...

Last week, Tunji Fagbenle, one of Nigeria’s finest columnists, alerted his readers to the fact that President Goodluck Jonathan and...

"... I still didn’t know which president I just talked to. Or, maybe it was just a dream." Ose Oyamendan describes...

  A disproportionately large part of the National Assembly's resources was taken up last year with members attempts at altering the...

Chude says Nigerian youth are underestimating the problem, and overstating their capacity. There is a truth young Nigerians need to...

Being honest with ourselves is a risk that Nigerians must be willing to take Last January, thousands of Nigerians stormed...

The recent contemplation by the minister of Agriculture, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, to spend 60 billion naira to buy  “cell” phones...

We are a nation of 150 million spectators. In political discourse, we are arguably the world’s largest spectocracy. Our spectocratic...

“One of the benefits of Military rule in Nigeria was the strangulation of activities such as robbery.” “It was like...

The writer explains her gradual grasp of common Nigerian terms A continued (but not exhaustive) list of the captivating idiosyncrasies...

The Author says time will not wait for Nigeria to develop. Martin Luther King Jr, over 40 years ago, was...

A few years ago, it was common sight to see aged pensioners struggling – and often dying - in the...

Zainab Usman: There is certainly more to Nigeria than economic reports and figures do capture. The beautiful projections in the...

If there was any lingering doubt that campaigns for the 2015 presidential election have started in earnest, that doubt was...

“Unfortunately, I make bold to say that retreat is ingrained in the Nigerian character.” I am very proud of what...

This period of the year is a time when there is a lot of activity associated with religion. Even those of...

This year’s New Year festivities did not go without some alluring side issues. One of them was the gesture extended...

Continued from last week… The next paper was presented by Dr Mathew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese. Dr...

My only frustration is that Jonathan is not from my Ibadan. If he were, this would have been easy. All he...

Largely unremarked, despite its disruptive effect on traffic in places like Lagos, a lemming-like rush at retail sales outlets marked...

President Jonathan closed his Nigerian argument last year with his claim that  “attitudinal issues” and not corruption were responsible for...

Most Christians do not bother with the words of Jesus.  If they did, they would not be Christians.  Churches carefully...