Columns

The news caught me in the web of the post-okada-ban heavy Lagos traffic jam: Owei Lakemfa has been elected the...

The Minister of Finance, whose 83-year-old mother was kidnapped for five days should also be commended for staying the course....

When Christians preach the false prosperity gospel, their focus is on this life.  They talk of Christ becoming poor that...

Recently, in Ghana, General Obasanjo refreshed his a-social vision. It is an unethical vision for a closed society. He gave...

Congratulations, I heard they finally gave you American visa after five years of praying and fasting, gathering documents from bank to bank...

These are not the best of times to be an ordinary Nigerian citizen. Hardly a week passes these days without...

Though pervasive insecurity and the fear of kidnapping means that some Nigerians will be unable to travel ‘home’ for Christmas...

The episode involving Aminu, the son of Sule Lamido, the Governor of Jigawa State, who was arrested on suspected money...

Muhammad Jameel Yushau brings a fresh perspective to the debate over Prof Chinua Achebe's new book, "There Was a Country"...

Okey Ndibe: "Certain kinds of tragedy take the breath away. They stun us into silence, into shocked speechlessness." Some Americans...

Dear Uncle D, I hope you don’t mind me calling you Uncle D. It just sounds really cool, like I’m...

"Our hearts are broken today. The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages...

Dear Chief Bode George Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ. I hope this letter meets you in...

 Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun is determined and passionate. At the young age of 20, she is a graduating senior at the University...

Chido Onumah: Perhaps, as a latecomer to the jamboree that is the Jonathan administration, you are not privy to certain...

Akin Adesokan celebrates Martin Banham, a great British drama scholar, who has fond memories about Nigeria and its unique theater...

Tunji Ariyomo: The primitive acquisition of wealth at the expense of the people and the refusal to learn from history...

Garba Shehu: The constitution amendment took the country to a point half-way between democracy and fascism A rear mirror view...

Muhammad Jameel Yushau offers a fresh perspective on Chinua Achebe's new controversial book, There Was a Country Professor Chinua Achebe...

Ose Oyamendan: “I’m never coming back to this country (Naija). Nothing works here. The people are not nice. I’m telling...

Ifeanyi Uddin: Corruption in Nigeria is not normal. It is the bane of unsung efforts over the years to make...

Chidi Odinkalu: This Human Rights Day serves up a huge to-do menu for Nigeria, its people and our leaders. We...

Adeolu Ademoyo: Mr. Sanusi ought to be commended for attempting to substantively re-define the terms of our conversation in our...

Pius Adesanmi writes about Ken Harrow, an American academic who enjoys laughing to Nigerian jokes Earlier this year, I published...

Nasir El-Rufai introduces Jude Egbas, who, in this piece, sends a letter to his unborn child, urging the child not...