‘DOES GOD STILL RULE IN NIGERIA’S AFFAIRS?’

Inside Stuff with MARTINS OLOJA I was considering a suspension of this column at the weekend when I got a message from a ‘still small voice’ that I should not give up yet. I wanted to suspend the column because it has become clear that the society we write for, the authorities and duty…

June 20, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Abati, Arise TV’s PR show and Buhari’s dementia; By Farooq Kperogi

That even the vaguest pretense to traditional watchdog journalism is in throes of death in Nigeria’s institutional news media was instantiated by the interview Arise TV’s crew had with Muhammadu Buhari last week. It was out and away a PR job that masqueraded as journalism. The questions were feeble, obvious follow-up prompts were ignored, the questioners were diffident, and…

June 20, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Nigeria’s oligarchs and the golden fish metaphor, By Osmund Agbo

Open grazing is another topical issue and most agree that it has now become an unsustainable practice. Opinion leaders drawn from across our geographical and ethnic divide now advocate ranching in line with best practices of animal husbandry that obtains all over the world. Even Governor Aminu Masari of President Buhari’s home state of Katsina, was quoted to have…

June 20, 20210Comments

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Opinion

The Ethnic Victory of 2015 And An Apology

By Moses E. Ochonu It is now quite clear that what happened in Nigeria in 2015 was not a revolution but a scam of historic proportion. To be more specific, it was, as University of Texas Professor and Punch columnist, Adunni Adelakun, put it, a “tribal victory.” How so? A core group of politicians and…

June 20, 20210Comments

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Opinion

Nigeria’s unity and all the Iberiberism, by Femi Adesina

Which one is Iberiberism again o? What kind of English shall we not hear in this? Well, the word is not regular English language, neither is it my creation. The copyright belongs to former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, who created something being fast accepted in English from the Igbo word, Iberibe, meaning foolery, trickery, or stupidity. It is the act of being deceitful or untrue.…

June 20, 20210Comments

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Interview

Samuel Zibiri on life, work and excellence

By Lillian Okenwa He bustles into the office reception that Friday morning with a breezy smile apologizing that he got the timing for the interview mixed up. With a note of apology in his voice, he tells me to give him a little time to settle down in his office and pray. It wasn’t long…

June 18, 20212Comments

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Book review

The past is the way forward: Ireti Bakare Yusuf, Fola Fagbule discuss the making of Nigeria

Did you know that Usman dan Fodio educated his daughters? And that Nana Asmau Usman wasone of the leading persons in her father’s court? Did you also know that Lugard was overly propped by the media, no thanks to a newspaper editor named Flora Shaw? In this conversation, Ireti Bakare-Yusuf, theatre producer, award nominated- documentary…

June 17, 20211Comment

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Opinion

THE JUNE 12 PROTESTS

By Sonnie Ekwowusi What would have been the June 12 Democracy Day Celebration last Saturday was marred or scuttled by the Buhari-must-go protests. By midday last Saturday different anti-Buhari protesters across the country had staged tumultuous nationwide protests tagged #June12protests. The protesters were demanding that President Buhari should quit power because he has failed to put…

June 17, 20210Comments

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Opinion

WHEN SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN

Jonas Odocha Human sanity and sincerity of purpose must be predicated on actions and reactions to events and circumstances. It is therefore noteworthy that laughter and tears, sadness and joy, silence and voice, all act as safety valves of human sanity. In safety management therefore, it is admonished to speak up when one encounters…

June 17, 20210Comments

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Opinion

I’m a proud dot in a circle

By Ikechukwu Amaechi Map of Nigeria showing the Southeast region, the dot in Buhari’s circle I had no personal relationship with Abba Kyari, a lawyer trained at Cambridge University in England, who amassed more power than any of his predecessors as the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. So, after his death last year, I…

June 17, 202113Comments

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