Olusegun Adeniyi
The 2018 edition of the Media Cooperation for Belt and Road ends tomorrow in Beijing after spending the past four days in Boao, Hainan Province of China. This year, there are 221 media practitioners from several countries across all continents. … Read the rest
Abimbola Adelakun
The explanation for the violence being meted out to the Shiites in recent days suggests that the rationalisers think that the victims deserve their fate because of their rebellious attitude to authority. That line of thinking is false, a weak … Read the rest
Dare Babarinsa
One passion that is difficult to explain is patriotism. However some have described it to mean the love of country.
So what is the love of your neighbour as the Lord Jesus Christ has impressed on us? May be that … Read the rest
Bukar Abba Ibrahim
BUKAR Abba Ibrahim deserves our pity.
The distinguished three-term senator and former governor of Yobe State has just tasted what has been the undeserved lot of our patriotic and honest politicians, who are always being “misquoted” or “quoted out of … Read the rest
Dan Agbese
Our records speak for themselves. At periodic intervals, solutions to our national problems flash across the radar. We latch on to it as only Nigerians can. I know of no nation that has done more to find solutions to … Read the rest
Afe Babalola
“I intend to highlight how the resuscitation of the bank would boost education and reduce unemployment amongst the youths of this country”.
Inadequate funding of “education and youth unemployment” are two issues which continue to attract public discourse in Nigeria. … Read the rest
Buhari and Oshiomhole
A lot of pushing back is required from the apparatchiks of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, if it must avoid the coming to pass of the grim prophecy of one of its own.
Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim does not … Read the rest
Dear reader, consider this thought-provoking quote: “From records by the United Nations Centre for Peace and Disarmament, I understand that there are approximately 500 million assorted firearms in West Africa. Of these 500 million, 70 per cent, approximating 350 million … Read the rest
Tony Anenih
Anthony Anenih, the political leader, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party who has died aged 85, was one of the most important figures in the story of Nigeria’s return to civilian rule, and a founding father and a major influence … Read the rest
Prof. Usman Yusuf
The Professor Usman Yusuf saga is obviously sapping the energy and the health of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) of which he is the Executive Secretary. It all started last year when a group called United Youth Alliance Against … Read the rest
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