Marching the talk: Why #MarketMarch
Opinion April 16, 2019
By Ekene Odigwe Ifeoma is the oldest of five siblings. She does not go to school and helps her mother raise her younger ones because of her poor background. In doing that she is sent to “Aunty Regy” who lives in the big city. She works for Madam while... Read more
Is Being Nigerian Fortune Or Misfortune?
Opinion February 4, 2019
By Omoshola Deji Being Nigerian is reminiscent of someone who was destined to be king, but who becomes a slave in the king’s palace. The nation’s situation is like a chronicles of the life of one Wazobia: a boy destined to be a lawyer, but who grows up to... Read more
By Ephraim Adiele Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been in the news lately – like he always is at least every four years. This time, word on the street is that Baba Iyabo has forgiven his former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and would be supporting his 2019 presidential bid... Read more
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SHAGARI LEGACY
Opinion December 30, 2018
By Paul Nwabuikwu (From my old column in The Guardian. Written about 16 years ago) I voted for Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the presidential polls of 1983, the second and final election of the Second Republic. Fact is, I didn’t particularly like the man and his sometimes mean-spirited brand... Read more
C By Collins Onuegbu I don’t have the data. But the migration of the Igbos of Eastern Nigeria homewards for the Christmas season is one of the biggest migrations in Africa. I need to be convinced that there is any other nationality in Africa that does as much as... Read more
By Odimegwu Onwumere In the work “Pride and Prejudice”, a Jane Austen says: “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” This can best describe the comment credited to one Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, saying that Bride Price should... Read more
Atiku: Nigeria’s Doomsday Protocol
Opinion September 18, 2018
By Adekoya Boladale In Central Africa and predominately Cameroon, there is a specie of frog called: Hairy frog. Like every other frog, it is amphibian in nature and carnivorous in diet; it feeds on slugs, spiders, beetles and grasshoppers. But one thing that is profound about the hairy... Read more
$322m Abacha’s Loot Sharing: The Voice of Jacob, the Hands of Esau
Opinion September 18, 2018
On June 20th, 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria represented by the Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reforms, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, disclosed the intention of the Federal Government of Nigeria to disburse the repatriated $322,000,000 Abacha loot from Switzerland to poor and vulnerable Nigerians in 19 States. The... Read more
Uprooting The Climate Menace
Opinion September 18, 2018
By Nnimmo Bassey I bring you greetings of peace and a pledge to stand in solidarity with you all until the dangerous ecological problems confronting us and our children become a thing of the past. Our ecological challenges are widespread and suffocating. The clearest for those of us in... Read more
By: Femi Royal With more than 60% of its 1.2 billion people living in rural areas, Africa’s economy is inherently dependent on agriculture. More than 32% of the continent’s Gross Domestic Product come from the sector (Otavio, 2017), yet it remains challenging to export these products in emerging markets,... Read more
