We must begin to look beyond the labels of religion and ethnicity, and instead, together as one, tap into the strength inherent in our diversity.
Virtually everything in Nigeria no matter how well-meaning ends up getting ethnicized, or politicized, or religionized. So it is with Operation Amotekun: the Western Nigeria Security...
Candidates should vie for offices that they are feasible, gunning for the highest office having never held a political position may be an insurmountable task.
A few weeks ago Nigerian social media was abuzz with discussions about the first single off Falz’ “Moral Instruction” album titled “Talk”. Words like “misogyny” and...
The typical Nigerian is prayerful, irrespective of religious affiliation. Everyone requires that element of luck to see them through their daily endeavors. Uncertainty is the norm...
I was listening to an old 2Baba song which goes along the lines of: E be, like say you want me to tell me another story...
It’s still vivid to recall, how the rumour hung thick in the air like smoke. It circulated like wildfire in January 2017 that the Nigerian president,...
Nigerians woke up on the morning of Tuesday, August 7 2018 to a rude shock. Our democracy was under attack. Masked men of the Department of...
There was mild drama in the Senate chambers on Wednesday after Kogi West senator under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dino Melaye asked to sit at...
With the 2019 election approaching and presidential campaigns underway, the political discussions and debates have already started. With every news report describing what looks like a...
More than a week after President Olusegun Obasanjo released his state of the nation commentary and devastating assessment of the Buhari administration, it has remained the...
“I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…” “He used to be a Customs officer. Going from one port to another...
Perhaps the biggest news this week so far, has been the attempt by the Presidency to debunk the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has been kinder...
Mama Taraba is Senator Aisha Alhassan, the current Minister of Women Affairs in the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet, and arguably the most influential female politician in Taraba...
A few days ago,the Nigerian Senate electronically voted 86 to 10 in favour of the Reduction of Age for Election Bill. Popularly known by its social...
On Wednesday, July 12, the Supreme Court saved our democracy and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It did with its ruling in the matter between Ali...
The Daily Trust newspaper has published an interesting feature story (May 15), on the sudden surge in the number of First Class degrees being churned out...
I was elated when I found out that the first Nigerian-produced musical was going to be performing in London’s West End. I hadn’t seen one before,...
The other day I and a friend were having a random brain storming session. Although she is a Barbie looking, always fully contoured, with nails did...
‘We have just lost another activist to the devil!’, snapped a young man at the news that Reuben Abati, fine public commentator, had just been appointed...
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