Category: Opinion

By Obiotika Wilfred Toochukwu There is an ongoing battle already for the soul of Nigeria. The political landscape of Nigeria is about to be changed after the February 25, 2023 general election. The whole world has attested to the fact that a great wind of change is blowing in the murky waters of Nigerian political […]

By Martins Oloja That polymorphous word, ‘cabal’ has cropped up again. And those deploying it know that there is power in that word, (cabal). They have been manipulating the word to bend minds and win hearts in this land of the gullible. They want to confuse us with the word again. Even members of the […]

By Matthew Ogunmolawa Here we go!!!! Happy new month everyone! I welcome you all to a new month embedded with greater opportunities to correct the present mistakes for a better tomorrow. As you all know, Nigeria decide this month, and Democracy is about voting and it’s about a majority vote. And it’s time that we […]

By Ayo Oyoze Baje The newspaper headlines are haunting, heart-jerking, painting a horrifying spectacle of the preventable pains of the long-suffering Nigerians, still stewing in the paradox of want -of refined premium motor spirit (pms)- in the midst of plenty natural deposit of crude oil resource. If in doubt, consider some of them: ‘Petrol scarcity […]

Coming in the midst of another spell of fuel crisis heating up the polity, the setting up of a 14-man steering committee to enforce petroleum products supply does not portend any cheer for embattled Nigerians who have to contend with the attendant dislocation and galloping inflation. The government’s move is indeed seen as a race […]

Leah Sharibu By Martins Oloja Doubtless, it is a time to deconstruct the electoral justice system that has firmly entrenched the judiciary as the author and finisher of our elected leaders in the executive arms of government because of abysmal failure of internal democracy here. It should be a time to write on the current […]

By Ayodele Eagbohun After rain comes sunshine, after darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy; there is no joy without its admixture of sorrow; behind the ugly terrible mask of misfortune lies the beautiful soothing countenance of Prosperity. So, tearing the mask! – Obafemi Awolowo aka Awo ,the […]

The Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) was clearly speaking the minds of majority of Nigerians when it recently called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba and the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Prof. James Momoh, to immediately reverse the “unlawful, unjust and unreasonable” increase in […]

By Cheta Nwanze Lagosians struggle to buy petrol at a filling station as scarcity bites harder… yesterday Photo: Ayodele Adeniran On 18 January 2015, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke announced a fuel price reduction that took the retail cost from ₦97 to ₦87 and explained that the price drop was occasioned by the […]

The scramble of aspirants to the Nigerian presidency in 2023 has been as notable as it has also been widely depicted as self-demeaning. But arguably, a striking comment on their less than noble trips abroad is in a newspaper cartoon trending on the social media. It shows the presidential candidates on their knees, arms raised […]