By Anthony Ejiofor – – Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Professor Ivan Sheehan’s opinion piece published in the October 4, 2021 edition of the Washington Times and entitled “U.S. Ignores Small African Terrorist Group, IPOB at its peril” was a travesty that could endanger the lives of over 50 million Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. The piece […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in MaTaZ ArIsInG on Monday, 11 October, 2021) Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian who won the Nobel Prize in Literature last week has a very interesting definition of honour. He says it means “respect yourself (so that) others will come to respect you.” That is from his ‘Paradise’ – a ‘narrative reversal’ […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye (wole.olaoye@gmail.com) I write in defence of the Mosquito, even as I wish that it sucks fat instead of blood. Every misfortune has an ingredient of fortune if you look deeply enough. Call it a pest, a killer, or whatever else you may, the mosquito, which depopulates whole continents, is also, by some […] Read more
By Ayo DADA When a man pursues a dream vigorously for over 10 years, it is assumed that he will be more than prepared and ready when that opportunity finally arrivess, but not with President Buhari, it seems. If he had waited for another 40 years to run Nigeria, he wouldn’t have done better than […] Read more
By Adewale Adeleke Northerners have been “voting leaders and not porn stars” forever, although one might add, not to be outdone in the sex department… Northerners have been “voting leaders and not porn stars” forever, although one might add, not to be outdone in the sex department, somehow they have also legitimized pedophilia as inherent […] Read more
By Basil Okoh The insistence by the Turaki Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to contest the presidential primaries of the PDP even as it is zoned to the South highlights once again the disruptive nature of Fulani in Nigeria. The Fulani determination to rule Nigeria or otherwise disrupt and destroy it, remains the Central challenge of […] Read more
By Lisa Myers, Aram Roston & amp; the NBC Investigative Unit – June 30, 2005, 6:34 PM EDT Turning off the spigot of cash to terrorists is supposed to be a top priority for the U.S. and the United Nations. But an NBC investigation found what appears to be a major oversight by investigators: A […] Read more
By Tope Akinnola And so, finally, I was at the much bragged about or flaunted Ebute Metta Train Station, otherwise called the Mobolaji Johnson Train Station yesterday; and I can say for certain that it lives up to its reputation of great aesthetics and fine architectural design. Subconsciously though, my mind began to make comparisons […] Read more
By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 4 October, 2021) Igboland is the new home of Hades, lord of death and king of the underworld. The land writhes in pains as rough men roast it for supper. Vultures have descended on its forests; hawks feed on its cities. Every dove there is […] Read more
By Wole Olaoye As Nigeria marks another birthday, we mourn with the families of victims who have supped with raw terror as some ring of inevitability begins to form around the serial violence enveloping the country on all sides. We are all potential victims. For once, this scourge, no matter its illogic, obeys the federal […] Read more
