OPINION
-
4.9KJobs Still Looking for Workers
I first published the article “Jobs Looking for Workers” on May 8, 2011. It was meant to draw attention to food or...
-
1.6KLeadership Crisis in a Recession
My friends that have been tagged “wailers” – because they didn’t vote for “change” in 2015 – remind me in the social...
-
1.3KOn the Road with Nyesom Wike
By 2019, four Ikwerre men would have ruled Rivers State for 20 unbroken years. The people of riverine Ogoni, Kalabari, Opobo and...
-
1.5KThe First Martyr for Nigerian Unity
A moment before he was shot, on July 29, 1966, Nigeria’s first military head of state Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi reportedly...
-
1.3KUsman: The NPA Change Challenge
Judging by his appointments alone, President Buhari has hardly exuded the “change” slogan of his party, for most government agencies are still...
-
1.5KVain Search for Soldiers of Fortune
Twenty-three years ago, I used to interview Lagos lawyer Femi Falana and report on the activities of activists like him. At times...
-
1.3KAisha Buhari: First Lady or What?
By UMAR SA’AD HASSAN — Prior to his victorious campaign in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari had contested in three presidential elections and...
-
1.1KHomeland Security – The Way to Go
Cross River State governor Ben Ayade is broaching an idea I’ve encouraged for three years now. He intends to employ 3, 000...
-
915The Looming Anarchy
By ABBA MAHMOOD — The people of Gurguzu village, close to Maguzawa, a suburb of Rigasa area near Kaduna, will never forget...
-
1.1KA Country of Hungry People
When I first wrote about a “stomach revolution” as the real threat to Nigeria, I was simply stating the obvious. A little...