By Philip Agbese Change is inevitable. But whenever it occurs, what comes to mind is how those exiting would be remembered. For the outgoing Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), the answer is very simple; he would be remembered as the Army General who led his troops from the front. That […]
Category archives: Opinion
Southwest’s lingering conflagration and its political undertone
By Rotimi Akinbile Finally, the missing link in the puzzle unfolding in Southwest Nigeria has been discovered with the recent expose by no less a person than Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters. Ojudu in a widely circulated piece he wrote, narrated how a meeting was arranged between Southwest political […]
Gov Zulum’s Victory Bell at Biu
By Charles Ibekwe Since the onset of the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East, Nigeria in 2009, Nigeria has witnessed a period classified as one of the most trying in its history. I would say that the Boko Haram insurgency was underestimated. Consequently, conventional tactics were deployed in an asymmetric war. And the outcome of such […]
The diaspora quagmire for Nigeria
By Idoko Ainoko It is established that the population of a nation is its strength; the intellectual and positive productive gifts of its citizenry are its power and enviable assets. The overbeaten cliché in the inaugural address by a former American President. Mr. John F. Kennedy’s in 1961, pricked the consciousness of the people to […]
Sahara Reporters and Dearth of Investigative Journalism
By Philip Agbese Pro-protest and pro-terrorist news blog, Sahara Reporters, has maxed out its usefulness and may just be on the last lap of its viability going by the nature of the sub-par news items it is now pushing out in the name of exclusives or investigative reports. The latest of such impaired offering from […]
Nigeria and her Betrayal by Diaspora
By Thomas Uzah PhD Interventions on the political and economic fronts by Nigerians in the Diaspora have been anything but complimentary of our leaders, systems and policies. It is as if once our intellectuals find their feet in other shores, they develop a contemptuous mindset towards their country and anything happening in the country is […]
ICC: Understanding the Insurgency within Insurgency
By Richard Murphy Nigeria has for over a decade been enmeshed in an intractable insecurity mess due to the unfortunate conspiracy against it by notable international bodies like the ICC and Amnesty International among others, and kowtowing the script of the renegade and insurgents on its soil. This is indeed a very unfortunate and dreadful […]
Understanding Diaspora Activists and Irrational Demands
By Elijah Attah I would start this article on a high pitch because of the activities of some supposed Nigerian activists holed up somewhere outside the shores of Nigeria barely surviving and waiting for that opportunity to make a living through ignoble ways, including selling their conscience for a plate of porridge. They call themselves […]
The Diaspora and it’s Negative Influence on our Democracy
By Abubakar Gana We yearned and prayed passionately for democratic leadership for decades. It was not easy for a nation as famous and naturally endowed like Nigeria to face the enslavement of dictatorship for the years it was imposed on us by our Military. At last, democracy reincarnated in Nigeria in 1999. Good enough, for […]
ICC plans to release “trumped-up report” on indictment of Nigerian Military leader
By Lawrence Audu Fresh facts have emerged on how the International Criminal Court (ICC) has perfected plans to release a report indicting some members of the military hierarchy for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the prosecution of the war against insurgency in Nigeria. According to credible sources, the ICC is planning to indict […]