Category archives: Opinion

By Idoko Ainoko Someone said the other day that, “We can never go back to the old days prior to 2015, ” and I asked what he meant by that. It was when he explained to me that his position is based on the security situation in the country prior to 2015 that I got  […]

By Bassey Akpan For an organization or platform that prides itself as a new outlet, the only thing worse than being unprofessional is when the unprofessionalism is driven by an obsession to settle scores, which could be made even more sickening when such score settling is escalated into a proxy war. Sahara Reporters, a news […]

By Isaiah Atuluku With due respect to the Daily Trust newspapers, which is unarguably one the leading dailies in Nigeria today, the lead story of its Monday 29th June, 2020, edition is highly misleading. While one is not holding brief for the Nigerian military, those of us resident in parts of the country constantly under […]

By Kabiru Ibrahim Dallah There is no doubt that Africa and indeed West Africa, in particular, has witnessed a massive rise in insecurity challenges post-Gaddafi era in Libya. Several reports by reputable media organizations have linked the proliferation of small arms and ammunitions plus the rise in terrorist activities in the Sahel of Africa to […]

By Bala Kuta  Professor Ango Abdullahi is an amusing character at his octogenarian age. He is a Northern varsity don, an intellectual, administrator and former minister in Nigeria, whose name should ordinarily strike profound memories. But in his latter days in life, he has proven to be a negation of whatever an elder should represent. […]

By Abimbola Oluyede Nigerians are complex people to lead. Sometimes, authorities struggle to understand where the people are displeased, excited or unexcited by policies or programmes. What seems to gain currency in the Nigerian market in political and social engagements, however, is to either hate the leader or disparage whatever he does good or bad. […]

By Ikenna Ellis Ezenekwe [Chem Engr, NYC] Who does Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara thinks he is fooling? His decision to exit the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] for the All Progressive Congress [APC] could not have come at a more convenient time. A time when the current Speaker of the House of Representative Rt. Hon. Olufemi […]

By Israel Abiodun That the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria has lingered is a function of various factors. There has been an unimaginable level of conspiracy against the Nigerian Military from multiple quarters. From those that have been benefiting from the heist, down to those that have used the insurgency as a means to achieving […]

By David Onmeje “She’s a strong cup of black coffee in a world that is drunk on the cheap wine of shallow love.” – J.M Storm Much regrettably, Nigeria has become a perpetual host to disasters and emergencies, which induce humanitarian interventions very constantly. From floods, insurgencies, epidemics, fire outbreaks, communal skirmishes to oil/gas pipeline […]

By Adio Waziri The biggest joke of the century is the so-called Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) which issued an ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to stem the tide of insecurity in the northern part of Nigeria or face mass protest. Ironically, the group is one of the reasons insecurity persists in northern Nigeria.  A […]