Columnists

The ‘Janja’Weed’ Influence By Hannatu Musawa
The irony of the APC adopting the broom as its national logo to sweep away the canker-corruption worms and indirection in Nigeria that the PDP has steered us into for the last 15 years can hardly be...
Against Dialogue With Boko Haram By Ogaga Ifowodo
The pattern is clear. The more bloodcurdling the atrocities of Boko Haram the louder the calls for dialogue with the band of murderous psychopaths whose official name is Jama’atu Ahlissunnah...
Okay, Here Are Some Answers By Okey Ndibe
I’m often taken aback when some of my Nigerian readers respond to my column by noting a failure to offer solutions. These fairly frequent responses are stated as complaints. It’s as if...
How The US Can Help Us By Sonala Olumhense
I wish to congratulate the government of the United States, which last week announced the freezing of an additional $458 million in Sani Abacha loot, Nigeria’s assets appropriated during his...
Spoken Word Rhyme - Is It Nothing To You? By Hannatu Musawa
On 6th April 2014, The All Progressives Congress held a Summit in Abuja where the party used the occasion to present the parties roadmap to a New Nigeria. In other words, it was a forum where the...
Igbo Re, Ona Re: The Nigerian Constitution And The Awo Road Not Taken By Pius Adesanmi
I was not a very happy man during my last appearance on a national lecture podium in this country back in October 2013. Pastor Tunde Bakare, and my good friend, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, had given me...

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Documents

Commentary

NJC And The Olotu Integrity Test. By Law Mefor
The judiciary being the last hope of the common man is a proven necessity. For most Nigerians living in a country where impunity is the order of the day, the judiciary really needs to live...
End ASUP Strike Now! By Frank Ijege
When ASUU went on strike last July, the whole media was awash with news on the strike. This is not minding that ASUP had earlier embarked on a strike in March. ASUU was trending social media. A...
Endless Political Gimmicks On The Second Niger...
Like programmed choreographers, some Igbos of the PDP and its allies’ hue are dancing themselves to stupor over the so called ground breaking ceremony of the second Niger Bridge. Their...
National Security: Aliyu Gusau And The Task...
Gen. Aliyu Gusau coming from where he is coming from to be assigned the Defense portfolio in Jonathan’s new cabinet must have been informed by the security challenges this country is facing...
Two Is Fighting: Nigeria’s Hausa And Igbo By...
‘Two is fighting’ is a common Nigerian expression that fits the hard to deny and ignore fact that a significant proportion of Nigeria’s Hausa’s and Igbo’s on the online...

Interviews

The Uncomfortable Truth Of Elusive Economic...
Protocols : Good afternoon, chieftains and members of the All Progressives Congress.  Thanks for inviting me as your Keynote Speaker at your Unveiling of Road Map Summit. I do not know how you...
Why The South-West Did Not Vote For Me In 2011-...
 “…if I was doing Obasanjo’s bidding, how comes those opposed to him are the ones who asked me to come and run under their platform?” Nuhu Ribadu worked in the Nigerian...
INTERVIEW: I Will Need Less Than A Year To Fix...
One of the wives of the winner of most referred Nigeria’s historical June 12 1993 election, late Chief MKO Abiola, Mrs. Dupe Onitiri Abiola has said most of the issues confronting Lagos State...

Letters

Jail For Gays: An Insane Legislation That Murders...
In a strong word, I condemn the Nigerian government, The National Assembly and President for the inhumane and insane legislation criminalizing the right of people to choose the sexual orientation...
LETTER : Before It Is Too Late By Dotun Oloko
We have had cause to exchange correspondence on a matter related to our beloved country. On that occasion it was because of your international reputation and position as Finance Minister. I am now...
FOI: Request For Information On Ejigbo-Idimu Road
Dear Sir : Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) is a coalition of over hundred and fifty Anti Corruption organizations whose primary aim is to constructively combat corruption vigorously...

Press Releases

EFCC Press Release - Police Pension Fraud:  How...
A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of seven persons accused of complicity in the billion naira Police Pension fraud, Mustapha Sani Gadanya, today, March 11, 2014 told Justice Hussein Baba of...
North's Predicaments, Reflection Of Nigeria...
Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has said that the security and socio-economic challenges bedeviling the Northern Nigeria today, were a...
EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arraigns Former Edo SSG...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday March 10, 2014 arraigned the quartet of Joseph Sule Emoabino, David Eson Igbinoba, Agbator Gaskin Efe and Dr. Simon Imuekeme before Justice...
EFCC Issues Angry Press Release Denouncing Media...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied the existence or its awareness of a lawsuit filed by the Bayelsa state asking the anti-corruption agency to release some $1.5 billion it...
Abacha’s Award: SERAP Backs Soyinka, Wants FG To...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has backed Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka’s rejection of the centenary award, and said that “any public award to indicted...

Reports

The Sad Story Of The Imagbon Community
It is a tale of two cities, and a tale of mis-perceptions. One city is rich and well off and healthy, while the other city is dirt poor, with residents dying from the food, poor services, and even...
How NNPC Illegally Diverted $20 Billion From The...
I am pleased to stand before you and present a summary of my latest submission on this subject. The submission itself is about 20 pages long with 30 Appendices, providing documentary backing for all...
Waivers Fraud : Punch Newspaper Rips Okonjo-...
What do you do when you find yourself in a slimy hole?  Wisdom dictates that you stop digging. But for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, this...