Columnists

“If Another War Broke Out We‘re Not Likely To Do Anything Better,” Says Chinua Achebe
On January 25, 2008, I had what would be my first and last interview with Professor Chinua Achebe. At that point, he was no longer eager about granting interviews. But I approached him with a matter...
Which Gods Must Be Appeased? By Okey Ndibe
Modern Nigeria’s crisis, I suggest, is primarily a crisis of values. In Umuofia, Okonkwo may give vent to unruly deportment, but his community is also equipped with the coercive instrument for...
Where Did David Mark Get the Funds for His Private University? By Pius Adesanmi
(to the accompaniment of Fela’s “Just Like That”)
Hard View: State Of Emergency To Slate The Insurgency By Hannatu Musawa
So after much deliberation and rigmarole, after much dissent by leading sectors of Nigerians, after the massacres and nauseating murders of men, women and children, the government has finally...
Why Prof. Ango Abdullahi Flunked His Test By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
There are elders and there are elders. Prof. Ango Abdullahi is not an elder. A real elder does not pursue a rat while his house is on fire.
Paying The Police A Livable Minimum Wage By Ogaga Ifowodo
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, wants to raise the entry point salary in the force from N28,000 to N100,000. He is proposing the increase as part of his effort to reform a...

Cartoons

Documents

Commentary

President Jonathan’s State Of Emergency Paradigm...
The proclamation of emergency rule on three states of the North-East by a resurgent President Goodluck Jonathan was given the blessing of the National Assembly, as legislators of opposition parties...
There Was Emergency Rule By Charles Ofoji
Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan finally, pursuant to the powers conferred on him by the Constitution, imposed emergency rules in the already heavily militarised North-East states of Borno,...
Baga Massacre: How Familiar? By Lawrence Chinedu...
There has been so much hue and cry over the so called Baga massacre, a community in Borno state where the Joint Task Force (JTF) of the infamous Nigerian army massacred over 180 innocent people...
How Amosun Plans To Turn 7,000 Students From...
The current face-off between the students of the state-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University and the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led Ogun state government over the payment of the back-log of school fees owed...
A Chat With Nigerians: Will You Die For Nigeria...
Since time immemorial, people have been known to die for all kinds of causes – some religious, political, personal, emotional, social, economical etc. As far as I know, only Jesus died for the...

Interviews

SaharaReporters Interview Exclusive: Achebe A...
Also: Why He Wished Achebe Had Not Written His Last Book; What He Told Ojukwu Before The War; Genocide, And Other Issues
TheNEWS Interview: Flawed Implementation Of...
Toyin Akinosho, geologist and former employee of an international oil company is the Publisher of the highly rated Africa Oil and Gas Report and is reputed for his deep knowledge of the Nigerian oil...
PUNCH Interview: Why I Didn’t Talk To Fela For...
Fela Anikulapo’s son, Femi, tells OLUFEMI ATOYEBI and GBENGA ADENIJI what people didn’t know about the late Afrobeat musician.

Letters

Fraud Perpetrated By Mobile Service Providers In...
This piece is aimed at alerting Nigerian to fraud being perpetrated by mobile service provider in Nigeria. I had subscribed to Airtel’s daily internet package which is expected to provide me...
Staff "Disloyalty" In The Nigerian...
Is Aero Cpntractors going the Air Nigeria way? Staff of Aero has been sacked due to "DISLOYALTY". Whilst we are yet to get over the Air Nigeria saga as Staff of Air Nigeria were sacked due...
Truly, Jonathan Should Resign By Taopheeq...
Although I am a regular follower of news and events in and about Nigeria on many fora including online social media, I seldom found any subject that warrant my comment as most issues and comments in...

Press Releases

EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arraigns Monday Agha for...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 20, 2013 arraigned one Monday Agha before Justice Maureen Adaobi Onyetenu of the Federal High Court Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on an 8-count...
EFCC Press Release: EFCC Docks Emmanuel Ayoola...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday May 21, 2013 arraigned one Emmanuel Ayoola Oserin, before Justice R.I. Ahiakwo of the State High Court, Port Harcourt on 2-count charge...
EFCC Press Release: Curator Arraigned for Stealing
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday May 21, 2013 arraigned one Fadamijo Omotayo, before Justice R.I. Ahiakwo of the State High Court, Port Harcourt on one count charge bordering...
EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arraigns Fraudster For...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 20, 2013 arraigned Damola Orimogunje before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of Lagos High Court, Ikeja on a 16-count charge bordering on...
EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arraigns Two Bankers for...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday May 16, 2013 arraigned the duo of Olisaemeka Onyeka and Dike Chukwunenye before Justice I. L. Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Awka,...

Reports

Ambition, Selfishness And Climate Action By...
A Keynote presented by Nnimmo Bassey at the Intensive Practical Course on Climate Change, Environmental Law, Regulation and Management hosted by The Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (...
Why Former IGP Mike Okiro Is Unfit To Chair...
A new report by NOPRIN, the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, has expressed strong opposition to the nomination of Mr. Mike Okiro, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), as Chairman of the...
Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde’s Murder Was Foretold!...
Being the Text of the First Olaitan Oyerinde Memorial Lecture Delivered by Femi Falana (SAN) at Imaguero College  Hall; Sapele Road, Benin City, Edo State on May 6, 2013