Columnists

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...
From “Village” Ethics To A Moral No-Man’s Land By Okey Ndibe
One of the enduring lessons in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is that the ethical interests of the Umuofia community assert themselves, again and again, over the overweening pride and impulsive...
Let’s Negotiate Nigeria By Chido Onumah
“There is nothing exclusive in the term unity; unity for Nigeria holds out the best chance for progress when that unity is a unity of purpose rather than the present hollow approach to unity...

Cartoons

Documents

Commentary

The Parable Of The Cockroach And Nigeria By...
The Edos say “Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan”.  A...
APC: Dead On Arrival? By Samuel Ogundipe
Elevating the fallacy of the false alternative to Boko Haram insurgency, Bola Tinubu, and a few others in the Action Congress of Nigeria, believes Nigerians who welcomed President Jonathan's...
Mislead, Mistrust, Misinform, Misunderstanding -...
As the Cuban missile crisis raged in October 1962; the US president sat in the White House and called the leaders of the key nations that were members of the UN Security Council to get their support...
Of State Of Emergency And Criticisms By...
The recent declaration of state of emergency by the President Goodluck-led government on Borno, Adamawa and  Yobe states as far as I am concerned is in order. It’s surprising that the...
Declaration Of States Of Emergency As A Set Back...
Following the recent upsurge in terrorists activities in the Northern part of Nigeria which claimed alarming figures of innocent civilian lives and security agents as well as the wanton destruction...

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 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,...
EFCC Press Release: EFCC Declares Sylvanus Okoh...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared one Sylvanus Enonche Okoh (alias Anthony Nwabueze, Okpoju Olofu, and General) wanted. The serial scammer, who is standing trial before...
EFCC Press Release - N25 Bn Fraud: Goje’s...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has urged Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal High Court, Gombe, to discountenance the opposition of Sambo Muhammad Tumu to the admissibility of his...
EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arraigns Former FCDA...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 15, 2013 arraigned one Aminu Ibrahim Gaya before Justice Olasubo Olarenwaju Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja on a four count charge...
EFCC Press Release: EFCC Gets Order To Evacuate...
Justice E. S. Chukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja today granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to evacuate for safe keeping the petroleum products recovered from the...

Reports

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
TRANSCRIPT, PHOTOS & DOCUMENTS: Atrocities Of...
On Saturday 20th April, 2013, two gentlemen, Prince Segun Seriki and Mr. Richard Odusanya appeared on SaharaTV to reveal some of the antecedents of high profile killings, including those of former...