Columnists

Grandpa In Politics: The Necessity Of Sober Reflection By Pius Adesanmi
The good news for Professor Ango Abdullahi is that no Nigerian who has followed his history of public utterances since the 1980s runs the risk of accusing him falsely of being blessed with the...
What Happens After (During) the State of Emergency? By Ogaga Ifowodo
Many who have quite rightly praised President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe — strongholds of Boko Haram...
The Achebe I Knew By Chido Onumah
“Indiscipline pervades our life so completely that one may be justified in calling it the condition par excellence of contemporary Nigerian society”- Chinua Achebe, The Trouble with...
“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”)

Cartoons

Documents

Commentary

Nigeria Governors Forum and the Defeat of the...
The election of Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) finally held on Friday, May 24 and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has emerged victorious. Polling 19 votes out of 35 and his...
The Gait Of An Iroko: A Sonnet For Achebe By...
Ogene, the gong pierces the hollow night in feverish echoes of the solemn news! Ala, the earth wearily opens to swallow this huge feast of a people’s hymnal hunger. Chinualumogu! We still see...
Achebe: A Personal Testimony By C. Don Adinuba
Up to the moment he breathed his last on Thursday, March 21, 2013, Chinua Achebe, Africa’s most quoted raconteur, novelist , essayist and social critic, did not know he was the person who...
Sufuyan Ojeifo's Shroud Defence of David...
I read with pity, a poorly written piece by one Sufuyan Ojeifo on NewsDairyOnline (newsdiaryonline.com/marks-house-of-indolence-a-thesis-redolent-of-dishonesty-by-sufuyan-ojeifo/) and an edited...
On The State of Emergency Proclamation By Amene...
Let me begin this piece with a story.  Inno is a Nigerian in his early thirties, a graduate of Geography who has been searching from coast to coast for a job since he graduated in 2007. After...

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: Man Bags Three Years...
Justice L Abai of the State High Court, Aba, Abia State on May 22, 2013 convicted and sentenced one Oko Ogburu Urum to three years imprisonment for stealing.
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...

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