Middle Belt Nigeria: A region on the brink of collapse
***A call for proactive engagement of international, local NGOs The Middle Belt is a multi-ethnic religious geographical area in Nigeria…
Category: Opinion
Celebrating a Legend: General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau @80
By Shehu Usman Iyal It is not unusual in parts of Northern Nigeria, for a new child to be named…
These final hours of “Mai gaskiya’s” Kakistocracy
By Tunde Olusunle The title of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s account of his stewardship as Nigeria’s President kept plodding in my…
Yari: Yeoman for the job of Senate President
By Esther Agada, Nkechi Anadu, Folashade Ogunremi and Zainab Shuaib We are the Mothers of the Nation; we gave birth…
Yahaya Bello, Louis XIV and the limits of absolutism
By Tunde Olusunle Since he became governor in circumstances which remain fuzzy over seven years ago, Yahaya Bello, the governor…
Election Petitions: Need for litigants, judges to avoid technicalities
By Ehichioya Ezomon In Nigeria, losers hardly accept their defeat, and virtually every election contest ends at the election petitions…
Who is afraid of Kingsley Idoko Ilona?
Our attention has been drawn to pockets of obviously poorly orchestrated campaigns of calumny against the person of Kingsley Idoko…
Of Hadiza’s jaundiced narratives about the NPA and Intels Saga
By Paul Njowusi Perhaps the most interesting account in the 17-chapter book, entitled: “Stepping on Toes” by Hadiza Bala Usman,…
A call for an open Speakership contest as in APC presidential race
By Demola Olugbenga The race for the Speakership of the House of Reps in the 10th National Assembly is gathering…
And the top cop goes tough
By Tunde Olusunle He was acting in the line of duty, but I came off from my first and only…