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Features
Opinion: March of the Shiites,By Dare Babarinsa
*Mr Dare Babarinsa* It is a lot of journalists to fish in troubled water. It…
Opinion: From journalism classroom to the newsroom: A toast to my masters, By Abdulwarees Solanke
*Solanke* Joke Kujenya is a fantastic female journalist who has put more than three decades…
Opinion: Before Shiites is labeled a terrorist group, By Rahaman Onike
Sheikh El- Zakzaky* Monday’s Police-Shiites clash in Abuja conjure up a mental image of theatre…
Opinion: A hero from the North, By Lasisi Olagunju
Lasisi Olagunju* We have our curious caste of peculiar heroes and we worship them every…
Features: Erelu Fayemi Wages War On domestic violence in Ekiti ,Champions Women, Child Development
Erelu Bisi Fayemi* By Adewumi Ademiju Ado -Ekiti Her Pleasant disposition towards any one that comes…
How Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo’s agents contacted and offered me money to defend their Pastor; then went ahead to threaten me not to do otherwise– Nkechi Bianze
L-R: Pastor Fatoyinbo, Busola, Timi* Disclaimer: If you don’t read long posts, you can move…
Opinion: The president and his hoodlums, By Dare Babarinsa
Next week, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the beloved daughter of Chief Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti, would be…
Opinion- Nduka Obaigbena at 60: reading the heart of his art, By Aliu Akoshile
*Akoshile* Only few Nigerians have earned a national acclaim with their first names. Those who…
How MKO Abiola reconciled with Chief Awolowo after eating a bowl of eba in his house and other stories, By Chief Olusegun Osoba
*Chief Osoba* Chief Obafemi Awolowo was at home one sultry day in the mid-80s when…
Opinion: Why You Gain Nothing From Ethnic Bias, By Professor Pat Utomi
*Prof Utomi* I’m a Christian from Niger Delta, but most of the things I’ve ever achieved…
Breaking: Obasanjo writes Buhari open letter, warns on dangers in insecurity
Dear President and General Buhari, OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI I am constrained to…
Features:My voyage on the (River) Niger, By Jibrin Baba Ndace
*Jibrin Baba Ndace * .. .Everyone needs a strategy…’ -Lawrence Freedman Three years ago, precisely…
Opinion: The Crisis of Pastoralism and Negative Stereotyping: From Cattle Colonies to Ruga, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Last week, the Federal Government suspended its “Ruga” policy for the sedentarisation of pastoralists following…
Opinion: El Rufai is Wrong on ‘backward North, developing South’,By Babafemi Ojudu
I love reading my friend Mallam El Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State. You may not…
Features-Prof J.G. Adewale: Odyssey of a renowned scholar and administrator par excellence, By Rahaman Onike
* *Prof Adewale* The decision to write on Professor Jacob Gbemiga Adewale didn’t come as…
Islam and Religious Imperialism
By Tola Adeniyi I was named Muhammadu Saheed on the 8th day of my birth. I…
Opinion: I am Fulani, By Jamila Abubakar
You ask how I feel about events and circumstances which shape my life and define my…
Opinion: For the Dakolos, a rough road to travel, By Dare Babarinsa
If the truth must be told, it is not easy for a woman to discuss her…
Opinion: SENATOR ELISHA ISHAKA ABBO AND HIS PUBLIC MESS, By Rahaman Onike
As the senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is trying to settle down for serious…