Articles & Opinions

March 15th this year, Boko Haram staged a bloody attack on Magumeri village, Borno state. At least two policemen and several soldiers were killed. What was most worrisome about the attack…

By Sufuyan Ojeifo A former vice president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has been a subject of all variants of deconstruction in the media.  That is the way of politics…

Let me start with the story of a poor man who married into a rich family. He didn’t have anything as a man, but was loved all the same by…

By Tochukwu Ezukanma The TV footage showed the two leaders of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara exited…

By: Ifeanyi Izeze Despite the evangelical outreach mission of the Acting President, Prof Yemi Isinbajo to the Niger Delta region earlier in the year, nothing seem to have changed in…

By Dr Doyin Okupe An old widow with seven children was having a very rough time feeding her family from the meagre income she was getting from sales of “Akara”…

I have been reading a number of articles and essays written by so-called Igbo scholars and intellectuals on Biafra and on-going challenges in Nigeria.  Some of them make me sick.…

By Mecha Udo I hear and read the word restructure so often these days, you get the impression it means miracle. The miracle that will wipe away corruption from our…

Recently the country was almost engulfed in flames over the marching orders to Igbos to vacate northern parts of Nigeria having overstayed their welcome in the North resulting from the…

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”                 – Benjamin Franklin at…