Articles & Opinions

By Remi Oyeyemi The brief exchange (as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria via PUNCH newspaper on October 30, 2016) between Former President Olusegun Obasanjo – Onyejekwe and Mrs. …

By Mecha Udo Even as the world has become a global village, nations still defend their territorial integrity. It is not likely that God blessed Nigeria with ample natural resources …

By I. B. Nga Sincethe commencement of this new academic session, several students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), have been badly destablisedby the very frustrating method deployed by …

By Daniel Iworiso-Markson One dictionary defines “matriarch” as “a female head of a family or tribe or a highly respected woman who is a mother”. Many women are mothers and may be …

My piece today was first published by Brookings’ Institution on its blog on February 29 2016 (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/02/29/re-evaluating-the-boko-haram-conflict/). I have edited it for space.   I decided to republish it following …

By Remi Oyeyemi My father had a common saying, “Òde l’ó ndá omo è l’abò.” I am actually at a loss on how to appropriately translate this aphorism without making …

Taming DSS and Judicial Corruption arraigned and that Section 36(5) guarantees a presumption of innocence Muazu Pindiga, chairman of the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal. As one commentator has poignantly …

By Remi Oyeyemi There have been many commentaries on the BBC interview of Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari. The explosive interview has been widely responded to at home and …

By Tochukwu Ezukanma One of the legacies of colonialism in Nigeria is the inferiority complex of the Nigerian society. The justification for colonialism (an unjustifiable usurpation) demanded myth–making that extolled …

It was one of those experience that lingers…one which when you recall, it is filled with nostalgia, it has a sense of humor in it, but largely filled with the …