Category: OPINION

By Hamza Sani Please don’t assume that you know Ndi Igbo that much. If you brought a Rochas Okorocha or Okezie Ikpeazu today to govern Nigeria, Ndi Igbo will rather vote a Kwankwaso. The problem here is that Peter was governor of Anambra and never blowed his trumpet as an achiever, but Ndi Igbo recognized his performance. But because this was known only to Ndi Igbo at that time is why his appearance at the national scene first got their endorsement before others started hearing about his story. But don’t…

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By Oludare Mayowa Christianity will soon go into extinction in Nigeria, mark my word, as it happened in Turkey and in some other countries hitherto populated by Christians, the same fate awaits our faith in this country if care is not taken. You may be shouting ‘God forbid’ and even raining curses on this writer for his prediction, but the reality that stares us in the face showed that this generation may soon lose the privilege of serving Christ in Nigeria if care is not taken. From a post-mortem of…

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Festus Adedayo  On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a 42-year-old woman named Rosa Parks did what philosophers call against method. Paul Feyeraband, an Austrian philosopher, had in 1976 pioneered that thesis. In a racial American society of the time where blacks were inferior and were expected to leave their bus seats for whites, Parks refused to give up hers for a white male passenger. Her refusal sparked a boycott that changed the paradigm of racial relationships in America. It even shot the less-known Martin Luther King Jr. to world…

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By Taiwo Olanegan That Bola Ahmed adopted the Tinubu name is common newspapers knowledge. He is not a biological product of now deceased Madam Tinubu. However, under Yoruba custom and even law, he remains her son. If Asiwaju adopted the Tinubu name more than 40 years ago before his politicking, then it would be mischievous to say Bola Ahmed changed his name to become a Tinubu for political expediency. Was it wrong for him to drop and add a name? Who says? You could this very moment drop your names…

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By Temitope Akayi Two days ago, a very good egbon (Yoruba word for senior) wrote here in a Facebook post that the Igbos have been mindlessly marginalised in Nigeria. After reading the post, I asked him to explain how the Igbos are marginalised. I am well aware we have many who binge on elite conspiracies, which are just mere grand design to pollute the waters for personal advantage. With an open mind, I asked my good egbon to educate me on how the Igbos have been marginalised because I really…

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2023 is not about Peter Obi. It is a battle for the soul of this beleaguered country and the dignity of the citizens. Obi is only the face of that titanic struggle, the first of its kind in recent times, by ordinary Nigerians. By Ikechukwu Amaechi Tomorrow, June 24 will be exactly one month since Mr. Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State, quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), forfeiting N40 million he spent in buying the party’s presidential nomination form, and in the process fundamentally reshaping the political landscape.…

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By Azuka Onwuka Between 2014 and 2015, Muhammadu Buhari’s supporters burnt billboards of President Goodluck Jonathan and campaign vehicles. It was not enough. They pelted him with stones when he went to campaign in some Northern states. Some people justified it and clapped for them. Between 2014 and 2015 when the presidential campaign was on, I took a decision not to make any denigrating statement against Buhari in line with my philosophy of live and let live and respect for the other person’s point of view. Based on the promotion…

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