Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Is Solarization of Aso Rock a Top Priority as Nigerians Grope in Darkness?

Nigeria, April 25 -- As widely reported, the State House has increased the budgetary allocation to the State House Headquarters from N47.11bn in the proposed 2025 budget to N57.11bn in the approved ve... Read More


Eedris Abdulkareem's 'Tell Your Papa' Lyrics: A Symptom of a Sick Democracy

Nigeria, April 18 -- Nigeria's democracy is sick. To cure it, it does not need medical doctors. What it needs to get well is a group of democrats that would pull it out from that slough in which it is... Read More


Akpoti, Akpabio, and the Bimbo Eruption in the Nigerian Senate

Nigeria, April 11 -- The Nigerian Senate (Red Chamber) under the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is a joke. If anyone thinks the Senate is not a joke but represents an arm of government, it is sti... Read More


Seyi Tinubu and the Politics of Ramadan Feeding Program

Nigeria, March 22 -- The month of Ramadan is a special month for Muslims. It is that season of the year that every Muslim feels the need to communicate with their Creator (Allah). Even nominal Muslims... Read More


Use Your Sense, Don't Take Everything From Clerics

Nigeria, March 14 -- We are still in the month of Ramadan. Although an important month, it has been the most abused month by clerics who seek to mislead unsuspecting worshippers and enslave them by me... Read More


Ramadan School Break: Between CAN and MURIC

Nigeria, March 7 -- The objection of the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) to Ramadan school closure in four northern states has unfortunately snowballed to an unhealthy debate. And of course, t... Read More


Ramadan: Between the Muslims and the Pseudo Clerics

Nigeria, Feb. 28 -- Time seems to run faster than usual nowadays. By tomorrow (Saturday) or a day after (Sunday), Muslims all over the world will start Ramadan fasting, which beginning is signaled and... Read More


Ritual Money and the Danger of Ritualists

Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- A sad news broke out a few days ago in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. The news is about a lady, Hafsoh Lawal, a final year student of the College of Education, Ilorin, who was... Read More


When Lecturers Turn Punchbags: The UNIZIK Case

Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- One should wail over a country that has its education bastardized. One should pity a country that compromises its standard of education. One should also mourn a country that separa... Read More


Nigerian Universities, the Sacked VCs and the Unpaid Lecturers

Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- There are serious crises in Nigerian universities. I don't know how long the crises would last. But I know they will not be resolved overnight. How do I know? I know because there s... Read More