Nigeria's Action Film

By Nasiru SuleimanWhen one of my friends described  electioneering activities in Nigeria as “action film” I don’t really understand what he meant by action film ...

NUC: Yesterday Today And The Future

By Freddy Ogugua Esenwa (Jnr)  1.00    INTRODUCING THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSIONThe National Universities Commission (NUC) was created as an administrative department in the office of ...

Shekarau: A New Seed Of Trust To The Nigerian Youth

By Nwoke D. Cosmos To build a lasting foundation for Nigeria’s economic prosperity, security and sustainable Democracy, we’ll have to first organize around the core ...

Jonathan and Dame Patience Goodluck, Change and the Burden of History

By Adebiyi Jelili A.With the impending elections, Nigerians would be seeking through the present, a future. This endeavour constitutes a change process that requires the ...

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The Reality Of Jonathan Presidency

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Our Democracy

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Saraki and the PDP Reconciliation

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How Not To Vote In April 2011

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The GEJ Campaign: All That Shimmers...

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Kogi Dynamics: Between Echo-Cho and Adu-Oja

By Joshua OchejaInteresting times lie ahead for us Kogites. This is because the elections are around the corner and I dare to say that the ...

Jonathan, Jega And Juveniles

By Danlami Alhaji Wushishi`All people are dead, save for those who knowAnd those who know are dead, save those who practice;And those who practice are ...

Nigeria's Energy Cry-Seas

By Zulfikar Aliyu Adamu Ha, NIGERIA! We Nigerians tend to be unique in everything we manage to lay our hands on, be it good or ...

Shekarau’S Candidacy: An Alternative To A Bloody Revolution

By Nwoke Cosmos DamianFollowers all over the world are now initiating change in both the private and public sectors. It is no wonder why Americans, ...

Mass Murder In Slow Motion (So, You pass Your Neighbour Pt II)

By Zulfikar Aliyu Adamu, UKThe original article, which was intended to bring to fore, the hazards of carbon monoxide poisoning from generators (e.g. the ‘I ...

So, You Pass Your Neighbour?

By Zulfikar Aliyu AdamuBackgroundFor a country that has been gasping in the fumes of generators for over two decades, it has become a status symbol ...

Party Delegates And Posterity

By Joshua OchejaThe year 2011 in Nigeria was ushered amid fanfare of excitement occasioned by hopes and aspirations, but for the ill-timed bomb blast in ...

Jonathan: Man of Goodluck

By Arinze AlinnorAll activities in Nigeria at the moment are geared towards the general elections coming up in 2011. Many politicians are very busy combing ...

Nigeria; Our Problems, Our Faults

By Suleiman NasiruThe problems Nigeria as a country is facing was once said is that of leadership problem. Nigeria would have been among the greatest ...

Kogi And Its Dynamics

By Joshua OchejaI am excited for the single reason that our consciousness is awake to the dynamics inherent in Kogi politics. The number of aspirants ...

Kogi And Its Dynamics

By Joshua OchejaI am excited for the single reason that our consciousness is awake to the dynamics inherent in Kogi politics. The number of aspirants ...

Gombe 2011: Separating Jokers From Contenders

By Kabiru Danladi LawantiBy May 29, 2011 the governor’s office in Gombe, as in other states of the federation, where the Governors served their second ...

2010 Obudu Mountain Race

By Mr. Dorn Cklaimz EnahmeThe 6th edition of the prestigious Obudu Mountain Race Week took off on the 22nd of November and lasted until the ...

Jonathan Is Not Laughing

By Habu Dauda FikaThere is a bevy of incompetence that is permeating the presidency. A clandestine visit to Aso Rock by the Save Nigeria Group ...

Taraba, Suntai And The Opposition

By Emma BelloLast Saturday was a great day for many Jukuns in Taraba State. It was the second edition of the Ukenho festivals- an event ...

For An Egalitarian And Just Northern Nigeria

By Ndiameeh BabrikThe saying goes that the most constant thing in life is change. That cannot be far from the truth as far as Northern ...

Nigeria Or Jonathan, Who Will Endure?!

By Habu Dauda FikaMy generation went to primary school in the sixties, graduated from secondary schools in seventies and earned our first degrees in the ...

The World Bank’s Palm Oil Mistake

By Thompson Ayodele, Lagos, NigeriaWhen the World Bank held its annual meeting last weekend, there was muchdiscussion of trade imbalances and currency wars, but nothing ...

The 2011 Election; My Personal Take

By Ndiameeh BabrikWhen one read articles and analyses by most northerner commentators and writers lately they moan and loathe over the so called PDP zoning ...

The Dynamics Of Kogi Politics (2)

By Joshua OchejaIt would be so interesting that even the atmosphere seems cloudy in the eastern part of the state for inexplicable reasons, maybe the ...

If I Were Araraume

By Dozie OkebalamaAfter the dehumanizing humiliation Senator Ifeanyi Araraume suffered in the hands of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007, no sane Nigerian ...

The Unending Child Witch Phenomenon In Akwa Ibom

By Odimegwu OnwumereAkwa Ibom State, Nigeria, is making the news headlines of how some unscrupulous pastors-witchhunters are going about humiliating children perceived to be witches. ...

The Irony Of A Nation @ 50

By Kabiru Danladi LawantiThe year 2010 is a special year for many African countries. Close to 17 countries have celebrated or will celebrate their 50th ...

Amaechi: Significance Of Mrs. Jonathan’s Scolding

By Odimegwu OnwumereThe outcome of Madam Patience Jonathan’s (the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan) visit to Rivers State recently is a puzzler. Many Nigerians are ...

Governor Lamido: Tribute To History And The Missing Link

By Adamu Muh’d Usman"Somewhere between my ambition and my ideals, I lost my ethical compass”--Jeb Magruder(1934- ) U.S. Political aide.Alhaji Sule Lamido, really needs no ...

Sokoto State: Between The Opposition And Abandoned Projects

By Dahiru Maishanu, SokotoRecent comments by the twice defeated gubernatorial candidate of the DPP in Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi have reawakened commentaries on the ...

Northern Minorities And The Quest For Power In 2011

By Inuwa Bwala, AbujaThe political fortunes of Nigerians, irrespective of their separate and distinct ethnic identities since independence, have oscillated around majority groups. The Hausa/Fulani ...

Evolving Dynamics of Kogi Politics’

By Joshua OchejaThe atmosphere is calm with lots of underground scheming and nocturnal meetings at odd hours. The dateline is drawing closer and closer that ...