The Making of a National Identity Crisis By Victor Anazonwu
Meet Engr. Aliyu Aziz from Taraba State. He is the Director General of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Aziz was first appointed to the position in 2015 and reappointed in …
Opinions & Articles
Opinions & Articles
ASUU vs. FG: Crossing the Red Line with Impunity By Victor Anazonwu
Since March 2020, starting weeks before the Covid-19 lockdowns, public universities in Nigeria have been shut down. Reason: Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike following disputes …
Why Trump Lost By Abdullahi Yelwa
When I studied American democracy in graduate school in the U S, in the early 80s, it was pretty much settled that the stability of American democracy is hinged on …
The Kankara Boys: What it says about us all By Victor Anazonwu
Let me guess: Now that the over 300 teenage boys abducted from their boarding school in Kankara, Katsina State, have regained their freedom, Nigerians will jump for joy, slap each …
Achieving food security and ending hunger By Moses AMADI
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has designated the world as a hungry planet with more than two billion people worldwide without sufficient access to food. This is even as …
#Lekkimassacre: complicity is the sound of silence By Amadi U. MD.
“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch the evil doers, in silence.” Albert Einstein. We live in troubling times. A …
Rawlings in the eye of history By Moses AMADI
Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings, was seen as both a champion of the people as well as controversial, as his personality and style of leadership generated varying degrees of opinion both in Ghana and in the international community.
Away From The Out House, Africa By Chukwuma Onyeukwu
Rev. AL. Shapton in his sermon at one of the memorial services conducted in honour of the slain George Floyd in U.S.A said inter alia, that “the black man has …
7 simple steps government can take to immediately halt #endsars Agitations By Victor Anazonwu
Some say they don’t know exactly what Nigerian youths want; that government needs time to set up committees of inquiry before anything meaningful can be done. That’s not entirely true. …
The metamorphosis of Buhari by Erasmus Ndulue
Agenda setters and nimble footed gatekeepers with skills in the art of subterfuge sought to shame the unenviable records of Hitler’s Propaganda Minister, Josef Goebbels, by dexterously persuading Nigerians that …