How Nigeria Can Defeat Boko Haram, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
Finally we are in the eyes and ears of the world for despicable reasons. Nigeria has been exposed less as a nation state and more as a colony of saboteurs, a den of looters, a congress of bigots and ethnic chauvinists; a geographical hellhole of terrorists that is merely a…
Media Turns Boko Haram into ‘Superstar Monsters,’ By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
My friend's eight-year-old daughter burst into tears while watching a Boko Haram video release on TV the other evening. The terrorist group has been receiving the kind of local and international media coverage that could make even a Hollywood megastar explode with envy. At the current rate, the group's leader,…
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Chibok Visit: In Defence of President Jonathan, By Adekoya Boladale
On Wednesday 6th of April 1994, around 8:30pm the Presidential Jet conveying President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda touched the country's airspace after a trip from Tanzania. Few minutes before landing, the Jet was shot down by a radical terror group. The President and all his entourage died instantly thus marking the beginning…
Aliko Dangote: The quintessential Nigerian entrepruneur, By Femi Aribisala
Dangote is remarkable because he chose a route far less travelled by his compatriots: the hard, difficult grind of manufacturing. (more…)
Tantrums of a Discredited Empress, By Chidi Amuta
THISDAY edition of 16th May contains on its back page what was meant to be a rejoinder to my earlier piece on the still missing Chibok girls: “The Girls and the Rot”, published two days earlier on 14th May. As it would happen, my critical participation in a debate that…
Is the unity of Nigeria truly non-negotiable? By Tolu Ogunlesi
“I honestly don’t believe Goodluck Jonathan or Pius Anyim really believe what they’ve been quoted as saying regarding the inviolable unity of Nigeria.” (more…)
Let’s Build the Army We Deserve, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Many Nigerians were startled with the rude and crude statement by Senator John McCain of the United States that - “We shouldn’t have waited for a practically non-existing government to give us the go ahead before mounting a humanitarian effort to rescue the (Chibok) girls”. Many would wonder what has…
Monetary Policy, Looking Ahead, By Ifeanyi Uddin
"Calm before a raging storm"! This was how a participant at a discussion, last week, described the state of the economy. I am privileged, every week before the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) rate-setting committee's meeting, to sit at a table where bank treasurers and their economist friends dwell on…
Democratisation of Violence or State of Emergency?, By Babayola Toungo
The request for the extension of the state of emergency in the northeast states tabled before the National Assembly by Goodluck Jonathan and sheepishly approved by the House of Representatives is clear indication that they have harkened to the misinformed call of the Southern Leadership Assembly and not the informed…
President Jonathan, It is Time To Own Your Honour, By Omano Edigheji
Your Excellency, Dr. President Jonathan, I am using this medium to urge you to urgently relocate and operate the seat of power from Borno State for a week. You can then spend a week each in Yobe and Adamawa states. Demonstrate to Nigerians and the world that you are president…
