#BringBackOurGirls: Psychological Terrorists or Peace Warriors, By Fatima K. Mohammed
“Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before the fight, while the ignorant fight to win.” - Morihei Ueshiba Aikido is a Japanese martial art that was developed in the early 1900s by Morihei…
Our Priority is to Rescue the Girls, By Reuben Abati
The rest of the world may have moved on, as USA TODAY writes in its editorial, but I assure you that safely rescuing the abducted girls and returning them alive to their parents remains President Jonathan's topmost priority. The president met recently with parents of the girls and leaders of…
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How More Wasteful Can the Police Force Be? By Garba Shehu
Before the advent of modern bureaucracies, European States operated a spoils system, by which every administration brings its civil servants from top to bottom. When their term of office is over, the civil servants all leave office with the government that brought them. Max Webber who many consider as the…
Al-Makura’s Impeachment Debacle, By Dele Agekameh
Everywhere across the political landscape, the impeachment stuff has become a sort of epidemic or another version of Ebola virus that has so far defied any known cure. One of the governors now in the throes of impeachment is Umar Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State. But a theatre of the…
Ebola and The Destiny of a New Africa, By Adekoya Boladale
Our world is today ravaged by a dreadful holocaust and our existence under extreme threat. Africa, as the world knows it may soon become a park of flirt and death. The over one billion men and women, boys and girls, young and old may soon become extinct. Ebola, the now…
I Have Your Type at Home; Your Own Too Much Sef, By Pius Adesanmi
Just before exhaustion and a bad bout of malaria put yours truly and this column out of business about six weeks ago, I returned to Accra from Pretoria and decided to touch base by phone with a close friend of mine in Nigeria. I meant it to be the usual…
The Art Of Loathing The “Outside” Messenger, by Okey Ndibe
For me, one of the extraordinary treasures of being a columnist are the emails—and the occasional phone call—I receive from readers who are moved to react to one piece or another. (more…)
The Dead Tells The Story In Gaza, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
Israeli military campaign in Gaza has become a horrifying indictment of its counter-insurgency plan and a patent disregard for the lives of Palestinians. (more…)
Why Christians Must Stop Supporting Israel Against The Palestinians, By Femi Aribisala
The God who created the heavens and the earth is also the God of the Palestinians. (more…)
Nigeria vs. Ebola, By Tolu Ogunlesi
“The Nigerian Medical Association should seriously consider calling a ceasefire in its face-off with the Federal Government”. (more…)
