Opinion

NIGERIAN lawyers like to say their profession is the “only learned profession.” That’s both ignorant and ahistorical. They also think the term “my learned friend”–used in British courts as a form of address by lawyers on opposing sides of cases–is a validation of their claim that their profession is the …

An Open Letter to Governor Obaseki. My Dear Governor, THE entire Edo sons and daughters both at home and abroad observed with anxiety, dismay, and inexplicable bewilderment, the manipulation of the election process in the ‘just conducted’ local government election. This has in no small way or measure eroded and/or …

PRESIIDENT of Nigerian Union South Africa, Collins Mgbo, tells FATTEH HAMID how recent viral videos showing some Nigerians arrested for alleged drug trafficking by an indigenous group in South Africa is affecting the Nigerian community In the last few weeks, there have been video clips showing some Nigerians being arrested in …

By Elempe Dele I must borrow thoughts, ideas and words from one of Wole Soyinka’s Reith Lectures: Climate of Fear, Lecture 5: I Am Right, You Are Dead, to be able to accomplish this endeavour. Today, Nigeria is largely involved in controversy over the 25th general election where those who …

THIS is one war everybody is pretending not to know is happening. Nobody is outwardly taking sides and all just going about their businesses as if nothing is going on. If you have heard of the cola wars then you just might begin to understand what exactly is going on …

THE city of Warri, located in the Delta State of Nigeria, has recently been grappling with the challenges posed by flooding on its streets. The sight of plastic bottles and nylons floating in the waterlogged areas is a clear indicator of the underlying problem – the lack of awareness, education, …

Twitter: @farooqkperogi A speculative news story from TheCable about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu considering a temporary restoration of petrol subsidies in light of the current unspeakable adversity that Nigerians are going through trended early this week. If it’s true, it’s commendable, but on Thursday Tinubu doubled down on his decision to remove subsidies, …

By, Dapo Okubanjo FOR any one who has paid more than a passing attention to the activities of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in the last four years, the agency’s tax collection receipt in the first six months of 2023 would certainly not be surprising. This is because the …

I don’t believe that Tinubu does not know the implications of his warmongering stance against Niger Republic. If he does not know, at least the Realists in his team must have worked out the implications by now. It has grave religious and ethnic downside. There is a school of thought …

I write to you as a Nigerian, a retired General in the Nigerian military, a patriot and a war tactician. On July 26, 2023, the Commander of the Presidential Guard in Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, seized power and is now the new strongman of the …