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IGP’s curfew order and Lagos COVID-19 frontliners harassment
By Idris Aregbe
For an organization statutorily saddled with the responsibility of enforcing rules and maintaining law and order, the Nigeria Police has a natural proclivity for getting into the news for the wrong reasons one time too…
Lockdown and trailer loads of lamentations
by Aba Saheed
*While you and I are locked down and locked up massive trailer loads of able bodied disguised militia men are shipped in torrents down south apparently aided and abetted by powers that sent them on an undisclosed mission.…
Gambari, Sokoto Caliphate and Nigeria Islamization agenda
By Femi Fani-Kayode
200 years ago the Aare Kakanfo of the ancient Oyo Empire and the self-proclaimed Oba of Ilorin, Aare Afonja, rebelled against the Alaafin of Oyo and entered into a military alliance with a Fulani advisor, sorcerer and…
Gambari: A presidential babysitter
By Farooq Kperogi
On paper, Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari’s choice as Buhari’s Chief of Staff is so far the regime’s most luminous appointment. Gambari is undoubtedly one of Nigeria’s most credentialed and globally visible citizens for…
Akinwumi Adesina: Best man for the AfDB
By Reuben Abati
The Board of Governors and the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have given Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the Bank’s President, a clean bill of health in a report dated May 5, wherein it is stated that…
Nigeria: Averting the road to Venezuela
By Femi Adesina
Let’s tell the story of Venezuela, because it bears striking similitude with that of Nigeria.
Just like us, Venezuela is rich in oil, very rich. At a time, the county’s problem was not money, but how to spend it. Just…
Spreading coronavirus on the wings of ignorance
By Olusegun Fafore,
Let us not talk about any causative relationship between the 5G technology and Coronavirus. We cannot afford to be as injudicious as the promoters of the idiotic narrative. But if anyone thinks of possessing a…
How BUA become COVID-19 response ambassador in Kano
By Abubakar Zaharadden Kano,
Since the outbreak of the global pandemic in the Nigeria, Abdulsamad Rabiu has become a COVID-19 response ambassador in the country.
After the the country recorded its index case, the Nigerian…
How to pull Nigeria from the brink
By Atiku Abubakar,
On Monday, April 27, 2020, the British oil and gas giant, BP, became the latest in a growing number of energy firms to declare a massive quarterly loss. Their loss was in the region of $4.4 billion dollars.…