Category: Opinion

New evidence shows how JAS’ Shiroro cell adopts a flexible approach that tolerates local bandits and their vices.The Shiroro cell of a Boko Haram faction in Niger State, near Nigeria’s capital Abuja, is the group’s furthest and most successful expansion outside the Lake Chad Basin. Until now, information about the cell of the Jama’atu Ahlis…

Am I the only one seeing this madness flying up and down the internet all in the name of graduation ceremony? Because at this point, it’s giving a sense that we’ve completely lost the plot.How did we even get here? When did finishing nursery school become such a massive production? We’re now organizing fullblown dinner…

“As it turned out, unwittingly, we had handed Obasanjo a tool with which he later dealt with us too. After “stooping to conquer” the National Assembly, and surviving the impeachment plot, he later “stooped to conquer” the AD governors and Afenifere. After he survived the impeachment plot, he never showed any sense of remorse. We…

Days after Samad Uthman, a Nigerian journalist, published an exposé on misinformation trends that are driving the online propaganda for Burkina Faso’s junta leader Ibrahim Traore, the deluge of attacks he faced on social media platforms was something he had never experienced before.Openly and in his private messages, social media users abused, cursed, and threatened…

Renowned Kenyan journalist and international correspondent, Larry Madowo, has set off a flurry of online discussions with a bold statement about the role of the media in shaping Africa’s global image. In a post that quickly went viral, Madowo wrote: “My job isn’t to cover Africa positively. My job is to cover Africa accurately.” The…

The General Overseer of The Gospel Faith Mission International (GOFAMINT), Pastor (Dr.) Elijah Oludele Abina, recently celebrated his 90th birthday, marking not only a personal milestone but also a significant moment in Nigeria’s religious history. Widely regarded as the oldest serving General Overseer in Nigeria, Pastor Abina remains active and committed to spreading the gospel,…

Permit me to make this declaration that the blood in my veins that makes me a Yoruba man and my profession which guarantees my close proximity with our traditional institution, have combined to impel me showing concern to any discourse associated with Yoruba cultural heritage and value system. Also, permit me to admit my personal…

I just returned from a one week trip to Nigeria travelling by road doing Lagos – Sagamu – Abeokuta – Ibadan – Sagamu – Lagos – Ibadan – Osogbo – Erin Osun – Ibadan – Sagamu – Lagos, and I need to get this off my chest.A slightly long thread. What I saw on this…

As a young reporter in the early 90s, I grew up in the newsroom hearing the phrase ‘IBB Boys’. These were young soldiers loyal to the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and August 26, 1993. As a directing staff (lecturer) at the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA in…