OP-ED Opinions 

Abba Kyari Was A Farce Waiting To Happen By Azu Ishiekwene

Abba Kyari’s response in July after the US Attorney General’s Office Central District of California issued a warrant of arrest against him following his indictment in a case of internet fraud involving Ramon Abbas, otherwise called Hushpuppi, was the earliest warning sign that the Nigerian end of this affair might descend into a farce. The US authorities might have taken… Read More
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The Tired Jagaban And His Wish To Become The Leader Of Tomorrow, By Oluwaseyi Oyetunbi

One would have predicted correctly the reach and firmness of the political webs of the revered ‘Lagos Landlord’ Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, examining his style of nurturing students of his political school of thought, who also grew to be emerging godfathers in their own individual capacities. If influence denotes enthroning and dethroning political leaders, without an iota of hurdle, then… Read More
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ASUU And Its Strike: Once Bitten Twice Shy!

In my article titled “ASUU: WHAT IS THE INTEREST OF THE NATION”, published in the Guardian Newspaper of Sunday, the 19th of August 2013, written in response to one Doctor Olusanya, in his piece, entitled “ASUU: Beyond Aluta Continua”, published Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009, in the opinion page of the Guardian newspaper, I have reviewed this topic of ASUU-FADERAL GOVERNMENT… Read More
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Understanding Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial, By Adebayo Raphael

Since Nnamdi Kanu’s abduction in 2021 by General Buhari’s transnational Gestapo, the consequential rage of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra has been, to a considerable extent, not up to scratch. Instead, there seems to be a diminishing rage, IPOB itself on the brink of becoming another fossilized group in the graveyard of reactionary opposition. My suspicion is: It… Read More
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Why Coup May Happen In America By Sylvester Odion Akhaine

Sometime in 2003 at Highfield Court, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom, the spate of coup d’état in Africa popped up in our informal conversation at our communal kitchen between me and my apartment mate, Frank Krifka. Somewhere in our conversation, I told him that a coup could happen in America. An expensive joke you might say. He… Read More
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Nigerian Celebrities Can Be Held Liable For Promoting Fraudulent Brands Or… By Pelumi Olajengbesi

The third world economic system has introduced different dimensions to modes of marketing as well as advertisement of products by producers to the general public. One of the integral parts of these dimensions is the use of celebrities by corporate organisations for the advertisement of products and services under what is generally termed as Brand Ambassador. This system allow companies… Read More
Leo Igwe OP-ED Opinions 

‘Witches’ Can’t Turn To Animals, Stop Being Cruel To Animals in Africa, By Leo Igwe

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW) condemns the torture, ill-treatment of animals in the name of witchcraft across Nigeria and beyond. As in the case of humans, cruelty to animals linked to witchcraft has largely been ignored and condoned. The belief that witches turn into animals to inflict harm on other human beings and their estate is pervasive in Africa.… Read More