Pen for Hire: How Saboteurs Use Foreign Mercenary Journalists to Bully Nigerian Businessmen

– Desperate IOC enlists mercenary to maintain grip on Nigeria’s oil industry Like the colour and literal meaning of crude, the petroleum industry in Nigeria has always been one in which some companies and individuals have played their hand in the crudest manners.  For this group of people who have held sway for decades, every entity perceived as competition must …

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A blow to the butchers of our people — Femi Fani-Kayode

In the last few weeks, there has been a remarkable and devastating onslaught on the killer bandits and murderous terrorists of North-Western Nigeria. Zamfara state has been the model case and other North Western states including Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kebbi and Niger state have taken the cue and have also risen to the occasion. What the Governors of these …

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2023: Tinubu vs Bello And Others – Reuben Abati

From what we have seen and heard so far, it seems most likely that the race for the 2023 Presidential position would end up as the fiercest, most contested, and perhaps the most controversial since Nigeria’s return to civilian rule in 1999. We all must keep an eye on 2023. In 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo emerged not because he was …

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Can Renewables Change the Future of Gas? – Alex Otti

“We rushed into renewable energy without any thought. The schemes are largely hopelessly inefficient and unpleasant. I personally can’t stand windmills at any price” -James Lovelock. “So the conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it — perhaps as much more as the roots are more vital than grafts. It is good that new ideas …

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Why your vagina may have a fishy smell

Followers of the Big Brother Naija reality show must by now know what went down between Boma and Tega, who have unfortunately been evicted from the show. I’m not about to give my opinion on what happened. This is Nigeria, the land of hypocrites and sanctimonious people. The only flaw here is that Tega has not learnt the art of …

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Alpha Conde and the Coup in Guinea – Reuben Abati

On Sunday, September 5, 2021, President Alpha Conde, 83, of Guinea Conakry was deposed by a team of former elite military forces led by Lt. Col. Mamady Doumbouya. Conde does not deserve anyone’s sympathy and that does not necessarily amount to an endorsement of the military coup in that unfortunate country. Indeed, Conde is the architect of his own misfortune, …

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BBNaija: More than a Pop-Culture Sensation

Critics of Big Brother Naija have formed a habit of calling the show immoral, whether they watched it or not. Almost every season of the show is greeted with vitriols as if the mere thought of the housemates conjures images of orgies. Some of these thoughtsare often based on viral clips on social media or a post suggesting an action that …

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Ambassador Tukur Buratai: Commitment To Patriotism Without Limits

The convivial mood of the country had changed and the land, especially the north east was reeking in ancient massacre and became devastated with diabolical intrusion.For the first time in a long time, anger and nihilism became official dictum through organized terrorism.The peace in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, was displaced by vengeful, omni-directional hatred.This ugly situation when President Muhammadu Buhari assumed …

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Kaduna: Military in the Face of Banditry – Semiu Okanlawon

God bless Chinua Achebe, that author who taught us that proverb is the palm oil with which words are eaten. He told us that “When suffering (trouble) knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.” That was the message, in my estimation, that insurgents rudely passed to Nigeria …

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Obi Cubana and the Oba Burial – Reuben Abati

The sociology of death and funerals is an important aspect of the African cosmogony. Parents pray that their childrenshould outlive them in order to give them a befitting burial. They liken this to the same manner when fire dies out in the hearth, it is replaced by ashes, and when a banana tree withers, a sapling sprouts in its place. When …

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