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Opinion

August 27, 2022

20 Hausa words in everyday Nigerian English

See 20 Nigerian English—and Nigerian Pidgin English— expressions that owe debts to the Hausa language.

Durbar panting
August 25, 2022

Amaju Pinnick’s NFF scorecard we never prayed to have

Pinnick is the first and only NFF president that failed to qualify the Super Eagles for AFCON, back-to-back.

Amaju Pinnick
August 25, 2022

Could Wike doom Atiku’s sixth run for president?

It is hard to explain and farcical to rationalise PDP’s gaucherie.

Governor Nyesom Wike and Atiku Abubakar
August 25, 2022

Have the hustlers finally ousted Kenya’s dynasties? 

One of the ironies of politics is how easily fiction becomes reality.

Raila Odinga and William Ruto
August 25, 2022

All the times Sani Abacha showed us he’s the greatest sugar daddy ever

Amongst the stealers, nobody comes close to former military dictator, General Sani Abacha.

Late Sani Abacha
August 23, 2022

The phenomenal rise of Obidients death knell of political elites

As they say, ‘he who dares wins’. Again, as they say, ‘fortune favours the bold’, and these young people are both daring and bold.

Femi Fani-Kayode
August 20, 2022

ASUU, call off this strike now

It’s cruel to casually dismiss the untoward consequences that the strike has had on students and their families who happen to come from the lower end of the Nigerian social scale.

ASUU Chairman Emmanuel Osodeke and President Muhammadu Buhari
August 19, 2022

Open letter to Abubakar Malami on killer trans fatty acids

My letter centres on the lives of over 200 million Nigerians sitting uneasily in a file in front of your table as I write.

Nigeria's Attorney General, Abubakar Malami
August 17, 2022

Are Peter Obi’s supporters losing oxygen? 

The rhetoric on social media is fast dissolving into an ethnic brawl between the Igbo and the Yoruba.

Peter Obi
August 16, 2022

How is the 2023 Presidential Contest Evolving? (1)

The elections are still six months away, which is almost an eternity in a complicated and evolving political campaign.

Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu