JUST IN: Appeal court acquits Nggilari, sets aside 5-yr imprisonment by Unini Chioma

Editorial After the Nigerian civil war official records showed not a single solider died as all salaries were signed for. Now no government high office holder has been jailed for corruption as there is no probable and proven evidence of corruption. Yet governments funds are gone and project unaccounted for. Nigeria is a land of …

The UK peddles a cynical colonialism and calls it aid by Zoe Williams

Most of the Conservative 2017 manifesto read like a sloppily constructed plot point in a tale of hubris. All platitudes, jingoism and bear traps, it was it was like the document you produce when you think you can’t lose, just before you do. Yet on the matter of international aid, it was precise: we were …

The Sharia that I Love By Pius Adesanmi

Proponents and lovers of sharia law in the Sharia Republics within Nigeria have a siege mentality. There is this sense that the rest of Nigeria is against our "way of life" and we are often told to mind our business when we drag our unwanted mouths and noses into sharia issues.Alas, my mouth and nose …

Donald Trump’s lost opportunity by Fareed Zakaria

There are many ways to evaluate the Trump presidency at the six-month mark. What I am struck by is the path not taken, the lost opportunity. During the campaign, it was clear that Donald Trump had many flaws, but he tapped into a real set of problems facing the United States and a deep frustration …

I have no apologies proscribing ASUU ― Gov Bello by Unini Chioma

Editorial This is an example of the relatively young men ruling the country. Misrule is in our DNA. He only just left university and under fifty years old. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya BelloGOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has said that he has no apologies proscribing the Kogi State University (KSU) branch of the Academic …