Opinion

Ismaila Isa Funtua: A farewell from an ‘adopted son’

By Mikail Mumuni Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua (1942-2020) who died in Abuja on Monday, July…

Ismaila Funtua: At Times Like This, One’s Ashamed To Be A Journalist In Nigeria!

  By Steve Osuji A MOST DUBIOUS HONOUR: I am scandalized! Any serious journalist in…

Why Corrupt Politicians Are Good For Nigerian Democracy

By Ike Okonta No day passes without the public being regaled with accounts of corruption…

On the Collapse of Secret Meetings Designed to Compromise Omoyele Sowore in Custody

By Femi Falana In a deliberate attempt to distort the proceedings of the secret meetings…

Babangida’s tribute: Isa Funtua a bridge builder

Former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, has written a tribute to the late Ismaila Isa Funtua

For our Wole Soyinka: There was a “Samarkand Tree”

By Femi Osofisan  A week ago, on the 13th July, 2020, it was the 86th…

NBA 2020 poll: Who the cap fits

By Kayode Ajulo INTRODUCTION For as long as I can remember, I have always been…

Nigeria, a place where dreams die

By Sylvester Asoya On July 14, 2008, The NEWS Magazine published an article, A Genius…

Reorganising Nigeria’s Left Politics

 By Edwin Madunagu     There is a contradiction between an enduring desire of the…

There Was A Warrior Called Ojukwu

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu He did not deliver on his promise to write “The Book”…