Showing posts with label Sani Abacha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sani Abacha. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Bola Tinubu And Sani Abacha’s Ghost

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  By Ugoji Egbujo Recently, many have seen the ghost of Sani Abacha. And they have cried aloud. After the annulment of the June 12 electio...
Monday, July 31, 2023

The Coup In Niger

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  By Nick Dazang The Czar of military coup d’etats in Nigeria once offered us a useful glimpse into the prime motivation and raison d’etre...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

‘Democracy Day’: The Deception And Betrayal Of ‘June 12 Activists’

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  By Olu Fasan General Ibrahim Babangida erred tragically and did a great disservice to Nigeria by annulling the presidential election of ...
Thursday, September 1, 2022

Why ASUU Cannot Be Banned

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  By   Femi Falana Under the British colonial regime, trade unions were prohibited while strikes were criminalised. But Nigerian workers d...
Monday, August 15, 2022

Interrogating Buhari Through The Prism Of Gen Bamaiyi

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  By   Tunde Olusunle Except for the release and launch of his controversial book, Vindication of a General in 2017, which accorded him s...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Soyinka: Celebrating Our Own Kongi At 87

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  By Dan Amor It was once the fashion to single out four men of letters as the supreme titans of world literature – Homer, Dante, Shakespe...
Monday, July 15, 2019

The Quintessential Soyinka At 85

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By DAN AMOR It was once the fashion to single out four men of letters as the supreme titans of world literature  –  Homer, Dante, Shakespe...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Nigeria: June 12: Every Life Matters

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By  Paul Onomuakpokpo After the elaborate ceremony of apology and award of honours, it is now time to come to terms with the fact that the...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Dr. Alex Ekwueme: A Tribute

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By   Uzodinma Nwala The  day was Thursday, August 13, 1998. The setting was a meeting of the nascent People’s Democratic Party (PDP) whic...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Buhari And Conspiracy Theories: Mahmud Jega Is Right

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By Moses Ochonu I study Northern Nigeria for a living. I am a Lugardian Northerner. I grew up in and schooled in Northern Nigeria . I k...
Friday, December 9, 2016

Africa Truly Rising

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By Tony Ademiluyi After the return of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu from England in 1957 after a 13-year sojourn for his educational pursu...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Our Quintessential Soyinka At 82

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By Dan Amor It was once the fashion to single out four men of letters as the supreme titans of world literature - Homer, Dante, Shakespea...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Restructure Nigeria Or Fracture Her

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By Tola Adeniyi    I start this column today with a heavy heart and great pity for both Nigeria and those armed to the teeth to bring he...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Grazing Reserve Is Ethnic Imperialism

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By Ochereome Nnanna   The All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari appears hell-bent on imp...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Dasukigate: The Vindication of Okonjo-Iweala

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By Ikeogu Oke A French proverb – wise as all proverbs are – says, “For desperate ills desperate remedies.” Those who have found fault wi...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Buhari, Obasanjo And Emeka Offor

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By Mohammed Al-Bishak No sooner had  Premium Times  published on Monday, August 3, 2015, the first part of its interview with erstwhile ...