News from Nigeria
 CALLS SENATE ACTION ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY, DANGEROUS SLIDE TOWARDS FASCISM  THREATENS TO MOBILIZE WORKERS, MORAL AUTHORITY  VOWS TO RESIST NIGERIA’S SLIDE INTO AUTOCRACY  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) over “the proposed salary increase for political and public office holders in Nigeria…
The prize of democracy is eternal vigilance. It will be reckless and the failure of democratic norms to leave a bull in a China shop. America has seen this kind of presidency…
The person who cries loudest when a stone is thrown into the market is the one who has been hit. To him, everything is about tribal affiliation. For someone to grow, he…
The more things look different, the higher the chances of finding similarities if we look closely. Those at the opposite end of the spectrum are mirror images. If we move too quickly, we are…
Is President Bola Tinubu the cause of Nigeria’s problem? Some time ago, I wrote that I did not endorse Tinubu because he will reduce the misery index of Nigeria. I did not endorse him…
LISTS ENEMIES QUERIES COMMENTATORS LINKING OKPE TO ISOKO RECALLS DISPUTE BETWEEN OKPE AND ITSEKIRI Okpe Union on Wednesday expressed shock at the recent assault on the reputation of highly placed figures in…
THE GREAT ILLUSION: ESSAY ON RACISM AND TRIBALISM BY DR AUSTIN ORETTE Empirical observations have led me to the notion that, in any society, the proponents of separatism are those who are…
BY AUSTIN ORETTE I don’t enjoy replying to these incendiary and caustic postings of Biafrans. For us to move forward, someone has to do it. All the blame for Biafra must go to…
While Africans opine about imperialism of the west and others, the least talked about and the most lethal of all the isms, is the imperialism of religion in African society. We can…