Category: Deep Dive
President Buhari ignores insecurity, asks Nigerians to take up farming
President Muhammadu Buhari, through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu Tuesday, advised Nigerians to go back to agriculture. ...
If we needed more ‘Bishop Kukahs’ to call President Buhari to order; the time has come
Reactions have trailed Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah’s Christmas Day message where he recounted the many woes of Nigeria under the President Muhammadu ...
#JusticeforDonDavis: What concerned authorities can do to stop the menace of sexual abuse in high schools
The story of the maltreatment of Don Davis, an 11-year-old Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 student in Deeper Life High ...
Saudi Arabia bans underage marriage – a move that protects the rights of children
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has taken a step in the right direction, like its neighbours, with an unspoken caveat. ...
Akin Alabi suffers the wrath of outraged Nigerians on Twitter
The concept of cause and effect is simply based on one action leading to another. In most cases the action ...
Nigerians react as Pastor Tunde Bakare defends Bola Tinubu
Pastor Tunde Bakare, the overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), in ...
Here’s what reopening of the borders mean for Nigeria
In August 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the closure of Nigeria’s land borders with the neighbouring Benin Republic, to check the indiscriminate ...
Amotekun reminds us of #EndSARS in a negative way
In the din of the collective uproar of Nigerians against the brutality of Nigeria Police Force Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), ...
See one reason ‘Insha Allah’ seems to be the foundation of Buhari’s administration
President Muhammadu Buhari, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, reportedly said Tuesday, December 22, 2020, that the border Nigeria shares ...
Kankara kidnap: controversial claims raise questions
The kidnap of over three hundred schoolboys in Kankara, Katsina, earlier in December, sparked nationwide outrage which subsided after the boys were released one ...
Bridget Bema is a content machine we hope never stops
In the face of the emerging threat of a new wave of coronavirus, Nigerians have found solace in Bridget Bema ...
Insecurity is more serious than Northern leaders trivialising it
Insecurity in Nigeria has become the new normal, unfortunately. But what is more frightening is how the ruling class trivialises ...
COVID-19 is not enough reason to digitise the NIN registration | How will LASG respond to this?
For most of the year, the world had to battle with the emergence of a new virus. While there were ...
Amid a second wave of the pandemic, Nigerians troop to register for NIN
If Nigerians were hoping that the Federal Government will see reason and do what every right-thinking person has been asking ...
Tems and Omah Lay post-release statement says nothing about learning to do better
Nigeria’s fast-rising music acts, Tems and Omah Lay, are back home. The duo, who were arrested and detained in Uganda ...
#YNaijaSportsExtra: Anthony Joshua and Fury set to fight without their titles on the line
The last two years for heavyweight boxing has rested on the shoulders of three exceptional athletes: Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury ...
Emir of Kaura Namoda’s convoy attacked | How many before decisive steps are taken to end banditry?
Bandits reportedly attacked the Emir of Kaura Namoda, HRH Sanusi Muhammad Asha and his convoy, killing three policemen and five others during ...
#YNaijaSportsAnalysis: Ronaldo to Man-U and Pogba to Juventus, seems like a good deal
It may seem like a totally ridiculous idea but there has been talk of Manchester United considering the prospect of ...
#COVID19 vaccine – mark of the beast or just biology?
2020 has been a peculiar year and has definitely taught us many things. But, one thing asserted itself so forcefully ...
“We will deal with all that” | President Buhari says as kidnapped #KankaraBoys reportedly return home
Authorities in Katsina have reported that hundreds of students abducted from a school in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) have ...
Open letter to H.E. Muhammadu Buhari as he turns 78
Ask for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, ...
COVID-19: Nigeria needs to put structures in place to meet up with the challenges of the 21st century
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that efforts are ongoing to acquire approved COVID-19 vaccines in January 2021. ...
Netflix has stirred the pot again by hailing Satan and there is a lesson for Christians
Every so often, conservative Christians will publicly ponder boycotting one global brand or another. Today it is streaming giant Netflix ...
Too old to rule; the Chief Justice of Nigeria is reported to be suffering from dementia
To be a leader, you have to be of sound mind and body, as being responsible for other human beings ...
#BringBackOurBoys: We already forgot about the schoolboys abducted in Kankara? | Boko Haram releases video
Without mincing words, Nigerians have the attitude of losing voice almost immediately after they start screaming on the streets over ...
Nigeria is either playing the long game or gambling with border reopening
In the typical about-turn traipse that signifies most of this administration’s policy decisions, President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the immediate ...
#SaveOurFuture: Beyond hashtags, this is what else Nigerian students can do
The protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lingered for nine months now leaving the affected ...
Here’s why Reps must consider Akin Alabi’s ‘don’t arm the FRSC’ movement
A Nigerian lawmaker representing the Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency, Akin Alabi, has moved a motion to stop the Federal Government from ...
The latest NCC directive is thoughtless and will only end in tears
One of the many questions Nigerians are asking following the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announcement, instructing all network providers to ...
Shettima weighs in on insecurity, asks that President Buhari be called to order
In recent times, the rising insecurity in the country has been a major subject of discussion among Nigerians. For the ...