Tuesday Columnists

Yekini: Another hero betrayed

Monday, 14 May 2012 17:20 administrator

GUEST COLUMNIST By Olurotimi Adeola

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He was arguably the best footballer that ever laced his boots for the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Those who criticised his style of play argued that he was technically deficient, yet they did not deny the fact that football is all about goal scoring; and in this, Rasheedi Yekini was a legend. He was the nightmare of defenders across the globe, during his active playing days. His generation, thanks to his scoring ability, was the golden era of Nigeria’s football.

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And Olaitan Oyerinde died

Monday, 07 May 2012 18:11 administrator

GUEST COLUMNIST By Malcolm Fabiyi

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I remember the day I met you, almost two decades ago, as if it was yesterday. I was President of the University of Lagos Students Union at the time. I had just been released after 30 days of torture and detention by the Abacha military regime. The period after was one of flux. There were wounds to heal from and the local challenges of leading a proscribed and demoralized union at Unilag to attend to.

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Azazi decoded

Monday, 30 April 2012 20:40 administrator

For The Masses By Rufa’i Ibrahim

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General Owoye Azazi, Nigerian National Security Adviser, is the man effectively in charge of our nation's security. His unprecedentedly huge budget that translates to N2.0 billion a day, reflects the importance attached to security in these troubled times and attests to his high status in the President Jonathan's court.

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And now, our own Guantanamo Bay

Monday, 23 April 2012 21:05 administrator

For The Masses By Rufa’i Ibrahim

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For some weeks now, the Jonathan administration has been flashing across the country, and the rest of the world, what, to many, appear to be contradictory signals, regarding especially the vexed issue of Boko Haram.

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Otuoke: The height of impunity

Monday, 16 April 2012 21:48 administrator

For The Masses By Rufa’i Ibrahim

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K.O. Mbadiwe, now no longer with us, was, as many will recall, one of Nigeria's most colourful politicians in both the First and Second Republics. He was a self-styled “man of timber and calibre” who, with time, became, during the Second Republic, a "carterpillar, bulldozer and institution" in Nigerian politics.

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