Policing in Nigeria is about to receive a boost through the injection of N100 billion investment into the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) to improve its fledgling services. And the gesture is not courtesy of government. But it is out of…
Jostle for the presidency by Igbo in a prickly Nigerian partnership – Magnus Onyibe
The fear of dominance by one ethnic group over another in the Nigerian union has been with us since Lord Frederick Luggard, the representative of the British colonialist, amalgamated the southern and northern protectorates of the British Empire into one…
Gov Dave Umahi’s defection and the unfolding game of political musical chairs – Magnus Onyibe
What started as an act of defiance by former Senate president, Ken Nnamani, in 2016 when he withdrew his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), before joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2017, and an unusual step taken…
#EndSARS Looting: Understanding the destructive and constructive capacities of our youths – Magnus Onyibe
Nothing illustrates the constructive and equally destructive capacity of our youths more than the fallouts of the #EndSARS protests. And education makes the difference between the creatively and positively charged ones and the destructively and the negatively charged ones. Allow…
#EndSARS protests, hungry & angry Nigerians, CACOVID and social safety net – Magnus Onyibe
The viciousness and desperation with which Nigerians went about looting warehouses containing food items meant to help the poor cope with the Covid-19 induced hardships reflect the frightening rate of hunger in Nigeria. And it is evidence of the total…
Could tough action against #EndSARS protesters amount to govt terrorism against citizens? – Magnus Onyibe
Nigeria has become the cynosure of all eyes globally. Not for the positive contributions or inventions by its citizens that would move mankind a tad forward in positive progress, such as when man first visited the moon on July 20,…
Nigeria, a president, his glory and violent policing – Magnus Onyibe
The practice of democracy in Nigeria just received a boost as the government now fears the people, as opposed to the people being afraid of government. The assertion above is underscored and illustrated by the fact that following persistent demonstrations…
Onyibe pens book on Isma’ila Isa Funtua and jostle for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023
A couple of months after the charismatic political activist, construction entrepreneur and media investor, Mallam Isma’ila lsa Funtua passed away on July 2020, Magnus Onyibe has released a book titled “Ismaila Isa Funtua. A Bridge Builder. Chronicles of a Political…
Coronavirus, liberty, life, livelihood and the threat of a second wave – Magnus Onyibe
On Monday, 27 September, 2020 some institutions of learning, places of worship and hotels as well as restaurants, started to heave a sigh of relief as the Lagos State government relaxed the restrictions imposed on them about eight months before,…
Fire and fury as FFK and Daily Trust face-off degenerates – Magnus Onyibe
Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), former aviation minister and son of one-time Deputy Premier of Western Region, Remilekun Fani-Kayode (a.k.a. Fani-Power) has punched back at Daily Trust newspaper, whose reporter was tongue lashed after he asked a question that Fani-Kayode considered to…