By Dele Sobowale “Men make history; but not just as they please.” Karl Marx, 1818-1883, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, p 93. This article could easily have been titled ANOTHER ADVENTURE IN PROPHECY. But, deep in my heart, I feel more pity for President Muhammadu Buhari than triumph in my own predictions regarding the murderous operations […]

My battles against childlessness By Chris Onuoha A good number of Nigerian women have infertility challenges and many more are going through untold ordeal over their inability to bear a child. These women have gone through many forms of medication to achieve pregnancy. Some succeeded while others fail. And in a country where the cost […]

Experts cite poor enforcement of guidelines, warn of more difficult days ahead By Chioma Obinna Non-compliance to the guidelines to contain raging coronavirus has shown a huge increase in infection rates across Nigeria and Lagos in particular. Between Monday and Thursday (four days), Nigeria recorded a total of 2,395 cases. Out of this number, Lagos […]

Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Nigeria music scene is set to explode once again as another fast rising Afropop singer and songwriter, Olajide Orodo better known as GMG Boss from Ogun State, who is signed onto Glory Music Group is never ready to stop disturbing the airwaves with his scintillating and explosive streetpop music.

By Tonnie Iredia Certainly, this is not the best of times for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Early warning signs of her decline which later became visibly ominous replicated what political analysts had seen in the past with the former leading party-the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before it lost the 2015 general elections. On at […]

By Douglas Anele Ill-advised and retrogressive northernisation of the Nigerian military led to lowering of the educational standard for officer admission, thereby allowing the north to dominate the combatant cadres of the army and provide 50% of the officers whereas eastern and western regions had 25% each. Moreover, the four most senior posts in the […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja The Presidency on Friday faulted the report issued by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom or Belief, APPG, over the alleged killing of Christians in Nigeria by the Boko Haram terrorists. The Presidency said that the report misrepresented issues in Nigeria. The APPG, a United Kingdom-based organisation, in its […]

Atletico Madrid had substitute Vitolo to thank as they boosted their prospects of Champions League football next season with a 1-0 win over Real Valladolid at the Wanda Metropolitano. A clutch of chances had been spurned by the time Vitolo came off the bench to replace Marcos Llorente with 17 minutes remaining, with Joao Felix […]

Erling Haaland believes Borussia Dortmund team-mate Giovanni Reyna, who he calls the ‘American Dream’, has a huge future in front of him. Reyna was handed his first Bundesliga start against RB Leipzig on Saturday and earned his first assist in the competition by teeing up Haaland for the opener in a 2-0 victory. Haaland doubled […]

For the first time in a long while, a Nigerian state is rethinking dividend of democracy and offering empowerment opportunities to those who truly need it, particularly the unemployed youths.