IN Nigeria, falling for Afghanistan’s sirens simply is when our newspaper columnists and writers focus their attention on far-flung foreign features while ignoring domestic hot-button issues beckoning them. When home matters of momentous concerns come up asking to be sorted out, or to be interrogated for a solution, the fatal feminine fellows in the form of foreign news upstage the burning national discourse and take our writers away.

THERE comes a time in the life of a nation when citizens are left to ponder over the role of leaders and those close to the corridors of power. From time immemorial, the scrutiny of leaders gives citizens the time to guage the direction of the nation according to the role of those wielding influential positions around the seat of power.

NATIONAL Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday said that the speculation that President Muhammadu Buhari was planning a third term bid was the handiwork of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted persistent dust haze conditions in the country on Friday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook released on Thursday in Abuja further predicted chances of early morning mist/fog over the coastal cities within the forecast period. “For Northern states, thick dust haze condition is anticipated over the northern part of the country […]

United States lawmakers return to Washington Friday with the country’s President, Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial looming over the first Senate session of 2020, but congressional leaders are locked in stalemate over how to proceed. As Congress braces for a frenetic January, newly uncovered evidence could bolster Democrats’ demands for testimony from key witnesses with […]