By Onochie Anibeze in Doha Shipping containers are among the things denying Lagos its claim as City of Excellence. Trucks conveying them block roads, many are abandoned in areas that ordinarily should look descent. And these days when Lagos State government approve erection of truck yards in purely residential areas containers have become a huge […]

By Emma Una, Calabar THE Minister of State for Power, Prince Goddy Jedy Agba on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, at the weekend commissioned projects sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund ,TETF, as part of government’s intervention programme at the Federal College of Education Obudu, Cross River State. The projects commissioned include; the Science […]

By Segun Odegbami It appears the train of the elections into the board of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has left the Terminus. The contestants are gearing up for the elections despite an overwhelming ‘consensus’ that some changes need to be made to the election rules in order to be able to usher in a […]

By Dayo Johnson, Akure In this interview, the pioneer Commander of the Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun, who is also the special adviser to the state governor on security matters, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, spoke on the Owo massacre where over fifty worshippers including children were massacred at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo.  Adeleye also […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and five university students have sued President Muhammadu Buhari administration over refusal by the Federal Government to meet Academic Staff Union of Universities’ ASUU’s demands, which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to quality education.. SERAP, asked the court to declare […]

By Tony Eluemunor Keeping faith with the sorry saying that:”All things bright and beautiful Nigeria kills them all,” we members of the wasted and wasting generations (age 40 and above) are busy demeaning the only hope that Nigeria could ever hope to get it right as a nation.  Nigeria is right now on the verge […]

By Patrick Omorodion I grew up to hear of the adage, ‘Procrastination is the thief of time’. It was later I got to know it was coined by an English writer, Edward Young. Some wise men see procrastination as ‘a sin against life itself’. Even the Holy Bible tells us in James 4:17 that “if […]

By Femi Salako  In the course of our  development and growth as a nation, in the face of the diverse realities which the Nigerian people had to face in times past, the beauty of the Nigerian people is they have not only thrived amid these realities, there are always remarkable things to celebrate. They have […]

By Obi Nwakanma The playwright Ola Rotimi was very prescient in his play, Holding Talks, written in the absurdist style to reflect on the stultifying inaction of official talks in the Nigerian situation. Talks that trail into absurd directions. Meaningless talks. Talks that are rather busy but they do nothing. Talks that hover around ways […]

By Kennedy Mbele Here is what we know about King Charles III’s thoughts on Africa and the Commonwealth: King Charles expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda, acknowledging crimes of the slave trade and colonialism. “While we strive together for peace, prosperity and democracy, I want to acknowledge that the roots […]