It took Dora Akunyili to enlighten Nigerians about the criminals using fake drugs to send citizens to untimely departure from Planet Earth. Now, we have Tunji Bello, taking the bull by the horns and daring petrol bandits who rob under the cover of market forces. Not many attached much importance to the  Federal Competition and Consumer Protection […]

The tragedy is not that FIFA expanded the World Cup and Nigeria still found no place within it. The deeper tragedy is that one of those places was waiting for us all along

There is a haunting irony in the scandal now swirling around the Presidency over the alleged allocation of public funds to a non-existing government agency. Before Bola Ahmed Tinubu became president, he was unsparing in his attacks on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over corruption, waste, falsehood and what he repeatedly described as the abuse […]

‘IN THE GHETTO’ is a song written and sung by Elvis Presley in 1969 but made more popular by Candi Staton a couple of years later probably because of her more contemporary, more soulful melody and delivery. The lyrics struck me even then as a young man as we sang and danced to the song […]

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inspected the ongoing construction of  Justice Saidu Kawu Court House, expressing satisfaction with the pace and quality of work done so far. Accompanied by the State’s Chief Judge, Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara, the Governor said the multistorey project is borne out of his belief that the judiciary — like others […]