When the people lie against the government, by Owei Lakemfa
The day Nigeria turned sixty-six as an independent country, it marked it with fine speeches and assurances by its leaders. Both those in government and those outside competed. On that Thursday, October 1, 2026, twenty youth corpers set out in two buses from the comfort and safety of their homes to serve their country. But […]
Trying to make some sense of the world
AMERICAN, Richard Russell, 29, was what you could call a normal guy. Married with a son, he was a Horizon Air ground control staff, directing aircraft and handling baggage.
When boxed in, think outside the box
NIGERIANS are in a box. They are boxed in. But it must be admitted that the political elite who are responsible, are in the box with us.
When foreign policy does not protect citizens
THE Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey was this Monday in Abuja on a charm offensive. Her visit came four days after Nigerian traders in Ghana reported that the envisaged attacks on them by members of the Ghana Union Traders Association, GUTA, had commenced at the Suame Magazine Market, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
Now that Buhari is ECOWAS Chairman
ONE of the first things I learnt about leadership is the William Shakespeare quotation that: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
Disasters: Natural and man-made
SOME residents of the Greek holiday resort of Mati in the Rafina region might have thought what they were experiencing on July 24 was the fulfillment of the Biblical pronouncement that God will no longer destroy the world with water, but with fire next time.
