FG and Umahi’s roads to hell
By Dele Sobowale Vanguard recently published pathetic pictures of the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway; and Punch revealed to us what happens to the Lagos-Calabar Expressway, not even 15 per cent completed, each time there is a heavy downpour in the Lekki peninsula. The road becomes so flooded, it becomes barely usable. Morning shows the day. If Tinubu-Umahi’s […]
SEGUN ODEGBAMI: ‘A reflection on Nigerian football – Going back to the beginning’
This week, I am doing what I may have done only once before since I started keeping a newspaper column in February of 1978. I am giving up my space for an article written by respected Chairman of Stationery Stores FC, Adetilewa Adebajo. As the 2025/2026 football season comes to an end, his article that […]
Tribute to a visionary, by Donu Kogbara
I first met Aderemi Muyinudeen Makanjuola in 2003 when I was Special Assistant to Dr Abiye Sekibo, the then Minister of Transport; and he immediately struck me as exceptional. He was a serious, no-nonsense entrepreneur and perfectionist. He had a creative and technical mindset – an unusual combination in my experience. And I later discovered that […]
What the Vietnamese taught the Africans, by Owei Lakemfa
The world reset in 1945, or so it thought. The Second World War which had taken about ninety million lives, had come to an end. Humanity erupted in joy. To many of the colonized, it was a war for human freedom. But they were mistaken. The European powers that had ignited the war were the same […]
Oyo kidnap and beheading of teacher: The Barbarians are here! By Adekunle Adekoya
THE few days were days of anguish; headlined by the horrific developments in Oyo State. Now that the whole of Nigeria is in the firm grips of these felons, I remember that about a year ago, I warned about this development in a piece on this page on May 23, 2025. I reproduce it below: The Barbarian […]
Arsenal, at last, by Azu Ishiekwene
I love Arsenal fans. I sometimes think there can’t be many of them who won’t make good spouses or lifetime friends. It takes the patience of Job and the fidelity of a monk to support a team through 22 winless seasons and 835 matches and still have the heart to sing “The Angel (North London) Forever,” […]
