General Rabe Abubakar’s death: Many questions, few answers, by Ikechukwu Amaechi
When Major General Rabe Abubakar (Retd), former army spokesperson, died in captivity on Saturday, June 13, all hell broke loose. Understandably. He was not an ordinary Nigerian. But knowing the country well, all it takes to forget him is another high-profile abduction. And that nearly happened when news broke on Tuesday that terrorists attacked the National […]
Roll call without Nigeria, by Patrick Omorodion
As a young Mass Server (or altar boy as they are called these days) at St. Christopher’s Catholic School on Ikot-Ekpene Street, near the famous Mile 1 market in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, one song I loved so much in my Hymn Book back then was ‘When the roll is called up yonder’. […]
Wait for the good news, by Funmi Komolafe
Beloved, congratulations! You made it to the sixth month of the year. Thanks be to God. The sixth month isn’t just the end of the first half of the year, it can be called the month of Good News because of significant events recorded in the sixth month according to the Holy Bible. Perhaps you have […]
An autopsy of the silent son, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The boy child is not a problem to be fixed with slogans or sympathy. He is a reflection of what we have decided to tolerate
The price of repair: 3 years of reform, sacrifice and search for renewal under Tinubu, by Stephanie Shaakaa
The true test of the Tinubu administration will not be found in Central Bank reports, external reserve figures, or economic forecasts
Oshiomhole’s question and Akpabio’s silence, by Emmanuel Aziken
In a week when ordinary Nigerians took to the streets in one of the most energetic public expressions of anger against the security failures of the Bola Tinubu administration, the National Assembly sadly brought its vanity to full manifestation. Across Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and even Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigerians poured out their frustration over the worsening […]
