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Football, Moroccans and a runaway monarchy, by Owei Lakemfa

Football, Moroccans and a runaway monarchy, by Owei Lakemfa

Moroccans. I love Moroccans. They are a fine people with a very rich history and culture. But in the last six decades their country has been in the news, often for the wrong reasons.  They are now known for being intolerant, divisive,  quarrelsome, arrogant, but subservient and unscrupulous.  When it was to host the 2026 Africa […]

PDP’s shameful disservice to Nigeria, by Olu Fasan

PDP’s shameful disservice to Nigeria, by Olu Fasan

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is comatose on a deathbed; it’s on life support. The doctors (INEC and the judiciary) are colluding to switch off the life-support machine. They believe the party needs euthanasia or assisted suicide. Yet, what’s really needed is to remove the external factors that interacted with PDP’s genetic predisposition to cause its […]

Sowore’s self-destructive gambit, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

Sowore’s self-destructive gambit, by Ikechukwu Amaechi

Omoyele Sowore’s recent visit to Aba, the South-East commercial nerve centre, is creating a buzz. The politician, who doubles as an activist and social crusader, was in Enyimba City to lead a protest demanding freedom for the imprisoned leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who hails from Umuahia, the capital city […]

The art of pitching: How to defend your startup idea with confidence, by Ruth Oji

The art of pitching: How to defend your startup idea with confidence, by Ruth Oji

I’ll never forget the first time I watched a brilliant entrepreneur completely fumble their pitch. The idea was revolutionary—a solution that could genuinely change lives. But within three minutes of presenting to potential investors, the room had gone cold. This was not because the idea lacked merit, but because the founder couldn’t articulate why it mattered. […]

Glimmer of Obi/Kwankwaso combo, by Ochereome Nnanna

Glimmer of Obi/Kwankwaso combo, by Ochereome Nnanna

On Monday, March 23, 2026, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP, in the 2023 presidential election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, hosted his former Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, in Kano. Major Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakeholders, such as Senator Seriake Dickson and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, were also Kwankwaso’s guests. The ensuing rally […]

Politics and its disguises, by Rotimi Fasan

Politics and its disguises, by Rotimi Fasan

Nigerians spent last weekend celebrating Eid el Fitri. As is to be expected in these times of heightened political activities, ahead of the party primaries and the emergence of candidates for various positions in next year’s general election, Nigerian politicians, it is emerging, used the period to strategise for the battles ahead. Religious festivals, conferment of […]