There is a war story that is not told as often as I would like. Many call it a Christmas story because it happened on a Christmas eve. However it is called, an incident which showed our common humanity occurred on the Christmas eve of 1914 during World War 1. The German forces were arraigned against […]

I picked interest in Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa right from his appointment as minister of Education by president Bola Tinubu. His Chicago background bought me over when it is highlighted that he spent time at Cook County Hospital ( now known as The John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County). Over three decades ago, there […]

Marriage is full of sh*t (violence, weird opinions, abominations and unacceptable conducts, etc). Marriages have them in varying degrees. The sh*t may be obvious or latent, big or small, but it’s there. Marital abuse is one of the sh*t in marriages. It comes in many forms: physical, sexual, financial, emotional, etc. It is present in most marriages. […]

Oluremi Tinubu’s presence at the National Prayer Breakfast, an occasion that gathers leaders of faith and influence from across the world, projected a rare positive beam on Nigeria’s seriously darkened international image. At a time when global headlines about Nigeria often revolve around insecurity, economic strain, political tension and ethnic fault lines, the optics of the country’s […]

We are living in an age of staggering excess. We have more food than we can digest, more information than we can process, and more “wellness” advice than we can implement. From 24-hour delivery apps to an endless scroll of bio-hacking protocols, supplements, and unfounded rules.  The modern landscape is one of total abundance. And yet, globally, […]

By Cynthia Alo The Port and Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has handed over seized arms and ammunition to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW),    reaffirming its zero-tolerance stance against arms smuggling and unlawful trade. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Lagos, […]

When President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja a month ago after a prolonged holiday in Paris and brief stopover at a summit in Abu Dhabi, a newspaper headline sardonically announced that the “Nigerian Ambassador to France pays his first official visit to Nigeria in 2026”. Tinubu, frequently criticised for his frequent sojourns in foreign locations, France […]

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States, AES, to resist external pressure from ECOWAS on military rule – have just won the biggest diplomatic jackpot beyond their wildest imagination.  Not even a sorcerer would have guessed that, as a reward for their delinquency, this trio would […]

Liam Conejo Ramos, five, a preschooler  at Colombia Heights Public School, Minnesota, returned home on January 20, 2026. He might have looked forward to the warm embrace of his mother, but in the drive way of his home, United States, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE,  agents  captured him and his father, Adrian. The family had […]

What initially began as isolated incidents after the death of Mohammed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram after his death in July 2009 later balooned into full-scale insurgency with which we have struggled to no end for 16 years. Then, the insurgents were trying to establish control over ungoverned spaces in parts of Borno State […]