—First to Flames, Then to Burial The Cost of ProofOn Monday, grief hung heavier than the crowded stalls and makeshift shelters where the displaced families of Yelwata had survived for months. This was not ordinary fatigue. It was disbelief curdling into heartbreak, anger folding into helplessness, the crushing pain of a community that had lost more than two hundred lives in a […]

The attack on Peter Obi and other opposition leaders was entirely foreseeable. The opposition must grasp its current predicament and unite to resist. So far, it has remained too aloof , too feeble. It has to take the bull by the horns or thrown in the towel. In 2023, local  opposition parties in Rivers State could barely […]

Some time ago, I read a story of a wannabe celeb who said she would end her relationship with her boyfriend if he farts in her presence. I said to myself that this one is not ready for marriage. She just wants to grab attention and trend. I am married. I also have friends who are older […]

The uproar over the alleged love tangle between a Department of State Services operative and a young woman from Jigawa State has once again exposed the fragility of Nigeria’s religious equilibrium. What should ordinarily have been treated as a private, if troubling, matter between consenting adults has spiralled into a combustible public controversy — not because of […]

I am usually careful with words but what comes to me as I think about the power sector is uncomplimentary to say the least.  Put bluntly, I think the whole power sector is a scam to use the language of our youths. Otherwise, why has it been so difficult to solve the electricity problem all […]

THAT our nation is challenged on many fronts may be a trite observation; from economic challenges in the form of a cost of living crisis and the growing inability of many Nigerians to afford things they once took for granted to existential threats posed by kidnapping, banditry, insurgency and terrorism, it is obvious that these are not […]

My mother used to warn me that the words of my mouth could claim my head if I weren’t careful. She should have saved that warning for another man: Nasir el-Rufai, former minister and governor of Kaduna State. I’ve often joked that even if you beheaded El-Rufai and minced his skull, his tongue would still be […]

The United States is becoming increasingly schizophrenic as it tramples on territories around the world. One of the first instances was when it imposed increased tariffs on many countries as a political weapon to cow the world. Over 90 countries have been affectead with Brazil, whose President, Lula Da Silva, stood up to President Donald Trump, […]

A common African adage says that “if a witch cries in the night and a child dies in the morning, we do not go to the soothsayer to ask what killed the child.” Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, is very much aware of this truism. In July 2025, he declared, quite unreasonably, that the presidential candidate […]

The world has long produced evil geniuses, exceptionally brilliant people who are utterly diabolical. Topping the global list is Adolf Hitler, the German politician who triggered the Second World War and exterminated six million Jews through his devilish scheme, the Holocaust. Following on his heels is Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister, a master of manipulation, who […]