Rehabilitating terrorists or delivering justice? By Ejiro Ofoye
For more than a decade, Nigerians have buried their loved ones, watched entire communities reduced to rubble, witnessed schools destroyed, churches and mosques attacked, soldiers ambushed, and millions displaced by the brutality of terrorism. Thousands of families are still searching for justice, while countless victims continue to live with physical and emotional scars that may never […]
Seismic shifts and power contestation between Nigerians and government, by Owei Lakemfa
Aliko Dangote has become the first African-born billionaire to reach and surpass a $30 billion net worth. This October, 2025, with a new valuation gain of $430 million, he achieved a net worth of $30.3 billion. But, his on-going quixotic contestations with the Nigerian Constitution and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, may turn […]
Ese Oruru: The inspiring triumph of a survivor
In April 2020, then governor of Kano State in north-west Nigeria, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, took time off his expensive preoccupation with denying the ravages of the Corona Virus on his state to preside over the “conversion” to Islam of two adolescent females.
Gold diggers and cradle snatchers, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
Sunderland climbed to second in the Premier League as Chemsdine Talbi’s stoppage time winner stunned Chelsea, while Newcastle also struck late to beat Fulham 2-1 on Saturday.
Hon Benjamin Kalu, a quintessential legislator, by Dele Sobowale
“Legislators have the first place in the temple of glory; conquerors come behind them” – Voltaire, 1694-1778, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 126. Voltaire, the French philosopher, was writing at the dawn of history of democracy; and at a time and country elected representatives of the people actually went into parliament to represent them. Nigeria […]
Another unpalatable story, by Patrick Omorodion
When Anezi Okoro wrote his comedic novel, One Week, One Trouble, about a boy who got into trouble in school almost every week, he never knew it would fit into the character of the Nigeria Football Federation, especially the current one headed by Ibrahim Musa Gusau. Like the proverbial tortoise that is always in the […]
Who is in Nursery School, My Child or Me?, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Once upon a time, nursery school was where children learned to sing rhymes, draw the sun with yellow crayons, and stumble through the alphabet
Where did the gain go? The silence after surplus, by Stephanie Shaakaa
When there’s a deficit you shout and go borrowing, but when there’s a surplus no one gives account
These defections and this democracy, by Ugoji Egbujo
Gov. Peter Mbah has left the PDP for the ruling party. Gov. Diri is packing his defection bags. Gov. Soludo is proposing an alliance of the progressives: a capitulation that spares him the tag of a defector. Fubara is a caged bird. Adeleke is keen to defect. By 2027, all the state governors in the south could […]
A level playing field for your children, by Francis Ewherido
I have previously written about the dangers of having a favourite or favourites among your children: only male child, first male child, eldest child, baby of the house, “the most intelligent child,” etc. The same process brought them into this world, so I do not really see any reason for the favourite child syndrome while raising them. […]
Agbogidi, Asika in Nafest
Those who do not know Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe are missing out in so many areas. The Obi of Onitsha, a lover of Arts and Culture, is as polished as the most exposed diplomat and knows almost everything about global oil economy. Ojinnaka Obi Asika, Director – General of National Council for Arts and Culture, […]
Agbogidi, Asika in Nafest, by Emeka Obasi
Those who do not know Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe are missing out in so many areas. The Obi of Onitsha, a lover of Arts and Culture, is as polished as the most exposed diplomat and knows almost everything about global oil economy. Ojinnaka Obi Asika, Director – General of National Council for Arts and Culture, […]
From Pitch To Purposeful Philanthropy: Zahra Buhari-Indimi’s Unspoken Touches, by Emmanuel Aziken
This weekend, the eyes of football lovers across the continent will be fixed on Abuja, where glamour meets generosity as some of the most iconic names in world football converge for a cause that transcends sport. At the magnificent Moshood Abiola National Stadium, the Barcelona Legends will lock horns with the African Legends in a charity exhibition […]
Danger In Not ‘Seeing’ People, Especially The Poor, by Muyiwa Adetiba
A couple of years ago, I was instrumental in helping a younger colleague retain his sight. He needed two different eye surgeries and money was tight for him. The expatriate doctor he had consulted and with whom I discussed, rated his chances as 50/50. The dilemma was now mine: to raise funds for not one, but two […]
Need for decisive action on insecurity, by Adekunle Adekoya
MIDWEEK, the Governor of Niger State, apparently at the end of his tether, vowed never to negotiate with bandits or pay ransom for kidnap victims, saying instead residents must be prepared to defend themselves against attacks. Governor Bago said this when he visited the people of Rijau and Magama Local Government Areas of the state, whose communities […]
No king in US, no coronation in Africa, by Owei Lakemfa
In vain President Donald Trump cried out that he is no king, and does not intend to be one. However, many United States, US, citizens did not appear to be listening. At least some seven million of them did not believe him as they cramped into over 25,000 protest centres across 50 states protesting his alleged […]
