After 56 harrowing days, the 44 abductees in the Oriire community of Ogbomoso LGA are now out of the forest. These are schoolchildren and their teachers. Two of the teachers had been killed after the abduction while another was killed on their school ground. A commercial bike rider was also killed as the abduction unfolded. But […]

“The price of greatness is responsibility” – Winston Churchill The paradox of ministries and public institutions becomes even more striking when we compare the lethargy of official bureaucracy with the audacity of private initiative. Without any ministry, department, agency or security outfit under his direct control or tutelage, AlhajiAlikoDangote conceived and constructed one of the most […]

For nearly two months, our amiable Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima (GCON), held his breath. His principal, President Bola Tinubu, had emerged as the sole candidate for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on 25th May, 2026, scoring 10.9 million votes during the party’s nationwide direct primaries. Tinubu chose to keep his […]

A couple of years ago, a flight mix-up at the airport in Benin City, Edo State, occasioned the unplanned punishing journey from Benin to Abuja by road. The roads were bad, very bad. It was the time of COVID-19, and flights were scarce and very unpredictable. There was no doubt that our seats were sold; money […]

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 […]