God remembers in the ember months, by Funmi Komolafe
Gradually, we are coming to the end of the year, my prayer is that the LORD keeps us beyond this year and gives us the grace to end the year joyfully in Jesus name. Brethren, the reality is that we have only a few months to go in 2026. The past eight months have been […]
D.O. Martins dancing @90, by Emeka Obasi
All gratitude to God to see a 90 – year – man stand on his feet, move like a Sandhurst trained subaltern and dance better than most of his contemporaries. Engineer David Oladipo Williams, known to everyone as DO, is just a decade away from 100 years. DO who resides overseas, was in Lagos recently to celebrate […]
The Road to a Doctor’s Nigeria, by Azu Ishiekwene
There Was a Country, lamented Chinua Achebe, Nigeria’s literary icon and one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Achebe’s title evokes many things in the mind beyond its primary thematic concern – a journal of the author’s experiences of the Biafran War, which raged between 1967 and 1970. Among other things, it raises the question: What happened […]
Farewell, distinguished brother, by Donu Kogbara
I’ve just been told that Senator Barinada Mpigi, who represented the Rivers South East senatorial district, has died, aged 64, following a protracted illness. Barry, as many of us called him, was a fellow Ogoni from the Tai Local Government Area segment of our ancestral terrain. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2011 […]
Broken African Union, eyes a broken world, by Owei Lakemfa
Africa is in the vile grip of insecurity. This was the verdict of the African Union, AU, Heads of State 39th Summit which held on February 14, 2026 in Addis Ababa. This should call for a state of emergency. But this was not part of the Summit outcome. It was business as usual. In the first […]
Working to the answer on Electoral Act amendment, by Adekunle Adekoya
After weeks of back-and-forth, the National Assembly just passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill into law. We all witnessed the legislative histrionics that attended the legislation, right up to its conclusion with its signing into law by the President. I call it legislative histrionics because it appears that as a collective, the National Assembly, comprising the […]
