Anarchism in judicial robes, by Owei Lakemfa
Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja was far less known until June 15, 2026 when an ill-considered judgement he delivered led to political eruption in the country. It was capable of derailing the political process and, several persons and organisations including the judiciary, scrambled to douse the fires its was beginning to ignite. Not since […]
Let Anioma, Ijebu, Ogoja, Ibadan and other states be (5), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative about creation of new states in Nigeria. By the way, talking about Brigadier Ally reminds me of his loyalty and service to this great country. In 1954, the late Brigadier Godwin Ally, who hailed from Ogoja province, was in the first set of young boy soldiers to attend the Nigerian Military […]
Northern lessons from the fall of Nuhu Ribadu (II)
By Suleiman A. Suleiman In the first instalment of this series last week, I made three points. First, I argued, against the grain, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent creation of a parallel Special Adviser on “Homeland Security” is not an administrative or operational adjustment. It is, I said, a purely political move that signals […]
Africa Day 2026: Nigeria has obligations to Africans, by Owei Lakemfa
Six days after the October 1, 1960 independence of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa stood before the United Nations, UN. The historical mission of Nigeria he said, is to develop Africa, the continent which gave birth to humanity and modern civilization. The date was October 7, 1960 in the hallowed chambers of the […]
The man Guardiola, by Patrick Omorodion
There is an African arrives at a new place it stands on one leg proverb which says that when a chicken By so doing, it observes the new environment to observe what goes around there before it now puts the second leg down to compete with other chickens it met on ground. That is the […]
If you want to live long, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
If you want to live long Master the art of counting one to ten whenever someone upsets you If you are still not calm after ten Count to twenty If you want to live long Know where witches and wizards live They don’t live in your village It is not your stepmother or mother-in-law I […]
