NYSC kidnap story: Burden of public trust, by Tonnie Iredia
Twenty (20) prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on their way to the Southeast for orientation and service year were kidnapped on October 1, 2026. Following their release some 6 days later, our traumatized country was greatly relieved. A report by the Imo state police command claimed that the corpers were rescued […]
Nigeria and the Sovereignty Ruse, by Ugoji Egbujo
When African leaders, neck-deep in debts, go to borrow from foreign lenders, sovereignty is the last thing on their minds. Sovereignty connotes solvency, self-sufficiency, and security. For many African countries, it is no more than a sick joke—a tool for corrupt, despotic, and indolent leaders to stir up anti-Western anger. It fails to spark real […]
CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE: Time to look in the mirror, by Muyiwa Adetiba
2.8 Billion Dollars is still a lot of money today. But it was worth lots more some four, five decades ago. So you can understand the uproar when it was alleged that a sum of 2.8 Billion Dollars went missing in the books of NNPC (NNOC at the time) during a Military Government, and specifically, […]
“Ordinary” people, mean people, et al, by Francis Ewherido
I have been watching reality TV skits/short reality stories recently. The guys by the official titles of Officiallionway, Prince Stanley SoftJ Frank and a couple of others dress “madmen” and go to poor and low-income neighbourhoods where people who pass the test can earn between 100,000 to maybe N500,000, or more. The money is usually a […]
Sawyerr’s Landers hit 50, by Emeka Obasi
The atmosphere went back fifty years as the hall was filled with boys and girls who exited Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School, Lagos in 1975. They refer to themselves as Landers. I landed at Zen Garden Chinese Restaurant, Ikeja GRA, with this class. The 1975 set was celebrating 50 years of Great Reunion. I was invited by Captain […]
Trump’s sabre-rattling as wake-up call, shot-in-the-arm, by Adekunle Adekoya
IT is no longer news that President Donald Trump of the United States has designated our dear country, Nigeria, as a CPC — Country of Particular Concern. It is also no longer news that the US president further threatened military action against our country should the political leadership fail to curtail what he said was the killing […]
