Colin Kaepernick was an American National Football League player with the San Francisco 49ers. He played for six seasons. He was and still is a civil rights activist. During a game in 2016, he knelt, refusing to stand as is the custom, when the American National anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, was being played. He was in […]

I have had the unenviable opportunity of living in two states and the Federal Capital Territory in the past three months. All the time, my phone is my most prized item because it connects me to my base and my family. It is really cool to be able to reach out and be reached at any […]

From last week, this is the concluding part of the  narrative on the individuals who were appointed  and served at different times as Nigeria’s ambassadors to different  countries, including Chief Edwin Ogbu and the late Major General Joseph Garba. Mention must be made of Chief Arthur Christopher Izuegbunam Mbanefo (94) who was born on June 11, […]

By Dele Sobowale Report, December 14, 2024. “Stop this cash crunch.” Daily Trust Editorial, December 16, 2024. “Recurrent cash scarcity is unacceptable.” PUNCH, December 16, 2024 “OPS fears SMEs’ collapse as cash scarcity lingers,” PUNCH same day. Cash crunch: The way out In the past one week alone, virtually every paper in Nigeria has joined the national […]

Olamide Abiodun Thomas is a nurse. She went out with some protesters in October, 2024 to commemorate the ‘EndSARS’ mass protest against police brutality in which a yet- unverified-number of young people were murdered. The nationwide protests organised by youths which began on October 8, was brought to a brutal and bloody end on October 20, […]

In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida. The effort by the regime in 1991 to relocate their terminal date from 1992 to 1993 coincided with a planned meeting in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria, of the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS.  […]

In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida.

American pop singer-songwriter, Josh Rouse sang, ‘Too many things on my mind’. A line in the lyrics asked rhetorically, ‘Can we recover, what’s been lost?’. If what’s been lost is time, it may never be recovered. My thought  actually is to do a review of sports events in 2024 which I term the bitter-sweet year […]

Do you know that we provoke miracles when we rejoice for that miracle that has not manifested?

A legal victory, if secured in his life time, might be outweighed by social repercussions which nullify the results, it might be a pyrrhic victory

The handling of the on-going defamation case between legal giant, Afe Babalola and social activist, Dele Farotimi has provided strong evidence that Nigeria has probably lost its fight against media trial. Many years back, there was the well-articulated viewpoint that because the word “trial” is associated with the process of justice, trial by the media […]

On the eve of 2025, from my observatory high up in the hills of Wasimi, I can testify that life has been manifesting in accordance

In November, worshipers thronged Christ the King Catholic cathedral, Aba, for the annual Christ the King profession. The venue was packed. Every year, it has been filled, chaotic and hot. But no fatalities have ever been recorded. This time, in the middle of proceedings, the devil struck. The most reliable accounts said gunshots were heard. […]

One of the most distressing acts in the suppression of democratic expression since the advent of the Fourth Republic was the inconsiderate lock-out of 14 elected members of the Edo State House of Assembly in 2019. After winning their elections in the 2019 General Election, the 14 elected members were refused inauguration in an egregious […]

NOTE: YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE NEED TO READ THIS ARTICLE IF YOU ARE UNDER 60 WITH NO FEAR OF BECOMING OLD. Experts taught us many self-preservation technics during Covid19. Many probably saved lives. Many though, were just commonsense. While many, with the benefit of hindsight now, were surplus to life-saving requirements. One of the […]