This bandit called death continues to traumatise humans. It comes with no milk of kindness or pity, snatching people you cherish, man, woman, old and young. Unfortunately, life continues while the dead journey to an unknown Planet. The year 2024 has taken some of my tiny crowd. Wonderful people in their own rights who made […]

While growing up in my part of Bendel State (Delta State), if we encounter difficulty, we would say, “no how, no how, ogoro(frog) must jump,” meaning we’ll find a way to overcome the challenge. As we get close to Christmas, the saying came flooding back into my memory. Christmas is around the corner and there […]

ON Wednesday, the national power grid managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, collapsed for the 11th time in 2024, leaving the country in complete blackout. Some people said that it wasn’t the 11th but the 12th time, on the average, a collapse of once a month. Data from the National System Operator, NSO, showed […]

When Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city fell on Friday, November 29, 2024 , I thought it was a big blow, but that the Syrian Armed Forces would quickly recover and fight to retake it. However, in the following days, as the Syrian military melted away in the face of advancing Islamic terrorist rebels of al-Qaeda, Islamic […]

On Monday night, I appeared as a guest commentator on Prime Time, the popular and thought-provoking Arise Television show that is hosted by the inimitable Charles Aniagolu. We talked about National Assembly legislators who recently defected from the Labour Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. I disdainfully described them as rats deserting a sinking ship, […]

The strength of any country consists of its natural resources, human resources and capital assets, namely, the economic wealth that delivers higher living standards. The first two determine the third. If a country can successfully harness its natural resources, using its human talent, it will prosper; if it can’t, it will fail. Now, Nigeria is known […]

On December 6, Ukrainians commemorated the Armed Forces Day. It is an occasion used annually in honouring their “brave defenders who protect their homeland from Russian aggression.” I happened to be at the Ukrainian embassy that Friday where the Ambassador of Ukraine to Nigeria, Ivan Kholostenko, said the heroes being honoured “safeguard not only Ukraine but […]

Every writer, from first-year students to seasoned professors, occasionally struggles with paragraph structure. In this week’s article, I’ll explore the most common issues and their solutions in straightforward terms. I’ll begin by considering common paragraph problems you might recognise and then share tips with you on how to improve the flow and unity in your paragraphs. […]

There is something we call omehaa kachie enya in my Abiriba dialect of Igbo. It means a shameless or defiant offender. When a person is caught red-handed while committing an abomination, he is supposed to show remorse or contrition. But if such a person adopts a bold face, displays impertinence and opts to brazen it […]

“As in most things great and noble, an intelligent forethought is needed”-John Buchan An intelligent and persuasive fore thought on the constitutional arrangement that best suits the Nigerian condition at this day and age is surely needed more than anything else. The eruption of pent-up emotions and needless disarray in thought given rise to by […]

Where Does Human Soul Go After Death? – Exploring Customs, Religious Beliefs, and Practice THE question of what happens after death has intrigued humanity for millennia. Across cultures and religions, various beliefs, customs, and practices offer explanations for the fate of the human soul.  Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological […]

LESS than 24 hours to the planned protest against the arrest and detention of activist and Labour Party stalwart, Dele Farotimi, the authorities responsible for his detention took the wind out of the sails of the disaffected community of his supporters comprising human rights activists, professional agitators and opposition politicians, home and abroad. They arraigned him […]

I AM not about to write an elegy for the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, yet. Afterall, the regulator of the broadcast industry is not dead although it suffered jeopardy recently. Besides, I have written quite a number of them lately, including the one for my elder brother whose health was mismanaged by a teaching hospital that […]

IN the heart of West Africa, where the echoes of drums tell ancient tales of resilience and ambition, Ghana emerges as a beacon of hope in the ever-evolving narrative of democracy. Its journey, though marked by struggles, underscores the resilience and determination of its people. Ghana’s democratic evolution serves as a shining example for a region […]

From last week, continues the  narrative on the individuals appointed over the years to serve as Nigeria’s ambassadors to different  countries right from the formative years of the   country’s foreign diplomacy Chief Lawrence Odiata Victor  Anionwu was the first Nigerian Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and the country’s first ambassador to Rome. […]