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Sunday Jackson is a Victim of A Miscarriage of Justice, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Sunday Jackson is a Victim of A Miscarriage of Justice, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

​Numan, the town that lends its name to one of the 21 Local Government Areas in Adamawa State in north-east Nigeria, is home to the Bwatiye (Bachama), a transnational identity group stretching into parts of Cameroon. Located in the basin of Benue River and one of its tributaries, River Taraba, Numan’s fecundlands play host to […]

NFF goes dumb, by Patrick Omorodion

NFF goes dumb, by Patrick Omorodion

A popular African proverb says that “a bad workman quarrels with his tools”.This means that an incompetent person who does his work poorly will usually blame it on someone or anything except himself. This is the case with the managers of Nigeria’s most popular sport football, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. How else can one […]

On Rivers: Letter to President Tinubu, by Ugoji Egbujo

On Rivers: Letter to President Tinubu, by Ugoji Egbujo

My dear president, Ramadan Kareem.  On your mandate, I stand, sit and sleep. The country now knows you can bark and bite. You are not all braggadocio and Tinubu dance. Even though you are a progressive, you can be as ruthless as Abacha.   In one fell swoop you sent an elected governor and house assembly packing.  […]

SEGUN ODEGBAMI: Day the gods deserted the Super Eagles!

SEGUN ODEGBAMI: Day the gods deserted the Super Eagles!

If there is a god of soccer, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, it deserted the Super Eagles of Nigeria.  On the dot of 90 minutes, with only added time of some 5 minutes left to play, Eric Chelle had his plan for winning the match. He replaced a forward with another forward.  He replaced Victor […]