Our forefathers ha¬d ways of passing messages to their children way back in history. An African Proverb says, “Look for a dark (black) goat in the day time because you may not (easily ) find it in the night”. Meaning, “You should always order your goals and follow them before it is too late to […]

Brethren,  you are welcome to the last month of the year 2024. Even as the year remains,  30 days to phase out, you can still benefit from the Word of the 11th hour which can also be called the last minute miracle. It is the Word that moves you from the current position to a […]

On Monday November 25th, I gave a Keynote Address at a national summit on Addressing Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institutionsin Nigeria, organised by Alliances for Africa,in partnership with Center of Gender Directors in Nigerian Universities and supported by Co-Impact.  This is an abridged version of my speech. I thank the organisers of this Summit for […]

By the time you are reading this, the final event at the second African Military Games will be taking place

Wounded politicians are highly inflammable, little wonder many turn to communicable disease when power eludes them. In 1959, Chief Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale (TOS)  Benson, became Nigeria’s first Minister of Information. A year before Reuben Abati was born, Benson lost his ministerial position after the 1964 General Elections. The man who gave him sleepless nights was […]

Almighty God, I bring the   PDP before thee. That party has disgraced God and man. Its cup is full. However, my merciful Lord, I plead that the PDP is spared the fates of Jonah and Judas. Though   Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan, whom it gave everything, have forsaken it, I believe the party is […]

A golden opportunity to interview General Olusegun Obasanjo slipped by some forty-five years ago. He and his friend, the late Chairman of Punch, Chief Olu Aboderin had arranged for me to spend some of his last hours as Head of State with him and possibly take a ride with him to his new abode in […]

 “Light up” in the heading is figurative because the Okuama IDP Camp in Ewu, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, was not in pitch darkness. They have a generating set and solar providing electricity. But during the week the Niger Delta Development Commission stormed the camp the way no individual and no corporate body […]

By Tochi Okafor With all that might be wrong with Nigeria, there are undeniable perks to living here. For someone who loves the outdoors and staying active, our all-year-round good weather is a privilege not to be taken for granted.  It provides endless opportunities to stay connected with nature, enjoy outdoor activities, and prioritize health […]

DONALD Trump’s election overshadowed Kemi Badenoch’s emergence as the leader of the Tory Party of Britain. Yet, no one gets the worst political job in one of the world’s oldest political parties and walks away quietly. This is especially the case when the candidate is a straight-talking, ideological woman and a child of an immigrant in […]

“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.” — Mark Twain (1835-1910). Please note that Mark Twain himself attributed it to former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) LAST Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, released a report on the National Gross Domestic Product for Q1 2024, that is, the first three months […]

I first met Professor Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu in 2018 when he was daring to dream and trying to become the President of Nigeria. His razor-sharp erudition did not prevent him from being friendly and down-to-earth. He somehow managed to combine being a proud native of Anambra State and patriotic son of the Naija soil with being […]

Unto us, a man-child is again born by the United States, US, electorate. Donald Trump is actually a reincarnation sent to upset the world. Friends like the European Union and neigbouring Canada are jittery for he is unpredictable and, foes like China are girding their loins. Trump is the weird one the incompetent and visionless […]

A lot has been agitating my mind in recent times on the state of our union and why evil seems to continually thrive over good. Why is it that the things which disqualify people in other climes from holding public office are exactly what is needed by an average Nigerian politician to be considered astute? In […]

Hardly anyone will disagree that Nigeria needs a fundamental tax reform. This, after all, is a country with one of the most cumbersome tax regimes in the world, where tax laws and regulations are overlapping and burdensome, where the administration and collection of taxes, and their spending, are ridden with inefficiency and corruption, and where tax […]