Queen Sarraounia: Hausa guerrilla warrior who took on barbaric France, by Owei Lakemfa
Niger Republic was rocked by an attempted coup from August 29 to 30, 2026. The plotters invaded the Diori Hamani International Airport, where Air Base 101 is stationed. They also stormed the state broadcaster and the presidential palace. They were defeated, and the populace took to the streets in protest against the attempt to return […]
COALITION 2027: If it’s between APC and the people, why are we still foot-dragging?
With the All Progressives Congress (APC) faltering under the weight of its own promises, the opposition ironically seems even more confused
When dreams come true but trouble follows
Answered prayers have their own burden. They arrive not always with joy, but often cloaked in discomfort, duty, and a peculiar silence
A Letter to Alex Zingman (Tinubu’s ‘Schoolmate’), by Ugoji Egbujo
DANFO LETTERS Egbon Alex, My dear Belarusian, zip your lips. I go lie for you? Journalists are circling like ants on spilled sugar, all smiles but with sinister pens. Your job now is to protect the integrity of our beloved president, your supposed school mate. They will nose for gossip and dirt. What both of you did […]
Ukpabi Asika the great, by Emeka Obasi
No individual did more for the Igbo after the genocidal Civil War than Ajie Ukpabi Asika, a First Class Economist produced by the University of Ibadan, who was appointed Administrator of East Central State in 1967. Strangely, those who should praise him only remember that he did not support Biafra. Asika and his wife, Chinyere, returned from […]
Schoolboy errors by spouses-to-be, by Francis Ewherido
Recently, I heard some very touching stories about new marriages, some less than six months, running into troubled waters or crashing. Apparently, these young couples have made or are making some elementary mistakes. When this column started about 10 years ago, we touched on some of these errors, but we have a new audience of newlyweds or […]
