ON December 2, 2024, Nigerians will converge at the main auditorium of the National Universities Commission for the public presentation of Senator Chris Anyanwu’s autobiography, Bold Leap. To be sure, this is her third book. She wrote the first, The Law Makers, Federal Republic of Nigeria, while she was NTA correspondent at the National Assembly […]

THERE are two views of human behaviour. One is that people are primarily motivated by self-interest – what’s in it for me? The other is that people are primarily influenced by deeply ingrained moral values – what’s right and wrong? The first view comes from the rational choice or game-theoretic school, the second belongs to what […]

HAVE you ever felt awkward or lost some sleep over how to do follow-up on a certain transaction? Has it ever felt like the one at the receiving end should be the one to revert to you since you have provided all the necessary information? The ability to follow up effectively can be the difference between […]

The class struggle is fought in the United States not in the streets of New York or the back alleys of Detroit or Seattle, but in the stock exchanges, the electoral colleges and the chatrooms of big media houses. The opposing gladiators are not workers and capitalists up in arms against each other, but people […]

One more thing made clear by the outcome of the American presidential election of November 5 is that politics and many other things connected to it are aspects of the human sciences driven by human actions that can be explained, but not always with mathematical precision. When pollsters make projections within “the margin of error” and […]

IN Mass Communication education, we are taught that the newsman or mass media practitioner, is an impartial reporter of newsworthy events. In a democratic society, media is a social trust and arbiter between the people and the government. In Nigeria and other democracies, the media is given a constitutional role to uphold freedom of information […]

The solar system’s secrets: Planets, moons, and the quest for life beyond earth As we explore the vast expanse of space, we embark on a journey that modern science and technology have made more accessible than ever, offering us insights into the boundless universe and revealing mysteries that science has yet to unravel. As we delve […]

The American elections are over and President Donald Trump won convincingly, literally blowing Kamala Harris out of the political space. The contrarians had their emotional expectations but the big boys who spent their money for Trump and the ordinary folks in the motley crowd, had their way. That is the way of politics. Some get really […]

The November 5, 2024 presidential election in the USA has come and gone. Americans have spoken. Donald Trump is returning to the White House as the country’s 47th President with a convincing win, polling 312 electoral votes to Kamala Harris’ 226.  There are several observations on how Trump’s second term in office could possibly impact on […]

WHEN voices rise in waves of protest, deeper wounds are laid bare, truths woven into our laws and ethics, waiting to be unearthed. In Nigeria, the #EndBadGovernance protests became a mirror reflecting these issues: the government arrested and prosecuted 76 individuals, including minors, accusing them of conspiring to overthrow the government. These were innocent children, facing […]

From last week, this is the concluding part of the narrative of how  the Federal Electoral Commission on August 17, 1979 declared Alhaji Shehu Shagari as the winner of the presidential election, the petition against his election, the accord between the NPN and NPP that paved the way for the election of leaders of the National […]

By Dele Sobowale “Currency outside banks hits N4.02tn  —  CBN.” Report. The story in the PUNCH went on to state that “Currency outside banks surged by 66.2 per cent in September 2024, reaching N4.02tn compared to N2.42tn in September 2023, a notable rise of N1.60tn in just one year.” It was speculated that some of the […]

THE Providus Bank wrote J.Wesley Investment Limited, the profit-making company wholly owned by the Trustees of the non-profit Methodist Church of Nigeria, MCN, a love letter. It was a final demand letter dated October 29, 2024 asking the Spiritual Lords of the Church to pay an earthly sum of N2,036,567,275.74 owed the bank. In stating that […]

THE unraveling of the regime of General Yakubu Gowon shortly after the end of Nigeria’s civil war in the decade of the 1970s began as a tale of two Josephs. One was Joseph Dechi Gomwalk, Gowon’s in-law and governor of his home state. The other was Joseph Sarwuan Tarka, one of Gowon’s trusted Ministers. It made […]

The bail conditions imposed on the victims of this injustice betrayed the hidden agenda to deny them bail and hold them perpetually in detention