Hundreds of million for 90 minutes, peanuts for a lifetime of service, by Stephanie Shaakaa
*Nigeria’s Broken Scale of Value When the Super Falcons clinched their record-extending tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in July 2025, the Presidency rolled out the red carpet. The players received national honours, three-bedroom apartments in Abuja and the promise of the naira equivalent of $100,000 each. The financial rewards were eventually fulfilled in […]
We, who watch Gaza, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem”– African proverb. A new milestone has just been reached by the tragedy the world has watched unfold for almost two years now. A United Nations agency has confirmed the existence of hunger, mass starvation and famine engineered by Israel in Gaza […]
Continuous decline in manufacturing investment worrisome — LCCI
By Yinka Kolawole The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has lamented the continuous declining investment in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector, noting that it reflects investors’ apprehension in making long-term commitments to the country’s real sector. Director General of LCCI, Dr Chinyere Almona, in a statement yesterday, while commenting on the latest data from the National […]
Character is a person’s religion, not what he professes, by Owei Lakemfa
This has been one of the most widespread celebration of traditional religion, customs, ethos and culture of the Nigerian people in contemporary times. Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, speaking at the Isese Festival on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, stated that the essence was the peoples’ reconnection with their roots. Indeed, a people cut off from their […]
How to stand tall for an independent Bar
In 1981, Chief Gani Fawehinmi was already 16 years at the Nigerian Bar and one of its brightest stars.
Between D’Tigers and ‘Tigresses, by Patrick Omorodion
In the Book of James, chapter 4 and verse 6, we are told that God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. When a man knows in his heart that a feat wasn’t achieved by the effort put in his plan for a task but goes ahead to claim the glory resulting from […]
