Twenty years ago, the alumni of the Government College Umuahia first met in the United States, and decided to take on the challenge of restoring their famous alma mater, the Government College Umuahia, and while at it, have some fun.  In that first convention that drew many of the “oldboys” of the Government College Umuahia […]

Brethren, we are gradually moving to the end of the first of the Ember months. At a time like this, as human beings, we tend to lose hope if some of our desires have not manifested physically. It’s human to feel that way.  However, when we become conscious that we can pray that God remembers […]

Clemens shared similar views about the players that could become successful national team coaches in the 1994 team with Onochie Anibeze of Vanguard newspaper.

They have all become sacred cows, loitering in the corridors of power, demystifying and castrating the EFCC by the impunity
they flaunt

What may remain etched in the memory of many people following last weekend’s governorship election in Edo State may be the picture of Governor Godwin Obaseki sitting down in the wee hours of Sunday on the corridor of the collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Benin City all alone. Video images […]

The hard fought Edo State gubernatorial election has come and gone. A winner has emerged – until the courts state otherwise. Unfortunately, all those negative things that are usually said about politics came to the fore during this very bitter campaign – the emotions, the dirt, the fake promises, the lies bordering on character assassinations, […]

Until the killing of 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, many people never knew about the tensions and skirmishes between Okuama, an Urhobo community in Ewu Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okoloba, an Ijaw community in Bomadi Local Government Area, all in Delta State. Both communities have lived side by side […]

Okonkwo is an Abagana man. His mother, who lost six blood relations, was bloodied psychologically by that trauma.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had barely finished announcing the result of last Saturday’s Edo governorship poll when I got a call to eat the humble pie. Senator Adams Oshiomhole, the man I called a product vendor in my last article, had pulled off another big one! Why? I had no dog in the fight. […]

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. — Aristotle (384-322 BC). THE state of affairs in our  dear country, Nigeria, as at now, is simply bothersome. When an Ijebu man is finding it difficult to afford garri, which he wants to soak in water and gulp down with either a piece of meat, a cutlet […]

UNITED Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, as usual, told us what we already know. On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, he announced that: “Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon”. But, sadly, he is behind the news because hell is not breaking, it has already broken loose in the Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, and has merely […]

I HAD very instructive discussions with two A-list Nigerian politicians before and after the Edo State governorship election; the first being on Wednesday, three days before the poll. Both men have held positions of immense responsibility in government both at the state and federal levels. The first politician dismissed those who believed that given the pedigree […]

LAST week, I wrote about the dire economic consequences for Nigeria as a petrostate almost solely reliant on oil and gas exports. This week, I want to address another aspect of that intervention: the climate impacts of Nigeria’s deepening commitment to burning fossil fuels. Nothing demonstrates this commitment more than the excitement over the Dangote Refinery […]

In the business world, effective communication is paramount. However, even seasoned professionals can fall prey to common sentence errors that undermine their message and credibility. In this article, I explore frequent mistakes in business writing and offer guidance on how to avoid them, ensuring your communications are clear, professional, and impactful. There are 12 errors in […]

ONE problem with most Nigerians is that they hardly pause to think through issues before forming political opinions. The herd mentality rules. Once a nice soundbite is orchestrated, the herds simply follow. Years ago, when Nigeria was under military rule, the fad of “true federalism” was on the lips of every pro-democracy pundit. True democracy […]