When I was between ages 14 and 22, the paramount wish of my peers and I was to finish secondary school, pass WAEC and JAMB exams and get into the university. Those who were not interested in higher education went to do apprenticeship and learn skills to enable them prepare for the future. Our ultimate […]

My social media involvement really doesn’t pass WhatsApp. Looks like it is enough. I get a laugh when I want and some serious stuff when I want. All in small doses. All with a pinch of salt. Try as I want, the journalist in me will not allow me believe unverified stories or conspiracy theories. […]

Genocide does not happen in one day. It is triggered by individuals with skewed minds raging with hate and spewing evil through their speeches, body language or pen. Ahmed Bako should prepare for summons by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bako, who taught History at the Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto used what should have been […]

The run-down section of Zone B, Nyanya town, an outskirt of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory, comes alive Tuesday and Saturday mornings as people throng the Pool of Redemption Assembly (PORA) an inter-denominational prayer and deliverance ministry pastored by (Mrs) Chinyere Ifeanyi (popularly called Pastor Chi), from Afikpo, Ebonyi state and being married at […]

BY his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have been closed and his products banned. But in politics, crime multiplies grace. Oshiomhole dragged Godwin Obaseki into the governorship race in 2016 when the odds were against him. Obaseki’s daytime job was minding his business at […]

THE clatter in the hall went dead. Silence enveloped the gathering. What was now heard was the thud of boots. It grew louder as a uniform-clad personnel marched in through the door. Stretched before him was a big flag. He marched determinedly to the dais. Stopped before a solemn-faced Alfredo Miranda, the Mexican Ambassador in Nigeria. […]

Senator Adams Oshiomhole recently took it upon himself to taunt Mrs Betsy Obaseki, the Edo State Governor’s highly accomplished wife, for being childless. On the other side of the world, in the United States, JD Vance, Donald Trump’s motor mouth running mate, has also taken pot shots at women who have no children…women such as Kamala […]

By John Alechenu  The Senator Adolphus Wagbara- led  Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, is currently meeting with the party’s National Assembly caucus at the PDP Legacy House, Abuja. The meeting which was convened at the instance of the BoT is part of consultations to find an amicable solution to the crisis […]

ON Saturday, September 21, Edo electorate will elect a new governor who will superintend over the affairs of the state in the next four years. In other climes, that is a simple task. Agreed, contestation for power is a serious business not meant for chicken-hearted fellas, but the heavy lifting is done out on the […]

THE latest foreign trade data show that Nigeria recorded a trade balance of N6.52 trillion in the first quarter of this year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. Expectedly, President Bola Tinubu seized on the figure as evidence that his economic reform is working. Given that the positive trade balance significantly reversed the […]

As communication holds the important role of transferring ideas, it is more invaluable in work and professional spaces. While written documents such as reports, articles, and essays allow for detailed comprehension of analysis, oral presentations allow for  unhinged perspectives and insights to the audience which it is relevant for.  The transition from written content to […]

NYESOM Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, must be feeling on top of the world right now. He has successfully retrieved the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State from Governor Siminalayi Fubara. With the endorsement of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party and the fact that the […]

THE hard times Nigerians are passing through are not about to end; it’s getting clearer by the day. The more things change, the more they remain the same. That may sound, these days, like a cliche where Nigerians are concerned. But it says so much about the situation we’ve found ourselves in. For several years and, […]

“And We (Allah) caused streams to spring from the earth. Therefore, the waters from the earth and the heavens joined for a matter predetermined (long before)” – The Holy Qur’an (54:12) IF a disaster of such magnitude had happened in China, President Xi Jinping himself and members of the Communist Party of China, CPC, Politburo would […]

WRITING on the new Government’s initiative on the Digital Switchover, DSO, on August 28, 2024, we made the following observations on this column: “This has not said much about the place of the signal distributors and Set Top Box manufacturers who were encouraged to invest heavily in the DSO process and have hardly recouped some of […]