Tahar Djaout was an Algerian journalist, poet and fiction writer who lived for just 39 years but his words will live forever. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group in his country for ostensibly always speaking the truth. He once said, “silence is death. If you speak, you die. If you are […]

“True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.” Edith Wharton. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” Herman Melville, Biodun Shobanjo has already been described as the Father of Advertising in Africa” by one of those who gathered last week to honour him after turning […]

The military have shown us how – a good Public, Private Partnership, PPP, arrangement for all the State and Federal sports facilities, infrastructure and institutions

What are the states doing with the huge allocations they are getting? The welfare of the people should take precedence over any other projects

It is doubtful that the families of the deceased would be interested in a case against Naomi 

It is not her fault that Nigerians have never learnt to queue properly, even inside the banks, at ATM machines, at supermarkets, any and everywhere

Yahoo Yahoo practitioners and drug dealers are steadily acquiring quick societal validation through dubious Christmas philanthropy across the country

Almost every boy I knew joined either the Boy’s Scout or its younger cousin, the Boy’s Brigade during my primary school years. It was the thing to do and the place to belong, so we didn’t have to think too hard about it. Besides, it was also the fun thing to do. There was the […]

FOUR the many families that lost loved ones, it could not have been a merry Christmas. I sympathise with them and offer my condolences. All of those who died in the stampedes were in search of wherewithal to make the season as merry as possible. Sadly it was not to be. In all, no less than […]

Bola Tinubu’s 2024 budget, his first as president, was a whopping N28.77 trillion. He dubbed it “Budget of Renewed Hope”. But, as 2024 crawls to an end, the hope Tinubu promised to renew turns out to be a mirage. Rather than experiencing the actualisation of a hope, most Nigerians have witnessed utter despair. In 2024, according to […]