Why Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway (4), by Eric Teniola
This week continues the narrative on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. In 1934, he, Vaughn, H.O. Davies and others became the leaders of the new Lagos Youth Movement (NYM), which in 1938 was renamed the Nigerian Youth Movement and came under the leadership of Dr. D.K. Abayomi. Three years later he was elected to the Legislative Council […]
Let Jamb and Prof Oloyede be, by Francis Ewherido
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is a man I have enormous respect for. I have not met him personally, but I admire him from afar. That is one of the hallmarks of impactful people. You don’t have to know or have physical encounter with them to feel […]
Fubara’s Spirit: Fearful, fumbling and forgetful, by Ugoji Egbujo
This time last year, Governor Fubara said Rivers State had been liberated. People trooped to churches to thank God for setting them free. According to Fubara, the state, its people and resources, had been in the clutches of a rapacious and gluttonous politician. That fellow decided who was what. Every month that fellow dipped his […]
God save Blacks from France as it invests in violence, by Owei Lakemfa
The French establishment is, again, sowing the seeds of violence in Africa. As it is traditional with France, it will water such seeds, nurture them until they are ripe for harvest. In its latest genetically-modified violence-seed planting, France in May, 2025 set aside 150 million Euro through its French Development Agency to plant violence in Western […]
The canonisation of Traore, by Donu Kogbara
When Captain Ibrahim Traore seized control of Burkina Faso in September 2022 after ousting interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, I cheered because I liked the cut of his jib. Millions of black folks the world over felt the same way about this bold, fearless, charismatic young Pan Africanist who wasn’t ready to put up with neo-imperialism or […]
Driving the ‘Nigeria First’ policy for our benefit, by Adekunle Adekoya
ONE very laudable policy recently announced by the Tinubu administration is the Nigeria First policy initiative. Though not entirely new, and not original to the Tinubu administration, it is something which, if conscientiously implemented, has the capacity to turn around the Nigerian economy for good within a relatively short period of time. Readers might recall that in […]
