A child of destiny, Onyeka Onwenu lived life to the brim. The Elegant Stallion, as she was dubbed, was subtly beautiful, strong and brilliant.

Under ideal circumstances, toddlers should be given adequate opportunities to develop systematically from the home up to the age of five or above before being sent to school.

Unfortunately, the first Bill he ever introduced as Speaker sought to impose draconian penalties on Nigerians for frivolous infractions and those already covered by the laws.

Transmission of Mpox occurs through direct contact with infected animals, humans, or contaminated materials.

Unfortunately, when they bother to initiate moves in that direction, there is hardly enough resolve to implement them to the letter.

Organised Labour (Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Unions Congress, TUC, and their affiliate unions), were not officially part of the recently-ended #EndBadGovernance protests. Labour appears to have chosen to focus specifically on the core needs of its members rather than being the ombudsman of all socio-economic mass actions. This may be because Nigerians hardly […]

According to Bloomberg Television, the #EndBadGovernance protests claimed 13 lives on the second day, being August 2, 2024. But the fatality that took the attention of all was the killing of a 16-year-old Ismail Mohammed in Samaru Zaria, Kaduna State, by soldiers despatched to quench a riotous situation in the university town. A video surfaced […]

Usually during protests, aggrieved citizens display the national flag even if they are fed up with the government of the day or its policies. It is a means of reaffirming loyalty to the nation. During the historic #EndSARS protests of October 2020, Nigerian youths from all ethnic divides gathered at the foremost “holy ground” of […]

“I, …do solemnly swear/affirm that … I will discharge my duties to the best of my ability, faithfully and in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the law… that in all circumstances, I will do right to all manner of people, according to law, without fear or favour, affection or […]

There is a Chinese proverb which is very popular among contemporary economists and leaders: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for life”. The path a government chooses in its economic policy making and implementation tells much about its intentions towards […]

In August, 2008, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, renowned businessman, politician, publisher and Igbo leader, attended the World Igbo Congress, WIC, in Detroit, Michigan, in the USA. He was one of invited distinguished speakers. Shortly after delivering his address, news made the round that he had passed on from a sudden diabetic crisis. Fortunately, he fully recovered […]

The primary theme of the August 2024 protests is #EndBadGovernment. Other sub-themes are #EndHunger and #EndHardship. Bad governance, hunger and hardship were already ravaging the land before President Bola Tinubu assumed the mantle of leadership on May 29, 2023. But for most Nigerians, the situation was still largely bearable. Petrol, the primary energy resource of […]

The controversy over the “fitness” of products of the nascent Dangote Refinery has become for some an opportunity to engage in needless witch-hunting and pursuit of selfish interests in our oil industry. The questionable utterances of the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulation Authority, NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, that products of the […]

President Bola Tinubu has taken some firm steps to signal his readiness to address head-on the problems challenging the livestock sector, as well as the headaches the sector poses to the rest of the population. He is prepared to create a separate ministry for it from the current Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development […]

Over a month ago, the Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State, Mohammed Dalijan, announced that a lawmaker, former Local Government chairman and District Head had been implicated in connection with the banditry and kidnapping which has ravaged the state and the North-West for about ten years. Over the past weekend, the suspects who have been […]