.England 3–2 Mexico: courage, character, the cruel beauty of football By Paul Lucky Okoku Football rewards courage, but it does not always reward the team that deserves sympathy. Sometimes both teams leave with honor—only one advances. There are moments in football when noise defines the occasion. Then there are moments when silence tells an even […]

By Paul Lucky Okoku Ghana did not lose because they lacked courage. They lost because knockout football rewards precision more than bravery. There are matches where the scoreline tells you what happened. Then there are matches where the scoreline hides the deeper lesson. Colombia 1, Ghana 0 belongs to the second category. On paper, it […]

Belgium’s timely rise, America’s costly mistakes, cruel truth of knockout football By Paul Lucky Okoku The United States did not lose because they lacked courage. They lost because knockout football punishes hesitation, nervousness, and defensive lapses without mercy. Belgium did not arrive in Seattle looking unbeatable. But on the night that mattered most, they peaked […]

That is why every defeat today hurts so many people—not only Brazilians, but millions of admirers who grew up believing that Brazil represented the highest expression of the beautiful game.

By Faiz Bashir Fourteen years ago, Faiz Bashir began his journey with FlexiSAF with a vision to tackle the administrative challenges Nigerian schools faced with enrolment, grading and record-keeping. Within just twenty days, he developed a software solution that has since been adopted by 120 tertiary institutions and 700 schools across the country. However, as […]

By Moses Obe Since its establishment in 1973 in the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme has remained one of the most enduring and symbolic institutions designed to promote national unity in Nigeria. Conceived primarily as a tool for healing deep ethnoreligious and regional divisions, the scheme has […]

By Balikis Kabir Maternal mortality, which refers to the death of a woman resulting from pregnancy and/or childbirth complications, remains one of the world’s major public health challenges. Over the past two decades, global progress in reducing maternal deaths has been limited, with approximately 287,000 maternal deaths recorded in both 2010 and 2020. Consequently, the […]

By Johnson Akintunde The reality of today’s Nigeria demands that institutions created as pillars of national survival must be shielded from every form of threats. It isn’t farfetched to conclude that factors like insurgency, transactional kidnappings, separatist agitations, cyber threats, communal conflicts, environmental disasters, and humanitarian emergencies have collectively redefined the meaning of national security. […]

Pharaohs did not simply survive Australia, they announced that African football has entered another era. By Paul Lucky Okoku History rarely arrives with a trumpet. Sometimes it walks quietly through 120 exhausting minutes before revealing itself from twelve yards. There are victories that make headlines. There are victories that win trophies. And then there are […]

By Olumuyiwa Asagunla  The primary election to pick the national assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general election may have come and gone, but the dust generated may take a little while to settle. Signs that all may not be well with the process began to manifest long before the election. […]

.When one of football’s smallest nations took the defending champions to the edge By Paul Lucky Okoku Not every football match is remembered because of who won. Some matches are remembered because they changed how the world viewed a team. This was one of those matches. Argentina advanced to the next round. Cape Verde advanced […]

By Prof. Mannixs E. Paul One of the strongest arguments for establishing State Police is that decentralized policing reduces the risk of nationwide institutional failure. Under an entirely centralized system, weaknesses at the national level often affect every state simultaneously. By contrast, a decentralized policing structure creates multiple centers of responsibility, innovation, and accountability. While […]

52 years after Zaire carried Africa’s hopes alone, DR Congo showed how far African football has travelled. By Paul Lucky Okoku The scoreboard recorded England’s victory. History recorded Africa’s progress. Sometimes football asks us to remember before it allows us to appreciate. As I watched England battle DR Congo in the FIFA World Cup 2026, […]

By Yinka Gbadebo As the political atmosphere in Oyo State gradually shifts toward the 2027 governorship election, conversations across political circles, professional bodies, community associations and among ordinary citizens are increasingly revolving around one central question: who possesses the experience, competence and character required to sustain the remarkable developmental momentum established under Governor Seyi Makinde? […]

American Independence opened an indispensable avenue within the American political tradition for later freedom projects, including abolition.