Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, recently brought his diplomatic prowess to bear when he pushed Nigeria’s interest before world leaders at the highest level of meetings of world heads of parliaments.

The greatest use of irony I have experienced in my life is the term federal as it relates to Nigeria. Elsewhere, I have written copiously on this irony and I do not intend to sound like a broken record in this piece.

FOR a very long time Niger Deltans had lived in the desert of pains, educationally disadvantaged to a ratio bound to stagger accurate mathematical calculation. This seemingly endless era of desert existence was apparently brought to an end when the Maritime University was established in Okerenkoko of Delta State in Nigeria in 2014.

PRAYER is the key that unlocks and unleashes the powers of heaven to back up all human endeavours, on this earth. Christians, and Muslims pray, and even idol worshipers appeal their gods for success in their goals on earth. This is because the spiritual controls the physical, and both realms operate under laws and principles. […]

IT is interesting that Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba’s purported plan to decamp to APC has generated enough discourse lately. Little wonder quasi and pseudo political pundits have trivialized the issue which received immense and enormous applause amongst Cross Riverians as Senator Ndoma-Egba was not the only that was one shut out of PDP.

A MONTH before Professor Ade  Adefuye’s shocking transition on August 27, his name had cropped up in a conversation I had with two colleagues – Ademola Oyinlola and Ayo Akinkuotu – both of Tell Communications at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Victoria Island. We were bemoaning what we saw as the less than […]

MY experience in recent times concerning electricity supply, and this could be assumed to be the same experience for millions of Nigerians necessitates this piece. I bought a prepaid meter in 2008, and quite early in 2011 the meter stopped working. Consequently, I was made to pay fixed sum till a new billing system was introduced.

Mr YINKA ODUMAKIN, author of the piece, “Finishing well: The Osoba example”, is a “change fiend”. At one point he belonged to the Afenifere camp. Later he switched allegiance to the Afenifere Renewal Group, which was and is not in good terms with the parent Yoruba socio-cultural group. Today, he is back in the old Afenifere.

AS President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration begins to take shape, definitely one vital sector that will demand and indeed attract their immediate attention is the automotive sector.

DEAR SIR, I want to express my appreciation for the way you have been running the  affairs of our nation since you assumed office as our President, and Commander-  in-Chief of Nigeria Armed Forces. At the same time, I want to use this opportunity  to thank God for the successful conduct of the election that […]