Tragedy in custody: The deaths of young miners in Niger State
By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA In the early hours of 17 September 2026, a grim discovery was made in Minna, capital of Nigeria’s mineral-rich Niger State. Thirty-seven young men and boys, arrested days earlier on suspicion of illegal mining, were found dead in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Many of the […]
Tribute to a hero
THE titans clashed. The battle was lost and won. The winner celebrated. The loser conceded victory. The latter did not just stop there. He even went further to celebrate the winner (Quite unusual, wouldn’t you say?).
Time to tame iconoclasts (1)
ICONOCLASTS are fundamentalist jihadists, purists, conservative promoters of intolerance, invasive agents of pulverization who are dismissive and disdainful of the other in any identifiable permutation except their own parochial fanatical beliefs, convictions and theories. Having built, elevated and transformed pulverization into statecraft, daily drawing thousands into it like a whirlpool, iconoclasts are indeed the canoe […]
Senate presidency: Akume as bride
WITH the pendulum of the Nigerian intricate power calculus swinging in favour of the opposition All Progressives Congress,APC following its victory in the March 28, 2015 presidential and National Assembly polls, the question as to who and who would emerge as new leaders of the 8th Senate and the 8th House of Representatives, respectively, remains a matter for grave national concern.
What’s next after Buhari’s victory
ONE of the happiest moments for many Nigerians was when the cool-headed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, finally announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari, as the winner of the just-concluded presidential election in the country.
Who will help Ndigbo?
THE recent verbal threat against Ndigbo in Lagos by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has brought to fore, once again, the endangered position of Igbos in Nigeria. It is foolhardy for anyone to pretend about this.
