The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all
By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
Reforms have put Nigeria on the global economic map
By ABDUL RABIU As my country steadies itself, Britain, its Western allies and their companies should deepen this partnership As ghosts of the 1930s haunt the global outlook, the scramble for trade deals has seized control of government agendas. The United States has leveraged its “tariff war” to secure better terms, driving both friend and foe to […]
Data deficit at the heart of Lagos’ sanitation failures
Millions of people across the state rely on toilets that are not monitored, pits that are not emptied safely, and waste dumped without accountability
From Ashes to Ascent: Two years of Tinubu’s transformative leadership
President Tinubu himself starkly described the situation as a “sinking ship,” burdened by unsustainable fuel subsidies and a corrupt multiple foreign exchange regime
Saving lives: The imperatives of heeding security alerts and warnings
By MUKHTAR MADOBI The tragic airstrike that took place on May 31, 2025, in the Maraya-Wabi axis of Zamfara State-resulting in the elimination of 20 armed bandits-offers a painful but important lesson about the critical importance of complying with security alerts during military operations. According to intelligence reports, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, while pursuing fleeing […]
Good riddance to mandatory voting bill
By UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE Well-meaning Nigerians are relieved that the misconceived bill which sought to impose “a maximum of six months imprisonment or a fine of no more than N100,000” on any Nigerian of voting age who refuses to vote “in all National and State Elections” which surprisingly scaled Second Reading at the House of Representatives recently has […]
