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 […]
2yrs After: Governor Peter Mbah and the essence of leadership
By Emeka Nwatu People often use the word ‘Leadership’ without really understanding its in-depth meaning and connotations. For many, a leader is anybody with a staff of office or possessing authority over a group of persons. Yes, such a person is qualified to be a leader but what goes amiss most times is the practice […]
Interrogating two years of Nigeria’s foreign policy under Tinubu
By SOLA ENIKANOLAIYE The administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu celebrated two years on Thursday, May 29, 2025. It is important that one pauses to take an insider look at the journey so far, as well as chart the course for the remaining part of his first term. Indeed, a period of two years is sufficient […]
Unifying Africa’s currencies: A path to economic integration and growth
By ERASMUS IKHIDE It was the Nigerian iconic music activist- cum-philosopher, the late Sunny Okosun in the earliest part of 1990 who sang ‘African liberation is now or never’. At the time he sang the song, African population was hovering around 500,000,000. The current population of Africa is roughly 1,546,842,678 as of Tuesday, June 3, […]
Pour your heart & soul into creating
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Care Work is Skilled Work: Changing the narrative around caregiving
Babatope Opeyemi is the founder of Magdalene Professional Caregivers, and an advocate of dignified elderly care across Nigeria and beyond
