On a hot, dusty harmattan day last week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) loaded its gun, and pulled the…
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Amidst the gloomy and intractable insecurity bedevilling the country especially the North-East, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana…
The biggest threat to our collective humanity today is not the suspected threat of a Third World War, but a…
For a long time, BBI has been a catchword in Kenya. It is the acronym for Building Bridges Initiative, a…
I have reiterated on countless occasions that a nation where her citizens do not have a collective notion regarding what…
I was almost set to start hitting the road to my village when at about 8 am, penultimate Thursday, I…
Never undertake a prosecution unless you have good grounds, and prospects, for a solid conviction. In the case against President…
A new U.S visa regime announced by the Trump government on January 31 2020, which will restrict citizens of Nigeria…
Recently, Nigeria was in news again for unpleasant reasons. The murder of an 18-year-old Seminarian, Michael Nnadi and the wife…
There was a veiled agreement among participants at a recent gathering in Obiaruku, Delta state, South-South, Nigeria, that as a…
A synonym is defined as ‘a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or…
London Parliament Square is the site, muddied by rain, trodden by hundreds who have made it their celebratory space. The…
Following the president’s remarks that he is surprised at the growing insecurity in the country, what Nigerians are asking is:…
This week I am continuing with my no-holds-barred interviews with some outspoken Nigerian leaders. As soon as we settled down…
In every society, peace is the driver of social and economic development. This is why Section 14 (2) (b) of…
While going through some passages last week, two grammatical constructions caught my attention. They were; “…six months after’ and “An…
I must say something. I must say something. Or else the vast cloud swallows us. I want us to say…
It is being increasingly larded with heavy twists and turns, a form of state oppression in slow motion, but the…
Let me begin by saying that the term “idealist” is not used in this article in the philosophical sense. Were…
Even if you do not like his guts, what you cannot take away from Dr Junaidu Mohammed, a Second Republic…
A Catholic Priest who works in one of the dioceses in North-Eastern Nigeria had an unforgettable experience. The parish where…
Of the five human senses; touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste, only sight can be interfered with by the function…
I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a…
In my column article of January 6 – a riposte to Isa Funtua’s prejudiced utterance on the Igbo — I…
There was a big temptation last week for me to abandon a story I already planned for the week and…
Peace is the most expensive commodity in the world today. The popular saying that social and economic development can only…
A few days before Christmas last year, many employees took brief breaks to be with family over the festive period.…
With a wry smile, before I delve into this admonition, as I like to refer to my essays as, let…
Copycat development in Nigeria is a historical evil, which must be exorcised from its political economy. It is self- enslaving.…
January 15 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian Civil War and the official end of the short-lived…