Prisons are public institutions established by government for the rehabilitation and reformation of individuals who are at breach of the…
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THE last time I was in Chad was in 2014. In its capital, N’Djamena, I couldn’t resist the feeling that…
Forty-five years ago, as I turned 30, I left Lagos for Ibadan. From Ibadan, together with a comrade of the…
Last Sunday, the charismatic ‘House on the Rock’ Pastor, Paul Adefarasin told his congregation that no country has survived two…
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: Year B – May 13, 2021. Readings: Acts 1:1-11; Responsorial Psalm Ps 47:2-3,6-7,8-9;…
How do you react to a preventable war in which just in Lagos alone – one of the thirty six states…
I have a confession. Sometimes, I have caught myself thinking about the world and what humans have done to it.…
As Nigerian Muslims join their brethren in faith across the world to celebrate the Id Al-Fitr today, Thursday, 13th May, 2021,…
Political risk consultancy, Menas Associates, says it will be risky for the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari administration to ”totally dismiss”…
The globalised nature of the 21st century with all its ingredients of sophistication in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has…
HADIZA Bala Usman, politician and social activist, was until last Thursday, May 6, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports…
I remember the mid 1990s Pirelli advert where the world famous Italian tyre brand introduced it’s iconic slogan for the…
It seems the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic is still a long way from over despite many reasons given to be optimistic…
It’s so funny how in our generation of today after a stressful day at school and an annoying day at…
Bill and Melinda Gates had barely finished saying the “D” word when all kinds of marriage counsellors and grief-mongers besieged…
We fervently pray that Year 2021 Ramadan—for Nigerian Muslims—should remain the worst. Don’t get me wrong. It means subsequent Ramadans…
Dear Excellency, this curfew extension is only a cosmetic arrangement. We are no longer in a Lockdown. It is time…
Boko Haram which was founded in 2002 by the late Mohammed Yusuf assumed a militant and deadly approach in 2009…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and…
By-election results make poor predictors. The government of the day can often count on a swing against it by irritated…
It seems, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has murdered sleep, and he is no longer likely to sleep with…
Ordinarily, this is something I would shy away from but I am under necessity. A few days ago, I was…
It has been a relationship of characterised by bitterness and misunderstanding. It began with a poorly negotiated agreement – poor,…
The Enugu-based Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, was reported recently to have gone ‘missing’. He later…
I am going to bed tonight, Friday, 30th April, 2021, a happy man. Earlier today, we witnessed the successful test…
New Army Chief Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who told you that changing the name of something automatically leads to better…
By way of introducing this piece, please allow me to borrow former US President Barack Obama’s words: “Climate change is…
Criticism of Israel’s policies towards Palestinians has always induced a defensive rage from its defenders and advocates. A Threshold Crossed,…
Litigation relates to resolving legal issues with the aid of or by resorting to court of law. The court of…
As India is being devastated by COVID-19 cases that have now passed a daily rate of 400,000, affluent and callous…