It has not been an easy road for Nigerian workers. Since May 1999, when democracy re-emerged on the political surface…
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Similar to Chinua Achebe who in his booklet entitled; the Trouble With Nigeria, noted that the trouble with Nigeria is…
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 17 Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria met in Asaba, Delta State to discuss…
One day I shall always remember is May 11, 1981. Nigeria was in turmoil. There were protests across the country…
In 1519 the Spanish Explorer and Colonialist, Hernando Cortez arrived the New World with about six hundred men. He was…
The Chinese did not build their prosperous country by abandoning ship when it was turbulent. In fact, it was at…
AGAIN, this is another subject I would shy away from but I am under necessity to make some remarks. Compatibility…
– He is a big issue, love him or hate him. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has become a household name across…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has continued to tag those who air their grievances…
The ongoing efforts by the independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to recover what were looted and stolen including diversion of…
THE last time I was in Chad was in 2014. In its capital, N’Djamena, I couldn’t resist the feeling that…
These days, it seems all right to play with fire. The blaze started like a solitary spark in Mali in…
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…
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.…
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…
The American Microsoft giant, Bill Gates, was once the richest man in the world. Now the fourth richest he is…
Bill and Melinda Gates had barely finished saying the “D” word when all kinds of marriage counsellors and grief-mongers besieged…
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…
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…
Criticism of Israel’s policies towards Palestinians has always induced a defensive rage from its defenders and advocates. A Threshold Crossed,…
As India is being devastated by COVID-19 cases that have now passed a daily rate of 400,000, affluent and callous…