The arrest of some eminent jurists, Justices of the Supreme Court – Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro – and four…
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Good morning! On today’s trending news stories in the The News Chronicle: 1. Leo Messi speaks on the next World…
Following the G-20 summit held in India, I have been amused by the debate about whether or not Nigeria should…
Good morning! In today’s trending news on The News Chronicle: 1.All hell threatens to break loose as Governor Abba Kabir…
Good morning! Here are today’s trending topics from The News Chronicle: 1. Hundreds of young people, stormed Abeokuta, the…
In all ramifications, it appears the euphoria and excitement that greeted President Bola Tinubu’s assumption of office are gradually ebbing…
In today’s trending reports on The News Chronicle; The UEFA Champions League season commences, with UEFA.com predicting the first matchday…
In my last week’s column (Beyond the PEPT’s Judgement), I argued, among other things, that the Western brand of liberal…
The perennial face-off between governors and their deputies has become a constant feature in our democratic experience. The lack of…
Nigeria has a lot of issues, for instance, who do you blame for immigration officers wearing slippers or flip-flops with…
Mob action has been part of our national politics from time immemorial. We can recall the infamous wild west rioting…
It’s not often that you meet Supreme Court justices, serving or retired. I first met retired Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan…
The 6 September 2023 judgement by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) was honestly not unexpected. While the judgment did…
In Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, we are told the story of Abdulfattah Jandali who ran a Mediterranean restaurant in California. He was…
At first, I never thought it necessary to repeat the obvious that Nigeria is a blessed country. It is so…
It’s more than one year to the next governorship election in Edo State, which prides itself on being the “heartbeat…
The most experimental leader in Africa in contemporary time is former Nigerian military leader, General Ibrahim Babangida. He ruled between 1985 and 1993. But…
Military coups became the norm in several African countries shortly after independence until the 1990s when the current ‘wave’ of…
I never deemed it necessary to waste time revisiting the case of Nigeria’s renowned Queen of Rot, while serving as…
Abuja is not in a hurry to change. However, in a city famous for its bad habits fostered by wayward…
The 2023 BRICS Summit held at the Sandton Convention Centre, South Africa, from 22-24 August 2023, has come and gone.…
Let me start this essay in this manner…and do please be patient with me, I make good my word that…
An in-depth investigation on the position of public schools in Nigeria shows glaring decayed structures and absence of learning and…
It was not meant to be this way. But like a good number of things Nigerian, the story is hardly…
When doctors and nurses become serial killers chilly stories of Lucy Letby One of the chilling stories from the United…
A friend and I were texting today about how our mornings had not started well. She had lost her keys…
As Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State steps forward for the commencement of his second term, it is expected that…
Engaging Nigerien Military President Is Like Having Sex with Someone You Hate A good number of people, including me, seems…
There have been several conversations about President Tinubu’s ministerial nominees – the people nominated or not nominated, the size of…
Allow me to commence this piece, or rather, this admonition, with a tale. A man was suspecting his wife of…
