Many years ago, when my son was completing paperwork for a job with the Lagos State government, he was required…
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It’s nearly 20 years since Mark Steyn wrote a non-fiction book, America Alone: The End of the World as We…
I can understand if many people outside the US wish to forget about President Donald Trump and get on with…
The country is not in war but its citizens are scattered all over the world as refugees seeking asylum. Truly,…
It’s hard to argue when U.S. President Donald Trump says that God saved him to save America. Not only is…
On January 15 of every year, Nigerians remember what they were told was the most tragic incident that destroyed the ideal…
“Arsenal fans are currently over the moon, testosterone pumping – and why not? The story will not change in 2024……
Perhaps three will be the lucky number. After at least two previous failed attempts, a peace deal between Israel and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has persistently drawn sharp criticism for its glaring lack of proactivity, blatant politicization…
If I’ve learned anything these past 35 years of journalism, it’s looking for a story in every situation. It wasn’t…
I was watching the evening news on Monday night when two presenters used a word at different times that jolted…
Donald Trump’s election overshadowed Kemi Badenoch’s emergence as the leader of the Tory Party of Britain. Yet, no one gets…
One year ago, on November 15, 2023, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) invited me to speak on “Nigerian Media,…
I understand wealthy US citizens and conservatives of the evangelical hue rooting for Donald Trump. The rich believe he would…
Dear former First Lady, You asked the question that millions outside the US have been asking for weeks if not…
Three – maybe three and a half – stories go to the heart of why Nigeria appears stuck in a…
“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” – Jonathan Swift. Cambridge…
This was tough to write. My heart resisted it, but I yielded to my head. The petrol in my car,…
When the Israeli-Hamas war started one year ago, it didn’t look like it would last long. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Nigeria’s fitful attempts to clean up its politics is suffering a seismic setback in Rivers State where bitter politics of…
I witnessed the debate about who owns the home between the man and woman fortuitously last Monday as I found…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had barely finished announcing the result of last Saturday’s Edo governorship poll when I…
By his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have…
I don’t get involved with what the security services do or how. Their ways are so complex and their motives…
When I was invited to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, in June, I didn’t know what to expect. I had not visited…
Almost everyone thinks they know what is wrong with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government, except Tinubu himself. And…
For some inexplicable reason, people like to send me ‘accusatory’ messages about journalists and journalism. Even for things that I know nothing about. It…
We met last on April 21. I went to Asaba from Lagos to promote my new book, Writing for Media…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is not a stranger to adversity or its more sinister cousin, sabotage. One of the…
It strikes me as a poignant irony that the entirety of our existence can be encapsulated by just two significant…