“A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”. – William Shakespeare. This describes a campaign…
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When my mobile telephone rang around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, I knew, before checking it, what news…
The Australian press and a chorus of the country’s politicians painted a misguided, blotched picture: the Scott Morrison government had…
In the fight against COVID-19, the war between biology and economics has just expanded to the nationalist front, spilling over…
There are times like this that I wonder how we will ever get back to an honest society. Two stories…
Typically, revolutionists are often regarded as villains by the establishment but often esteemed as heroes by those whom they stand…
The “gate” suffix has been wearing thin since the break-in scandal that gave it its birth. Since Watergate, virtually anything…
Within the diplomatic and political circle, ‘Sanction’ has existed for years. According to Nigeli Gould Davies, an associate fellow of…
This is not the best of times for Plateau State as the people have constantly been facing terror attacks from…
Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of the world’s population” becoming…
“Home is where/When you go there/They take you in” – Felix Houphouet-Boigny, late Cote d’Ivoire president. We begin today with…
Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, features in the pantheon of accomplished Nigerian journalists no doubt. In his days of ‘’truth-telling’’…
Nigeria is a country with over 200 million persons, and thus termed the ‘giant of Africa’. The later could only…
This piece stems from two separate but similar opinion articles. The first titled; Finding a Vaccine Is Only the First…
Humans are social animals, living, acting in duo, in groups and communal societies. Nevertheless, those few that are more comfortable…
Australia matters little when it comes to international muscle. It is the retainer and pretender of power, a middle-distance runner…
Sometime in 1977, General Joseph Nanven Garba, then our foreign minister, gave a lecture in the Assembly Hall, Ahmadu Bello…
The appointment of Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, a scholar-diplomat, as chief of staff to the president has been widely hailed…
On Monday, May 4, 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the long-awaiting Nigeria poverty and inequality survey Report…
Over the last 5 days, the football world has been rattled by the allegations of 2 former Eagles’ players, Chinedu…
Coronavirus pandemic is one not in a hurry to leave the scene any time soon. Unfortunately, it has like others…
It is simply implausible but real, that ten odd years have passed, exactly on last 5th day of May, 2020,…
In a recent article in The Atlantic also widely used elsewhere, American journalist, Anne Applebaum, described the pathetic meltdown of US President…
I don’t think anyone can doubt the commitment of Governor Nasir el’ Rufai to ending the practice of the Almajiri…
“The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation” – Jeremy Bentham. Last week’s “In…
The advent of social media has brought about an increasing innovative power of social media that even the avid cynic…
AWKA – 12 May 2020: Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze is a diplomat, writer, public policy and governance expert and politician. He was…
When he announced at the end of April that he would be retiring, thereby vacating the federal seat of Eden-Monaro, the Australian…
Anytime you here of one world religion, ask yourself: given the substantial, even irreconcilable differentials between world religions, especially their…
The world anticipates what is, undoubtedly, the most important event in China’s political calendar. Next week, from May 22, 2020,…
