The Soku oil wells dispute
The nature of Nigerian politics and politicians is often a fun to follow. It’s partly because our politics tolerates drama, and the ego of the politicians is always on display. The back and forth, ups...
View ArticleBrexit and boris johnson’s dramatic victory
NZE NWABUEZE AKABOGU Contrary to all predictions by book makers and political pundits, the flamboyant and charismatic British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party achieved what...
View Article2019: Year of black African girls (1)
Emmanuel Onwubiko I write from a profound background of experience as a child of a dark coloured mother and a husband of a black and beautiful wife. So this is about the milestones made globally by...
View ArticlePrayer for my country, Nigeria
Ayo Oyoze Baje “Every time we believe we have seen the worst from our country, the shameless, opportunistic power grabbers take us back to a new low” – Nigeria Democratic Liberty Forum, NDLF New York...
View Article2019: Year of black African girls (2)
Emmanuel Onwubiko Sarah Rose Summers of Nebraska crowned her successor Cheslie Kryst of North Carolina at the end of the event. Kryst represented the United States at Miss Universe 2019 and placed in...
View ArticleBetween a general and a president
Banji Ojewale Dwight Eisenhower was the four-star general of the United States army who went on to become the 34thpresident of the country after a blazing military career that saw him take charge of...
View ArticleHumans, animals, and the exchange of habitation
Promise Adiele As a child, my infantile mind was always fascinated by stories where animals behaved like humans. I was regaled to no end when the elderly tried to teach us a lesson or two by...
View ArticleLet Sowore go
The last few weeks have, for me, been a sort of a rollercoaster. From London, to Edinburg and on to the Canadian capital, Ottawa, it has been one long adventure and a fresh insight on why, all of a...
View ArticleWhat does Adara Development Association want?
Danjuma Musa “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.” – Maya Angelou There is an obligation to rebuke the Adara Development Association (ADA) for its incessant...
View ArticleNigeria: Why graduates are unemployed
Babatope Babalobi About 25million graduates are unemployed in Nigeria, though President Muhammadu Buhari estimated it at over 20m earlier this year. This calls for urgent national planning, though the...
View ArticleTribute to Bukola Saraki @ 57
Yusuph Olaniyonu Today, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the 13th and third longest serving President of the Nigerian Senate turns 57. The son of the Second Republic Senate Leader and third person to be...
View Article“Sesame Street”: Remembering Big Bird’s alter ego Caroll Spinney
Cosmas Odoemena For those who grew up in the 70s and through the 90s nothing got children glued to the Nigerian Television Authority like “Sesame Street”. A United States children’s educational show...
View ArticleMarabout economy and resources’ debility
Victor C. Ariole Marabout economy is what you sometime read in the works of Sembène Ousmane especially in Xala and Mandat; while it rendered governance impotent in the times of Senghor it made the...
View ArticleFootball and VAR controversy
Ayodele Okunfolami While speaking with British tabloid, Daily Mirror, earlier this month, the president of the Union of European Football Associations, Aleksander Ceferin, branded the Video Assistant...
View ArticleFarming without sweat in Cross River
Chidi Onyemaizu Imagine this scenario: You are young, forward looking and idealistic. You have always dreamt of a good paying job and cozy air conditioned office after graduation. But here you are, a...
View ArticleGetting late for Local Government autonomy
The issue of local government as appendage of the State government has continued to generate controversy. The generality of opinion has been that to ensure development at the grassroots, the local...
View ArticleChristmas and the deserted village
The caption of today’s article is partly inspired by the poem, “The Deserted Village” written by Oliver Goldsmith as contained in An Anthology of Longer Poems, edited by T.W. Moles and A.R. Moon. The...
View ArticleEdo State: Which way for our people?
Kennedy Ifeh In 2016, a personality who I significantly respect called and informed me that mayhem is about to visit Edo State. He said that the ignorance of the ordinary man in the understanding of...
View ArticleDizzying N37b for glittering National Assembly
Yinka Olujimi “The National Assembly needs a lot of work. I don’t think even that (that) amount of money (N37 billion) can take care of all those things because even the dome has been leaking and...
View ArticleNatural disasters and need for emergency preparedness
VICTORIA NGOZI IKEANO “Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for you” – Ernest Hemmingway ‘Tick says the clock tick, tick, what you have to do, do quick’ – Nursery rhyme When what is...
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