This article was first published in December 2020. In light of recent U.S. airstrikes targeting terrorist groups linked to transnational…
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A SOCIETY does not collapse only when guns are louder than laws. It also weakens when citizens begin to suspect…
IN the next forty-eight hours, the world would bid goodbye to the year 2025 and usher in a New Year.…
AS a minister of the word, I would like to preach today some words of life to our people, especially…
A Year of Reflection, Accountability, and Uncomfortable Truths THIS year has been one of deep reflection, accountability, and uncomfortable truths.…
LAST December I played fortune teller and made some predictions for 2025. Now that we’re in the final weekend of…
I INTENDED to write about something else, but changed my mind halfway through. Apart from making New Year’s resolutions a…
THE recent tightening of United States visa restrictions on Nigerians is not an accident, a conspiracy, or a sudden act…
MANY things happened in Nigeria last week that will trend for a time. Among them were two weighty revelations, one…
NIGERIA’s oil sector rumbled last week, when the Chairman of the Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote alleged that…
WHAT played out as early retirement of PC Asiodu in 1975 was not the only time that his confidence, courage…
EMPOWERING women is often spoken about in soft tones, hashtags, conferences, and small, well-intentioned gestures. But there is a harsh…
ON Monday, the Nigeria Police Force announced it will resume enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy from January 2,…
IT’s rare to find a multibillionaire who hasn’t had nasty battles. Yet, as battles go, the fight between Aliko Dangote,…
ONE of the challenges facing education in Nigeria is, among other issues, policy somersaults which, in most cases, come with…
NOT long ago, air travel in Nigeria symbolized safety, speed, and progress. For many citizens, flying was not a luxury…
LAST time, we parted with the following words: ‘So, with all this before us, where do we turn? How do…
SOME national tragedies do not happen all at once. They arrive quietly, until people start living in fear. Travelling becomes…
SENATOR Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central depicted a sorrowful figure last week on the floor of the upper chamber when…
ON page 127 he seized on his presentation titled “Growth and Development In Nigeria – Medium-Term Prospects” which he presented…