A FEW days ago, I woke in the night, anxious and checking the news, half-expecting America and Israel to have…
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LAST week, I shared a travelogue describing my visit to Taraba State, where distance is measured not in kilometres but…
THE trend of abductions and kidnapping for ransom as a big business in Nigeria is worrying and should be declared…
MOROCCO, the host of the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations, (AFCON 2025) has continued to receive rave reviews over…
“The children of the poor you refuse to train will never allow your children have peace” Last week, We woke…
WOMEN, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid.…
ON Sunday, terrorists walked into three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, blocked the exits,…
AS US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada…
NIGERIA’s education sector is quietly approaching a crisis that may soon become impossible to ignore. Across the country, a growing…
IN a representative democracy, a parliament’s primary role is to represent the people’s interests and ensure their voices are heard.…
BY the end of 2025, Yobe State stood out as Nigeria’s top state in Primary Health Care (PHC). At the…
IN the last couple of months following the installation of Oba Akeem Owoade as the Alaafin of Oyo, the Ooni…
HOW could she not have seen this coming? Why did she not speak up? Why didn’t she leave, seek help?…
THE Katsina State Government wants to release 70 suspected bandits as part of a “peace deal. “Let me say this…
FREDERICK Forsyth’s account of the Nigerian Civil War, mainly from the Biafran lens, is perhaps one of the most riveting…
PERHAPS, as part of efforts towards rapprochement and strengthening US-Nigeria relations after weeks of diplomatic row, a new health deal…
NIGERIA’s hospitals are increasingly becoming places where hope goes to die, not because illness is always untreatable, but because negligence,…
“And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and…
LAST week, I attended a birthday celebration hosted by a friend in the oil and gas sector, with guests deeply…
IN the last couple of days, Rivers State has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Since the 2023…