SO the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has struck again, this time arresting popular Lagos socialite and businessman, Emeka…
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THERE’s a concern that Nigeria could soon become a one-party state, not by law, like in China, but through subterfuge…
IN A tête-à-tête with journalists last week, the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, openly disagreed with retired General Theophilus…
THE world came together on a warm April morning in Rome. Under Bernini’s wide colonnade, a simple wooden coffin lay,…
ON Saturday, the world witnessed a solemn but colourful burial ceremony of the late Pope Francis. Several World leaders, led…
AT this perilous time when most of our political leaders and their allies in politics are working hard to give…
‘WHOSE idea was this whole ‘husband snatcher’ theory? Who started it? I asked my friend. He’s a man, street-wise one…
RECENTLY, former Minister of Defence, General T Y Danjuma (rtd), once again hammered on the need for citizens to defend…
IT’S nothing to laugh off, however tempting. If the movies imitate life, we may not be as far away from…
WHEN the Director-General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Adeola Ajayi advocated for self-help and communal approach to insecurity…
SOMETIMES in life, one comes across people whom one is at a loss for words on how to present to…
CHINA and Nigeria, two continental giants that entered the late 1970s with similar per capita incomes, have since taken opposite…
IT was the great Indian Nationalist, Mahatma Ghandhi, who said in one of his popular quotes: “There is a sufficiency…
The “Daily Graphic” Success Story: AS I was saying, the “Daily Graphic” is a Ghanaian state-owned daily newspaper published in…
HE was the lord of his manor. Whatever he said was law. His children feared him. His wife trembled at…
IF the kidnapping of a retired Brigadier General doesn’t shock you, then perhaps nothing will. When I heard that former…
IT’S understandable if you have not paid attention. I can’t help noticing because minding other people’s business is a part…
ON March 20, 2025, I and three other media personalities from Nigeria embarked on a trip to Beijing, China to…
ON Friday last week, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former House of Representatives Speaker and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal,…
RIVERS State is currently facing a pressing and time-sensitive threat. The oil-rich state has come under intense political scrutiny following…