IT’s a most unlikely crime scene. I travelled by road from the Benin airport to Uromi, Esanland’s most significant town,…
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This is a repeat. It was published on 24/12/2023. Readers may find it still relevant. RIVERS, a state so rich…
THE appointment of a new leadership team at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has sparked fresh hope.…
MANY residents of Lagos State who work on the Island but reside on the mainland, last week Wednesday, went through…
I WAS having some introspection on the state of the nation this weekend when a ‘small still voice’ nudged me…
TAMUNO was a man-about-town. He played the field and sowed generously. He gave himself as well as his substance. He…
ON a week meant for celebration, 16 northerners traveling home for Sallah festivities met their end in the most horrific…
HE didn’t say when his father asked him, but I wonder what the old man must think in his grave.…
“Today, nearly everything is made in China – except courage; it’s made in Palestine.” – Anthony Bourdain. ANYONE conversant with…
TENSIONS between Nigeria’s central and state governments have long been the fault lines of its federal system; it is like…
THE Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, was moved to tears last week when he visited Ilobu, Erin-Osun in Irepodun Local…
AS we celebrate the 70th birthday of Professor Anthony Olusegun Adegbulugbe on Wednesday April 2, 2025, we need to note…
IF you’ve been paying any attention to the Nigerian political landscape in the last two weeks, you’d think we were…
ON Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and…
“It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.”…
IN his book “The Power of Regrets”, Daniel Pink explores how retrospection can be a powerful tool for growth and…
THE Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is gradually becoming a deadly spot for motorists as lives and properties are…
There is fire on the mountain And nobody seems to be on the run Oh, there is fire on the…
SOMETIMES a woman finds herself at a destination she did not plan for, a place where she neither bargained for…
ON Monday, former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai dropped a political bombshell by announcing his defection from the All…