ONE year ago, on November 15, 2023, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) invited me to speak on “Nigerian Media,…
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WHEN ideas, statements, or policies emanating from one source are opposed to one another, conflicting or inconsistent, then we have…
WHEN voices rise in waves of protest, deeper wounds are laid bare—truths woven into our laws and ethics, waiting to…
THERE is an ongoing war for the soul of Nigeria’s oil sector. The war is not for the faint hearted.…
PERMIT me to suspend my serial on Livestock Development, (though a significant, timeless policy shift in Abuja, to allow me…
LAST week’s piece, ‘The-next-of-kin’ generated a lot of interest. Why was Auntie Funke speaking for only women? Why don’t women…
I UNDERSTAND wealthy US citizens and conservatives of the evangelical hue rooting for Donald Trump. The rich believe he would…
SEVERAL people, including Nigerian leaders, have said that democracy, as a form of government, has no better alternative. And why…
A MILITARY officer who served as Nigeria’s Aviation Minister between 1985 and 1993 during the Babangida years once remarked that…
CITIZENS of the United States of America, USA, will go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5th to elect the…
I HAVE been in the concourse of this unlocked potential called ‘Livestock Development’ for some time and it has been…
IS the government not supposed to protect us? How can this government be so unmoved when it persistently harms those…
ROSE is one of the women who suddenly became a widow as a result of the November 1996 crash of…
Dear former First Lady, YOU asked the question that millions outside the US have been asking for weeks if not…
MY recent visit to the holy city was the second time I was there, courtesy of the benevolence of Honourable…
THE challenges in Nigeria’s educational sector are complex and pressing, encompassing poor quality, inadequate funding, limited access, and an outdated…
NIGERIAN Governors could be described as a special breed. Special in the sense that they listen and follow whatever comes…
THERE are so many matters arising from the nation’s capital including the much trumpeted ‘cabinet shake-up’ that would have turned…
What exactly is happening in the North? Arewa gida! Is the North only valued when it’s time to vote? I…
IT all started with an ambitious shopping list of a woman looking for a husband that my friend sent to…