TWO major events happened in Nigeria last week that ordinarily should give many Nigerians serious concern about the sordid state…
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THE third part of this reflection on public service as perceived by an outsider is an executive summary of the…
LETTY was a good girl who became a good wife but the seasons changed and this once-upon-a-time choir leader, like…
WHEN Lt. Colonel Abdullahi Hassan Ali, 49, assumed duties as commanding officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian…
THE National Orientation Agency (NOA) was established in 1993 by Decree 100, now an act of Parliament No.24 of 2004.…
This article is a repeat as it was first published on November 1, 2020. PALLIATIVE – This ten-letter word has…
THERE is unarguably a progressive value erosion in our country. This is happening increasingly, and there is no hope of…
THE dust raised by the gruesome murder of 17 Soldiers in Okuama Community in Delta State is yet to settle…
AS I was saying the journey through the public service wilderness took me to the pre-national assembly forerunning too: Even…
REMEMBER, all thoughts—good or bad—tend to cloak themselves in their physical equivalent. Fears are a state of mind conditioned into…
MARRIAGE is becoming a risky business by the hour. Instead of enlarging the family, it is reducing it. When your…
THE press has been unkind to Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales. I find it hard to understand why, of…
LAST week, we read how the signs are not looking good for a nation like ours that wants to be…
MANY Nigerians believe that restructuring the country or devolving powers from the centre to the sub-nationals is the silver bullet…
ONE of the etiquettes parents ingrain into the consciousness of their children is that they should not talk while eating…
IT is beginning to appear that our leaders are not ready to read any writings on the walls. They don’t…
FEAR – The obvious emotion of mankind. The greatest enemy or closest friend. Not because one is weak but because…
EMEM woke up suddenly. She didn’t know what startled her out of sleep. She sat up and could hear movements.…
THE journey to Kuriga in southern Kaduna, North-west Nigeria, did not start with the kidnap of 287 students last week.…
TO the chagrin of many citizens of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, like his predecessor’s, constantly demonises the previous…