NIGERIA is in transition, and interplay of issues is rearing their heads. Expectedly, security is top on the list, and…
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THIS is a repeat as it was first published two years ago, precisely on 19/04/2021. Has anything changed? The reader…
I CRINGED and I was moved to tears after reading a tweet from Abubakar Hamma Galafi on his Twitter handle…
NIGERIANS have divided opinions about the efficacy of democracy in driving its development. There are constant threats to our democracy…
IN politics, there are no permanent friends and foes, and it will be naïve of me to expect otherwise in…
DONALD Trump consolidated his record in demagoguery when he became the first former US president ever to be criminally indicted…
MAIDUGURI, the capital and the largest city of Borno State, was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the…
THE 2023 General Elections have ended, but the ripples generated by the polls are yet to clear. Rather, the polity…
IN 2021, State governors and local government chairmen in the 36 states of the Federation collected over N375 billion from…
WHEN King Charles, the head of the Church of England, is crowned on May 6, there would be two very…
THIS is not what I had intended to discuss this week, but circumstances have given it priority. Yobe is a…
HIS name is Iyorchia Ayu, a Tiv from Gboko in present-day Benue State. Iyorchia, among the Tiv ethnic group, means…
MULTICULTURALISM in England, Ireland and Scotland has produced new leaders of Asian origins. This ideal is celebrated worldwide as progress…
SINCE upturning presidential election is near impossible and has never happened in Nigeria’s political history, it is almost certain that…
FROM Accra to Cape Town images of Nollywood, Nigeria’s popular movie footprint, are a common staple in homes across the…
ONE of the factors that determined the just concluded elections in Nigeria is religion. Oh, agreed, in our politics, religion…
YOUR Excellency, let me first of all, congratulate you on your hard-fought victory in the recently concluded presidential election. That…
NIGERIAN elections and Nigerian marriages have a lot in common. Both should be sacrosanct. They are conducted with pomp and…
THIS is a fitting tribute to a significant lawyer, an original inhabitant of Abuja who fought and conquered even President…
SOMETIMES it feels like we have been childhood friends. That we have known each other forever. For over 30 years…