A Year of Reflection, Accountability, and Uncomfortable Truths THIS year has been one of deep reflection, accountability, and uncomfortable truths.…
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LAST December I played fortune teller and made some predictions for 2025. Now that we’re in the final weekend of…
I INTENDED to write about something else, but changed my mind halfway through. Apart from making New Year’s resolutions a…
THE recent tightening of United States visa restrictions on Nigerians is not an accident, a conspiracy, or a sudden act…
MANY things happened in Nigeria last week that will trend for a time. Among them were two weighty revelations, one…
NIGERIA’s oil sector rumbled last week, when the Chairman of the Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote alleged that…
WHAT played out as early retirement of PC Asiodu in 1975 was not the only time that his confidence, courage…
EMPOWERING women is often spoken about in soft tones, hashtags, conferences, and small, well-intentioned gestures. But there is a harsh…
ON Monday, the Nigeria Police Force announced it will resume enforcement of the tinted glass permit policy from January 2,…
IT’s rare to find a multibillionaire who hasn’t had nasty battles. Yet, as battles go, the fight between Aliko Dangote,…
ONE of the challenges facing education in Nigeria is, among other issues, policy somersaults which, in most cases, come with…
NOT long ago, air travel in Nigeria symbolized safety, speed, and progress. For many citizens, flying was not a luxury…
LAST time, we parted with the following words: ‘So, with all this before us, where do we turn? How do…
SOME national tragedies do not happen all at once. They arrive quietly, until people start living in fear. Travelling becomes…
SENATOR Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central depicted a sorrowful figure last week on the floor of the upper chamber when…
ON page 127 he seized on his presentation titled “Growth and Development In Nigeria – Medium-Term Prospects” which he presented…
MANY women are depressed in their marriages not because they are weak, ungrateful, or demanding too much—but because society has…
FIVE years.That’s 1,825 days. Sixty months. But when I think about December 11, 2020, it feels like it happened last…
IF it seems like only yesterday when the founder of LEADERSHIP, Sam Nda-Isaiah, passed away, it’s because he is still…
EVERY year, Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. This…