PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike are facing criticism for their curious failure in celebrating Abuja’s 50th…
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I WAS returning from a quiet evening stroll a few days ago when I noticed a group of boys sitting…
NEPA promised us no more blackouts by 1986.We’re in 2026. Two national grid collapses in the first week of January…
MALI, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist…
NIGERIA is still absorbing the shock surrounding the reported death of a young and popular singer following a snake bite…
LAST week, we promised to examine the choices available to Iran and the United States, as well as how military…
IN the last five years in the five South Eastern states of Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu, and Ebonyi, Mondays have…
IT is indeed a time to celebrate with Abuja and a group of seven states Hurricane Murtala Muhammed who spent…
TWO weeks ago, Kano State governor Abba Yusuf defected from New Nigeria People Party (NNPP ) to the All Progressive…
AFTER months of dallying and endless speculations, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State finally broke ranks with Rabiu Musa…
AS the noise around the 2027 elections begins to rise, Nigeria once again finds itself at a familiar crossroads. Posters…
A FEW days ago, I woke in the night, anxious and checking the news, half-expecting America and Israel to have…
LAST week, I shared a travelogue describing my visit to Taraba State, where distance is measured not in kilometres but…
THE trend of abductions and kidnapping for ransom as a big business in Nigeria is worrying and should be declared…
MOROCCO, the host of the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations, (AFCON 2025) has continued to receive rave reviews over…
“The children of the poor you refuse to train will never allow your children have peace” Last week, We woke…
WOMEN, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid.…
ON Sunday, terrorists walked into three churches in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, blocked the exits,…
AS US President Donald J. Trump marks his first year in office by expanding his wish list from making Canada…
NIGERIA’s education sector is quietly approaching a crisis that may soon become impossible to ignore. Across the country, a growing…