In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. TODAY, my world stands still. My heart is heavy.…
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VERY early on Wednesday, 18th June, 2025, I woke up to a message on some WhatsApp groups, saying that there…
ON a Friday morning shrouded in solemnity, as Muslims across the world marked the sacred day of Eid-el-Adha—a time of…
I WOKE up on Thursday, May 29th, 2025, to a tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong’o, written by my California-based friend,…
CALM and unruffled even when the tides of public are beating against him, the consummate Public Relations expert who was…
EMPHATY is a defining feature of leadership and one of the qualities a good leader must have. How a leader…
AS I readied myself to anchor a special Iftar dinner in honour of His Excellency President Bola Tinubu holding this…
“The Lion King In a land where the earth stays ever green, And the sky stretches vast and blue, Nature…
ALL roads will lead to Abidjan Sofitel Hotel today where the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), fondly referred to…
Happy 70th Birthday, Bros!!! TODAY, January 10th, 2025, you celebrate your 70th birthday. Alhamdulilah! We thank Allah for your life.…
“The living are just the dead on vacation.” — Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949), Belgian playwright and poet. LIFE is made up…
AS we patiently waited with others for the elevator to arrive on the ground floor of the Nigerian Mission to…
IN a nation beleaguered by different forms of security challenges that include, banditry, terrorism and insurgency from groups such as…
Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun! I SAW many calls put to me shortly after completing the circumambulation of the Ka’aba.…
GREATNESS is not noisy, this I learnt from my principal, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON the Governor of Gombe State, a…
IN the illustrious realm of Nigeria, where tradition meets modernity, one name shines brightly, resonating with grace, elegance and unwavering…
KASHIM Shettima, Nigeria’s Vice President, was born 58 years ago, on September 2nd, 1966. And what a year to be…
I’VE written this before. Ten years ago, but this man’s story is new every time. To me. And to many…
The icon for Who Apologies Are Unnecessary Among those who insist that truth-telling is an indispensable form of nation building,…
IT was with heavy heart that I took a phone call that informed me of the passing away of my…