In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, painted the character Okonkwo as a man who has the compulsion to stand by and be everything his father, Unoka was not. Unoka was poor, a drunkard, and disgraceful […]
Hundreds, if not thousands, of lawyers who converged on Abuja on Sunday for this year’s Bar conference may find themselves discussing something other than transition, transformation and sustainable institutions, which the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) […]
The Federal Government has raised concern that the increasing farmers/herders’ conflict across the country was depleting animal population. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bukar Hassan, who stated this in Abuja yesterday during […]
Much of the past week was taken up by unfavourable comments about Nigeria made by the United States President, Donald Trump, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, who came visiting. According to […]
Not one person we know can ascertain its veracity. None among millions who read the word as noised by the media around the world is cocksure of its verity. In April of this year, the […]
It is the last Friday of the month and as usual I take note of happenings on TV. I’ve known for some time that ours is a nation where anyone can, for selfish purposes, take […]
Some businessmen in the Ikeja area of Lagos State have alleged that operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad allegedly tortured and extorted money from them for what they knew nothing about. The three men […]
One of the iconic figures in contemporary politics in the United States of America, Senator John Sydney McCain passed on recently after a long battle with an aggressive cancer of the brain at the age […]
Nigerians were alarmed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent attempt to join issues with legal practitioners over the correct order of the rule of law and national interest, notably national security. But, what should ordinarily have […]
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has declared today public holiday to enable people to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), or make fresh registration. He gave the directive yesterday in a statement by the Secretary […]
The distinguished Ghanaian diplomat and international civil servant Kofi Annan passed away on Saturday, August 18 in Bern, Switzerland, after a brief illness. He was aged 80. In January 1997 he was sworn-in as the […]
There is an alarming rise in organised political defections in Nigeria. Although she is being hyped as the giant of Africa, the democracy in Nigeria is not practised like in countries such as Ghana, Sierra […]
The news, early this week, that President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) and has returned it to the Senate, struck me like a thunderbolt, not because it […]
For many Nigerians, the events of the Second World War are distant tales that bear little impact on the developmental challenges of our country. With the exception of Nigerians who were recruited to serve in […]
The outdoor advertising sector is undeniably a key component of Nigeria’s creative economy but fraught with challenges. Research has shown that 60 percent of the country’s total advertising market is domicilled in Lagos State. It […]
The motivation to write on this matter is informed by the preponderance of telephone calls I receive on a daily basis across the country from candidates, parents and educationists, wanting to know how they can […]
Nigeria’s senate president Bukola Saraki said Thursday that the need to urgently reposition Nigeria for a better future was the major reason behind his decision to contest for the presidency. Saraki joined another senator and […]
Presidency Declaration: You Don’t Have Our Support, Kwara Youths Tell Saraki …Says It’s Dangerous To Allow Saraki Emerge A youth-based socio-political group, Kwarans Act Now (KAN) has urged Nigerians to ignore the presidential interest of […]
Books are the keepers of eternal secrets. I remember my first encounter with Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart when I was a student at Ife Anglican Grammar School, Ile-Ife. Who could have predicted that the […]
“Beware the Ides of March,” said the soothsayer to Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare’s famous play Julius Caesar. In those words, Caesar was given an alert about his imminent assassination in the hands of Roman […]
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