I have read certain sections of JL Austin’s work, How to Do things with Words. I did not read that book because I qualify to be described as a bibliophile; I read that book because […]
In 1966, a similar futile plea was made for the release of Major Isaac Jasper Adaka-Boro (1938-1968). Also in 1995, another futile global plea was made for the release Chief Kenure Beeson Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995). Chief […]
John Egbeazien Oshodi On Monday, January 17, Americans observed a national holiday in honour of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the highest civic and honourable leaders in the United States’ history. In March […]
In the light of the extreme forces currently ravaging the cosmos, challenging, and disrupting the world moral order, killing off human beings like birds eating ants, with the ascendancy of impunity and strongarm tactics, it […]
Besides the arbitrary official exchange rate, there exist(ed) autonomous exchange rate, interbank forex rate, wholesale Dutch auction system rate, retail Dutch auction system rate, etc, all of which are/ were artificial. To access forex down […]
As Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the first African to serve as Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, turns 89 today, the government and people of Anambra State celebrate this global citizen who thinks home. He […]
Nicholas Aderinto As Nigeria prepares for elections in 2023, stakeholders from all sectors have debated the benefits and drawbacks of electronic voting (e-voting). E-voting is becoming a standard in electoral processes around the world. Nigerian […]
IN a country already awash in arms, a raging insurgency and widespread criminality, reports that 178,459 firearms went missing from the police armoury adds a dangerously explosive dimension to the general insecurity. Apart from the […]
A bill seeking to make it an offence for any landlord to demand payment of advance rent from tenants of residential and office buildings and spaces beyond three months was laid before the Senate on […]
It is inevitable that the cost of conducting the 2023 General Elections, put at N305 billion, will elicit deep concern by the media and civil society. Thus far, not less than two newspapers, namely, the […]
It is the devil’s excrement. We are drowning in the devil’s excrement. —Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso, Founder OPEC. All in all, I wish we had discovered water. —Sheik Ahmed Yamani, Oil minister, Saudi Arabia Ordinarily, […]
The other day, Alhaji Salihu Abubakar Tanko-Yakasai (95) lamented that no nation spending 80 per cent of its revenue on governance would ever develop. He said “at the moment in Nigeria, 80 per cent of […]
In view of the seemingly difficult national economic situation widely painted by the Federal Government, it is necessary to always bear in mind that Nigeria became and has stayed poor because of the wrong policy […]
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, (rtd) has said that compared to the current level of corruption in Nigeria, they were saints during his military regime. Babangida spoke in an interview with Trust […]
Covid scientist are increasingly convinced the Omicron variant is acting as a natural vaccine for tens of millions of people around the world as most infected people have no or very mild symptoms, yet their […]
DISDAINED, underpaid and insecure at home, Nigeria’s health professionals are relentlessly bolting to pastures new for better prospects. In a series of stories that lay bare the unending exodus, The PUNCH reports that thousands of […]
Despite recent advances in Malawi and Zambia, elective government stutters and sputters to the uncertain rhythms of pathogens and politicians across Africa. The onset of 2022 has served notice that Nigeria’s 2023 general election, #NigeriaDecides2023, […]
As the sun begins to set on the political ascendancy of Nigeria leader, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), prospective successors are coming out of the woodwork. If one had a choice, we would be seeking […]
Sometime in July 1985, then Bishop Desmond Tutu was returning from a funeral on the outskirts of Johannesburg with some fellow Anglican clergy. Not far from the venue was another death in the making. A […]
One of the stories my uncle told me with enduring scope in my life was that aye pe meji (life has its duplicate). The way he tells the story is that as we do here, […]
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