Editorial

Understandably, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the British longest reigning sovereign whose funeral is being concluded today, has attracted mixed reactions. Some bordered on her service to her country and the panache that she […]

Reputed as one of the most successful artists to have emerged from West Africa, nay Africa in the 20th century, Bruce Obomeyoma Onobrakpeya is not only the grand father of modern Nigerian art, he is […]

The recent meetings in faraway London by Nigerian former, sitting, and aspiring ‘leaders’ to, ostensibly, ‘‘discuss Nigeria’’ is disgraceful and so indefensibly self-demeaning it should never have happened. The decision to abandon the fatherland to […]

As the British Royal family prepares to finally rest the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, exactly a week from today, the world continues to mourn and rue the absence of a generational ruler who will be […]

The upsurge in youth’s participation in the recently concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) is groundbreaking and historic. Never has such been observed since the country returned to a civilian administration in 1999. This informed the […]

Dark days of the military era left a lot of morbid memories that not a few will forget easily. There are civilians that laid their lives on the line to become heroes and heroines of […]

For all it is worth, President Muhammadu Buhari’s second stint at the helm of affairs has proven to be a disaster of incalculable proportion. All social malaise erstwhile alien to the old general – terrorism, […]

After a trial that lasted three years, Hamisu Bala, popularly known as Wadume, has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Binta Nyako convicted Wadume of two […]

It is frightening that some plastic cards that bear resemblance to the voter cards issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been found dumped on some streets. With the 2023 General Election fast […]

The crime would perhaps be unsurprising, even if still unjustifiable, had it occurred in one of the primitive backwaters of the world where the rule of the jungle prevails and life is solitary, nasty, brutish […]

Nigeria may not have expressly shown her interest to be a member of BRICS, a coalition of five countries motivated to work together for rapid development purposes; but it is clear that such a membership […]

The imposition of fines by the Federal Government on three broadcasting stations for the airing of the documentary by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Africa Eye titled, “Bandits Warlords of Zamfara,” is most unfortunate, a […]

The cry by the National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) on the sorry state of manufacturing in the country may not be surprising to watchers of the economy; it nevertheless […]

The claim by the Federal Government that it is doing much to investigate, find, and ostensibly prosecute financiers of Boko Haram terrorists (and hopefully similar groups) rings hollow in the face of the daily reality […]

oming from two recent successful, high-profile terror operations, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), seems set for its biggest prize yet – its conceited declaration of kidnapping the Nigerian president. In March this year, a detachment […]

Quite apart from the euphoria of having a Nigerian athlete broke a world record at a prestigious international competition in which the country had never won a gold medal in 46 years, Nigerians and the […]

The reported death of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Chioma Eunice Igweike, who was allegedly abducted and later found dead with vital parts of her body missing has added to the […]

MUHAMMADU Buhari was elected president based on his credentials as a war-tested military general and former no-nonsense military ruler. He was touted by the All Progressives Congress, APC, propagandists as the man with the magic […]

News report the other day that chronic use of cell phones may be associated with brain tumour should be taken exactly as a warning that it is, rather than waved aside as yet another undue […]