Asking for trouble
After BBC Africa service promoted a story on Friday of an interview with the bandit warlords of Zamfara State, a senior Nigerian journalist, Kadaria...
Keyamo, Obasanjo and dictatorship
Ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo removed Senate Presidents at will, removed any opposing voice, removed Fayose for a small insult, and removed Ladoja with thugs...
Why Husbands Often Die First
My wife occasionally jokes that my stressful, high-strung lifestyle could mean I’ll die before her. I’ve hardly paid any attention, until recently. Three weeks...
A professor’s pay-slip and lessons from ASUU strike
After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at gunpoint, to the classrooms on Monday.
It was...
America, watch your back!, by Azu Ishiekwene
Former US President Donald Trump didn’t just happen to the United States. He hit the world like the climax of a horror movie.
Scene...
Triumph of the ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Governors
In the midst of our current misery, the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu thought we needed something to cheer last week, so he offered...
In Love, as in football, size does not matter. Here’s why
It’s a great time to be a football lover. It might not feel exactly so if your country is not one of the 32...
On the Podium with Tobi Amusan
When a proud Oluwatobiloba Ayomide Amusan climbed the podium in faraway Eugene, Oregon in the United States, as the World Champion in Women 100m...
What Twitter ban teaches world about Nigeria, by Azu Ishiekwene
The Nigerian Government thinks Twitter is the greatest source of its misery. After straining at the leash for months, it couldn’t resist swatting the...
Aregbesola And The Oduduwa Nation
For the first time I whole-heartedly agree with the Minister of the Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola when he denounced the secessionist activities of...
EFCC, Malami differ on probe over alleged Abacha loot, corruption, abuse...
By El-ameen Ibrahim
Apparently referring to the alleged bias and politicisation of its activities by errant opposition politicians including the former Attorney-General of the Federation...
Senate decries multiple budgets as 2025 revenue shortfall hits N30trn
By El-ameen Ibrahim, Abuja
The Senate, through its Finance Committee, on Monday expressed strong dissatisfaction over the recurring practice of implementing multiple budgets within a...
At his biography launch: Tinubu celebrates late Buhari’s legacy of discipline,...
By El-ameen Ibrahim, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has reflected on a life defined by quiet strength, integrity, and service to Nigeria in a poignant tribute...
Alleged N2.26bn fraud: Ngige to remain in prison as court fixes...
By Mabeline Amara
Justice M A Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwarimpa, Abuja has fixed Thursday for his ruling on...