By Wale Ojo-Lanre, Esq. There is a dangerous confusion in our public space—the lazy belief that every extended hand...
Dropping bombs in Nigeria, snatching a president and his wife in the dead of the night in Venezuela, seizing an oil tanker in international waters, threatening...
BY GBOYEGA ODUNSANWO It is perhaps only natural that since the transition of Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, Ogbagba II, the Awujale of Ijebuland—a legendary monarch who...
On a good day, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) hardly celebrates politicians. But an exception was made recently. The association expressed heartfelt appreciation to...
History rarely repeats itself exactly, but it often follows familiar patterns. Before *World War II*, Germany did not suddenly become destabilising. The warning signs appeared gradually...
There is an old saying among the Yoruba: “A kì í rántí ọjọ́ òjò títí tí ilẹ̀ fi gbẹ” – We do not remember the rainy...
Those of us who love competitive democracy can only take a positive view of the defection of Mr Peter Obi to the African Democratic Congress (ADC),...
That the Rivers house of assembly has issued an impeachment notice against Governor Sim Fubara – the second in a year – shows just how serious...
Before the raving hawk disappeared into the sunny afternoon sky, the mother hen caught a glimpse of it just in time. Squawking and clucking, the brown...
Former governor of Rivers State and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is an aggressive person, always exhibiting hostile behaviour in his relationships with others....