Opinion

I was a kid in Ovim, and we were in Ama Akpurachi (the village square with Akpurachi tree) discussing how Rear Admiral (Navy commander then) Ndubuisi Kanu would travel to visit our school. One kid noted that as a…

UNDER the radar for a lengthy period after its conception, the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is finally taking off under a storm of controversy. A 700-kilometre turnpike infrastructure, the project has attracted…

There’s a new trend in our land which many are complaining about but which I doubt they are doing much to address. It is the use of the Cybercrimes Act to file…

Philip Shaibu is the type of Deputy Governor that only a few Governors would keep for longer than a few months. He carried on as if he was a co-Governor with Godwin Obaseki who never made any effort to conceal…

Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku, the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) cleric and political engineer, is one of a kind who stands in a…

“We do not have evidence of Israel committing genocide in Gaza”- Gen. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defence of the United States of America. Never in the history of humanity and in the comity of nations has such an…

Straight from Kuje Prison in Abuja, convicted gunrunner, Hamisu Bala (popularly known as ‘Wadume’) was received with a hero’s welcome to his hometown of Ibbi, Taraba…

Wike should be forced off the neck of Rivers State so the geopolitical entity can breathe, writes Tunde Olusunle Nyesom…

NIGERIA’S identity card system is about to get more complicated. This is after the National Identity Management Commission notified the public of its intention to launch three new national ID cards for 104 million…

After weeks of anticipation, the Central Bank of Nigeria last Thursday released a circular reviewing the minimum capital requirements for all commercial, merchant,…

In the 19th century and even before, Bobriskys were lynched like common criminals. Their sin was their considered unusual sexuality. Until then, homosexual…

Anytime I remember this story, I laugh and shake my head. In 1994, a Nigerian music promoter organised a concert, dubbing it “The Greatest Show”. There was plenty of hype built around it. Shabba Ranks, the…

Over the past year, I intermittently followed political news coming from Senegal, the West African country that had never seen a military coup since its independence in 1960. It was as if the devil was about to visit them and break that…

In this Nigeria, I don’t even know what to do to have some comfort again. In this scorching northern sun that is always hitting my bald and wetting my body anytime I go out at a time like this to provide for my family, I…

BENJAMIN Franklin alias Mrs. Silence Dogwood (January 17, 1706-April 17, 1790), was one of the greatest statesmen of the United States of America.…

I am compelled to ask this question because of what I knew before I came in contact with my Principal, Adegboyega Oyetola in July, 2019, and even afterwards. I am aware that…

Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has emerged as a central figure in the narrative of Nigeria’s economic resilience, especially in the face of the Naira crisis that has tested the…

Two weeks ago, armed men invaded the Lagos home of Mr Segun Olatunji, editor of FirstNews, grabbed him, loaded him onto a vehicle and sped off. There was no…

In recent years, the term “JAPA” has gained traction among Nigerian youths, symbolising the mass exodus of talented individuals seeking greener pastures abroad. However, amidst this wave of migration, a significant portion…

A FEW days ago, during one of my mindless scrolling on X (formerly Twitter), I stumbled upon a photo, shared by a user, of Bayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, using an alleged power bank to charge his mobile…

Nigeria finds itself precariously balanced on a knife edge. The recent escape of Nadeem Anjarwalla, a Binance executive detained on accusations of financial crimes, is just the latest tremor in a nation grappling with…

A couple of weeks ago I got a call from one of my readers in Lagos who wanted me to confirm rumours of a coup and reports of soldiers of the Brigade of Guards manning strategic places in the FCT. I told him, like all…

It is a legitimate question that could be on the lips of many a beleaguered traveller on our public highways. The question was also on… It is a legitimate question that could be on the lips of many a beleaguered…

Count it all joy, dear readers, if I am summoned by Nigerian legislators after the publication of this article, for it is most likely I will be invited only…