Opinion

You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill an…

I have known Kelvin for over three decades. A tall, sturdy and gangling personality, he is brave and daring. We attended same higher institution and I can readily attest to…

It is no longer news in Nigeria that the use of face masks has been made compulsory in many states in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and in preparation for expanded economic activities.…

THERE are so many things weighing on President Muhammadu Buhari’s mind at the moment. As the leader of the most populous nation in Africa, he carries an enormous task on his…

Federal offices nationwide can open from May 4 for workers to resume work, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said. The resumption will be based on…

Perhaps the biggest COVID-19 debate in Nigeria today is: should the lockdown be lifted? Residents of Lagos state and the federal capital territory (FCT) have been under a lockdown since March 30. The aim is to slow…

Barely days to the end of a four-week lockdown declared by President Muhammadu Buhari to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria, I’ve seen a few number of “pots and pan…

Millions of Nigerians hold a wrong perception about the relationship that existed between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the late Mallam Abba Kyari up to the extent that many still…

It is not every king who wears a crown and kingship is not limited to those chosen by culture and tradition to sit on thrones. Some people become kings because of their…

I do not intend to scare you but by the time President Muhammadu Buhari speaks to us again to either end the lockdown or extend it, many of us will receive sad news: salaries…

BY MAMMAN DAURA Coronavirus is a law, yet lawless unto itself. As of yesterday it has claimed 183,424 lives worldwide and 28 Nigerians. One of those lives lost was Malam Abba Kyari’s,…

These are the days of great unravelling. A new empire is rising as the old fumbles its way down a dark, uncertain alley. Elements of the much-celebrated global village have become separated…

HOW did Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide (SAN), who died on Tuesday, come about the nickname 12 2/3? It all happened in 1979 during the legal battle over that year’s presidential…

Several complimentary commentaries have been shared with regard to the recently deceased Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari. These included glowing tributes from a…

I was seriously hit by the news of the death of the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. I sent a message to my contact in his office, Hajiya Amina, on Friday, 17th April 2020 at 7.56pm enquiring after his health with a prayer that he…

Insults mean nothing to me. They only fuel my resolve and strengthen my determination. They are like water off a duck’s back and neither can they deter me from speaking my mind on any pressing or burning issue no matter how…

Sir: Unless we understand the sociology of interconnected livelihoods, we cannot understand the turn of event as the worst hit class react to the strains of COVID-19 through…

By Andreas Kluth The most misleading cliche about the coronavirus is that it treats us all the same. It doesn’t, neither medically nor economically, socially or psychologically. In…

On January 18, 2020, when I first read of the new coronavirus on the BBC website, my heart missed a beat because of what China means to the world. The headline was: “New virus in China ‘will have infected hundreds’.” And these were…

OLALEKAN ADETAYO writes on the life and times of Abba Kyari, who until his death on Friday, was the chief of staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) It was one of the rare moments he appeared in…

The last time I spoke to Mallam Abba Kyari was in the evening of 29 March 2020. He was on the way to the airport to board that flight to Lagos. He had shared a statement on WhatsApp, which I wanted to confirm was for public…

By Muhammadu Buhari Mallam Abba Kyari, who died on 17th April, 2020, at the age of 67 from complications caused by the Coronavirus, was a true Nigerian patriot. My loyal friend and compatriot for…

For 16 years, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was the dominant political party in Nigeria. They openly bragged about it. At some point, they even boasted that they are the biggest party in Africa and can rule Nigerian for the…

This year started horribly for China. When a respiratory virus spread in Wuhan, Communist Party officials’ instinct was to hush it up. Some predicted that this might be China’s “Chernobyl”—a reference to how the Kremlin’s…