While Muhammadu Buhari and honchos of his eight-year ruinous regime busied themselves with a feverish last-minute plunder of the public treasury, Femi Adesina chose to deploy...
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RECENTLY, in March precisely, Unilever Nigeria which has operated in the country for about 100years announced that it would be resting some of its iconic products...
The ‘battle’ for the leadership positions of the 10th Senate Assembly is seen as the father of all battles and a war which we must know...
Two major events dominated the headlines in the weekend that just passed in Nigeria: the heroism, determination and the example of Ms. Hilda Effiong Bassey, known...
THERE is something eerie about Nigeria since after the general elections in February and March. A DARK CLOUD appears to be hanging over the country. And...
PERSECUTION. Dehumanization. And humiliation. You can add retaliation. And the subjugation of a particular nation among the component nations in Nigeria, by other means. These words...
Without prejudice to what transpires at the Presidential Election Tribunal on the February 25 election, and the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others...
From every perspective, what shaped the events and activities leading to the 2023 general elections was a massive agitation for a regenerated Nigeria where everything is...
There are probably fears in the polity over popular allegations about how the Akwa Ibom State governance system “really” works with its being seen as controlled...
Abia state of our dream Letter to Abia gov-elect Otti Your Excellency, Congratulations on your victory as the elected governor of Abia State. Your overwhelming success...
Sudan, Africa’s third largest country is at the brink of disintegration, because two belligerent Generals _ Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan of the Sudanese Army and General Mohammed...
WRECKAGE! A telling cartoon made the rounds last weekend on the social media.It was simple. And poignant. The message was in the graphics and the absence...
Nigeria’s President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is back in the country. He was declared winner of the February...
“Africa unite. Because we’re moving right out of Babylon and we’re going to our Father’s land. How good and how pleasant it would be before God...
The neatly styled traditional attire is Ankara of modest quality. I checked around his feet, and the loafers ain’t of any notable designers. He stretches his...
Now, Nigeria is without form and void. Darkness covers the face of the deep and the unquiet Spirit is hovering over the land. Africa’s most populous...
Nollywood is a serious business. And a multibillion Naira one at that. Were it not so we would have been tempted to find an equivalence between...
As the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration winds down, mischief makers have rolled up their sleeves to drag in the mud the hard-earned credibility of Mr. Mele...
The “Obidients” – supporters of the mission and vision of Mr. Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party in Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election had it coming....
NIGERIA’s federal government of the All Progressives Congress [APC] and its enforcer, the [In]dependent National Electoral Commission [INEC] must be ruing their failure to stop by...
“My man, are you sure we are in the Holy Month, because I am not understanding anymore? There is so much tension in the country on...
BIMODAL voter accreditation system [BVAS] was touted as part of the evolving tech antidote to Nigeria’s perennial problems with dodgy elections, controversial results and often difficult...
The role of media monitoring services in governance has become increasingly important in today’s rapidly changing media landscape. With the proliferation of social media and other...
CRYSTAL balls will not be necessary in our march into Nigeria’s tomorrow. It will be bumpy in the event that the third term of the All...
The prevalence of the comic spirit is one of those distinctive features of Nigerian life and society – one of those things that make us who...
Following the June 12, 1993 national crisis the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came to power at the return of democracy in 1999. It led Nigeria for...
The theme for the World Autism Week 2023 is colour: the powers that be want to promote autism awareness with a splash of colours. As usual...
Every year, as World Down Syndrome Day is commemorated, I find myself deep in introspection, reflecting on those who, by a unique design of nature, are...
WE, the ordinary Nigerians, have done our job of casting votes this year in our fouryear cycle of rituals. The total number of those who voted...
As the 2023 election cycle nears conclusion with the upcoming gubernatorial and house of assembly elections, the usual intrigues and politicking that often characterize the composition...
Russia shows that an enormous power with nuclear weapons can use blackmail of food deliveries to countries in need and grab fertile lands to satisfy its...
After the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, now heavily disputed, Nigeria goes to the polls again on March 18, 2023 to elect Governors and...
AHEAD of the 2015 general elections some sane heads in Nigeria warned us of the dangers in the potential win of Maj- General Muhammadu Buhari in...
Following the controversial conclusion of the presidential poll last February 25 the gubernatorial election slated for this weekend had been postponed. According to the Independent National...
On March 8 of every year, the world celebrates women everywhere regardless of racial, ethnic, economic or educational differences. The attributes and strides of women are...
It is not news that Lagos has one of the largest and fastest growing sub-national economies in Africa as the economic and commercial nerve center of...
Nigeria held its Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023 across all the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory....
ELECTIONS are combining with other factors to destroy Nigeria’s democracy. And the country itself. The signs are writ large though we play the ostrich. Elsewhere, especially...
The best way to describe what has happened to Nigeria in the last 72 hours, beginning with the country’s first set of general elections on Saturday,...
THE much vaunted presidential election of 2023 has come and … it is going, and by the time you read this it could have gone. But...
We often assume most revered leaders or even notable personalities in human history are men and women with zero faults, but history has proven otherwise. These...
It is yet another moment of transition for Nigeria as the country goes to the polls in 4 days’ time to elect a new President and...
FOUR days or 96 hours stand between Nigerians and a consequential choice- to continue with the misgovernance and industrial scale looting of the public treasury of...
In a few days, Nigerians will be at their respective polling units, voting for who they believe is the most qualified candidate to take over the...
Ninety years sojourning as a Homo sapien in this world is no mean feat. It is a remarkable existential accomplishment not given to every mortal. From...
In Africa, this year, there would be a total of more than 10 general elections in countries across the continent, particularly Sierra Leone in June, Sudan...
In about 15 days, Nigerians will again troop to polling stations across the country to elect a new leader that will take over from President Muhammadu...
What an irony! The operational network of Zenith Bank has collapsed for over a week now. No customer can transfer a farthing of their own savings...
WHEN the legendary author, scholar, nationalist and storyteller, Chinua Achebe [he does not need any title for his name to resonate] published his memoir which became...
Yesterday morning, while on the flagship show of Arise News – The Morning Show- I took special notice during the newspaper review with Emmanuel Efeni and...
