By Adekoya Adekunle LAST Wednesday, the United Nations, UN, Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale, said that our dear country, Nigeria, is not on track to meet many SDGs (Strategic Development Goals) by the year 2030. Schmale said this in a speech at the opening ceremony of a three-day capacity building workshop for […]

  By Chuks Iloegbunam Sitting inside his Apapa, Lagos, office, one day, just the two of us, and holding lighthearted conversation, Peter Obi suddenly said that he would forever be grateful to Onyechi Ikpeazu. Why did he say that? I didn’t put the question to him. All the time the suit to claim his stolen […]

  By Fredrick Nwabufo The convulsive tenor of the campaign season is bringing out the worst in us. Daggers are drawn, tempers are inflamed; relationships are tested, and our differences are hyperboled. The 2023 presidential election is shaping up to be a tribal contest. Political fandom seems to be built around ethnic allegiance, and not […]

  BY ONWUASOANYA FCC JONES Anyone who sponsors actions against the deployment of BVAS during the upcoming general elections in Nigeria is simply an enemy of democracy and anyone trying to sabotage the preparations for electronic accreditation and upload of results in the upcoming election should go down in history as a traitor against our […]

By Steve Osuji They are not exactly pen for hire, they are consort journalists. Well kept and used by their master for his purposes. They have no qualms, they have little compunction, they are well fed they they feed the public with lies and fallacies, keeping a straight, evil, face. Here’s a list: Sam Omatseye, […]

  Last Thursday’s death of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom brought another opportunity to interrogate Nigerians’ perception of their own realities. Before her transition, arguments had risen as to the exact place of the monarch in history. A professor of Nigerian descent stirred the hornet’s nest with a tweet which recalled Great Britain’s role […]

  At the height of the chatter the current occupant of Aso Rock, Major General Muhamamdu Buhari (retd.), had been body snatched by a certain Jibril (or Jubril) from Sudan, this column pointed out that there is some sense in the nonsense being retailed in some quarters. Stories do not always need to be logical […]

By Bonario Nna Who is behind this evil machination? Who is orchestrating this illegality to deprive Ndi Ideato of their choice? Who is bent on foisting an unpopular choice on Ideato? Who is this “No Do Good” that has vowed to reinforce failure in Ideato? Are you not tired of seeing our people wail and […]

  By Fredrick Nwabufo Is ‘’Agbado’’ on trial? A non-native to Nigerian political constructs may think ‘’Agbado’’ is some serial killer on the loose. ‘’Agbado’’ has become one of the most noised words this election season. If ‘’Agbado’’ is not sprinkled into any political conversation like a smorgasbord of veggies; it is chopped up and […]

  By RASHEEDAT SHUAIB NOTHING can be more shocking than learning that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has embarked on not less than 16 industrial actions between 1999 and 2022. For those who may not know, a major factor prompting our university lecturers to be laying down their tools intermittently is the failure […]