As Governor Okowa Bows Out, Jackson Ekwugum
I still vividly recall my first meeting with then Senator Ifeanyi Okowa in 2014. Of course, prior to that time, he was known to me by reputation as a first-class…
Lotus for Professor Oti; our Star Girl, a genuine ‘Slay’ Queen
“If I perish, I perish, they came with their threats, they came with their money, they came with their intimidation.” BY KEN UGBECHIE She’s a professor of soil…
AN “IFTAR” EXPERIENCE WITH ATIKU ABUBAKAR
By Tunde Olusunle I visited the Asokoro, Abuja home of Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, the other day, to observe the *iftar* with him, as part of the month-long…
To Kill the Igbo is to kill Nigeria
It has always been there. Mutual distrust between Igbo and Yoruba. But distrust is part of human behaviour. Even in the most homogenous of communities, distrust exists among the people….
If I were Tinubu – Part 2: A dream team and prayer warrior
By Segun Adeleye A prophet is regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God. But is Tinubu also among the prophets? For the strategists and those…
Africa Has Come of Age; the Reign Of Impunity is Over, By Dr. Paul Enenche
Just in case you are wondering if getting electoral justice through judicial intervention is possible, learn from the story of the Malawi Presidential election in 2019. In that election, the…
REMEMBERING PIUS ADESANMI, ABURO I NEVER MET
By Tunde Olusunle I had two spells as student at the University of Ilorin, abbreviated by us as *Unilorin.* True, our university started as a college under the University of…
Leo Stan Ekeh and Nigerian Dream, By Bisi Olaoye
The world daily empties into America to chase the American Dream. Even Nigerians do. But there is also the Nigerian Dream. One man who epitomises this is tech mogul, Leo…
Beyond Atiku’s Sociocultural Demonisation, By Tunde Olusunle
Even before Nigeria’s charismatic former Vice President and presidential flagbearer of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP) won the ticket as the party’s candidate for the February 25, 2023, I had…
Presidential Amnesty Programme: Ndiomu as the fit man
BY KEN UGBECHIE Every so often, the man who’s right, tends to walk alone. He’s the subject of a mob attack just for doing the right thing. That sums up…