The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, ruffled presidential feathers on Monday when he said in a speech during the 20th Anniversary dinner of the financial services…
There’s a concern that Nigeria could soon become a one-party state, not by law, like in China, but through subterfuge – or in legal terms, de facto – similar to…
In a world where the badge symbolizes service and justice, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) stands as its antithesis—an institution corroded from within, fostering disillusionment, fear and corruption. A recently…
It’s nothing to laugh off, however tempting. If the movies imitate life, we may not be as far away from an African pope. It happened in The Conclave, a film…
It’s understandable if you have not paid attention. I can’t help noticing because minding other people’s business is a part of my job description. On Tuesday, the newspapers reported a…
It’s a most unlikely crime scene. I travelled by road from the Benin airport to Uromi, Esanland’s most significant town, for a wedding about three years ago. The fear of…
You know there’s trouble when communist China tweets that America should act to protect capitalism. The Asian giant is hurting from President Donald Trump’s mission to extract gains through aggressive…
He didn’t say when his father asked him, but I wonder what the old man must think in his grave. Jonathan Power is now 83 and arguably one of Europe’s…
The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Accord Party against the declaration of Gov. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress…
The question is not where US President Donald Trump has not touched in less than 100 days in office. It is how the world is coping with the shock and…