A High Court in Lokoja on Wednesday sentenced a middle-aged man, Danladi Ichado to death by hanging for stabbing two women to death. Delivering judgment, Justice Nicodemus Awulu, held that…
At this year’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, the speech by Nigeria’s President, General Muhammadu Buhari, should cause us all to ponder if he understands Nigeria’s place…
Not a small ruckus has been caused by the defection of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress…
There is no greater evidence that Nigeria’s political elite are cut off from citizens than the disconnected, cold portrayals in the news headlines. While citizens are fighting existential battles –…
Many were the prayers and goodwill messages that sped our feet to Owerri, capital of Imo State, the Eastern Heartland, on September 9, 2021. Why were the people so effusive…
Big congrats as Professor (Mrs) Yemi Olatunji-Bello mni, emerges LASU VC ! Watching her deliver her seminal Inaugural Lecture to a packed auditorium at LASU back in 2009 (12 years…
The guns of Nigeria’s three-year civil war were silenced 51 years ago, but in the battle for a truly federal state, the echoes of warfare have never been more resonant.…
Born a few years after Nigeria’s independence, my generation represents Nigeria’s post-colonial history. We have seen the highs and watched the lows; we have lived the good times and experienced…
For those who believe in the ineluctable victory of good over evil, no matter how long it takes, this has been an inspiring week. From the forests of a thousand…
Zambia’s peaceful and orderly election in August offered a glimmer of hope that Africa’s story might be changing. For the third time in three decades, an opposition leader defeated the…