Anywhere But Abuja
As foreign missions rushed their citizens out of Abuja on the warning of possible terrorist attacks, Nigerians, who had nowhere to go, could only hope for the best. When the…
As foreign missions rushed their citizens out of Abuja on the warning of possible terrorist attacks, Nigerians, who had nowhere to go, could only hope for the best. When the…
We set forth at dawn, because ahead lay a long haul journey. Fifteen hours of flying, as we headed to Seoul, South Korea, to attend the first World Bio Summit.…
If you spend your life expecting a storm, then you may never enjoy showers of blessings. Each time it rains, you expect your roof to be blown off, and anytime…
Nigeria’s political temperature is at a boiling point. Friends are attacking friends and neighbours are fighting neighbours in the build-up to the 2023 general elections. Emotions are spilling as Nigerians…
The news came like a bolt from the blue. I had been slated to receive National Honours Award in the rank of Officer of the Order of the Niger, OON.…
It’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? You can’t physically see footprints on water, but then, that’s what President Muhammadu Buhari has done with the country’s waterways. He has planted his footprints…
Universal folklore tends to cast their type in dim tabloid lights. Hence, the pejorative — “old wives’ tale”. Just to perhaps insinuate the proclivity of old womenfolk for a whole…
Nigerians are among the few citizens left in the world who give up the right to vote once they step outside of their country. In the 2023 elections, all Nigerians…
Black people may not have an obligation to mourn her death, but we cannot keep blaming the late Queen Elizabeth of England for everything we have heaped on ourselves. The…
When you set out to avoid a location on a journey, you must do everything not to end up at that position. The Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has…