Eedris Abdulkarim is no stranger to speaking truth to power. Two decades ago, in 2004, he etched his name in Nigeria’s political consciousness with the release of Jaga Jaga, a brutally honest cr...
Prominent female politician from Kano, Hajia Najatu Mohammed has raised the alarm over alleged threat to her life. Najatu who is the Chairman, Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative, disclosed thi...
By Bashir Aliyu In Nigeria’s teeming urban centers and far-flung villages, tuberculosis (TB) persists as a quiet scourge, claiming lives with a stealth that belies its lethality. Often overshadowed by...
The International Relations and Affairs Alliance (IRAA) has strongly criticized a recent report by policy research firm Nextier, which claims that Nigeria’s diplomatic influence is waning due to risin...
The at-long-last-decision to write his memoirs, was quite a daunting one for General Babangida, who has over the years, refused to capitulate to pressure demands for him to write one. His reason was p...
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has declared that no citizen of Kogi State should go to bed hungry under his watch as the Governor of the state. Governor Ododo made the declaration at the offic...
Former South Africa President, Thabo Mbeki to chair 2025 Obafemi Awolowo Memorial Webinar on March 6
As part of its mandate to propagate the continuing relevance of the ideas of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation will hold the 2025 Awolowo Memorial Webinar on March 6, 202...
Shell has identified key enablers for boosting local content in the oil and gas industry, saying strategic partnerships, capacity building and adherence to regulations would help Nigeria to derive mor...
I spent the last few days trying hard to understand the on-going rebasing of the Nigerian economy starting with the rebasing of the consumer price index. I watched the statistician general of the coun...
In this column, last week, I wrote about “The madness which manifests as nothing more than a sickness, to borrow from Michel Foucault, that points at the abnormality that had seized the mind of ...
