By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Nigeria is preparing for another round of population census rendezvous. Thanks be to God! But, if, at least, we must learn from past experiences, then, the primary question is: is ...
Andrew A. Erakhrumen* Politicians – particularly most of the current Nigerian variant(s) – are almost permanently incurably unreasonable by deliberately refusing to learn from history. Of course, we d...
By Kazeem Akintunde His name is Iyorchia Ayu, a Tiv from Gboko in present-day Benue State. Iyorchia, among the Tiv ethnic group, means someone people are afraid of. Ayu, on the other hand, means a wat...
As the Department of State Services (DSS) reportedly uncovered plans by some unnamed key players canvassing “for an interim government”, the Director General, Micheal Imoudu National Institute ...
Musa Baba-Panya This is a fitting tribute to a significant lawyer, an original inhabitant of Abuja who fought and conquered even President Muhammadu Buhari in Court and got justice for h...
As the new government comes in and the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly is expected, the race for the leadership positions for both chambers has commenced. Already the Independent Nat...
This is not what I had intended to discuss this week, but circumstances have given it priority. Yobe is a state that is blessed. Here, I am not talking about how blessed it is with peaceful and...
Nigeria and Lagos; No man’s land By Prince Charles Dickson Ph.D. A sage presented a prince with a set of three small dolls. The prince was not amused. “Am I a girl that you give me dolls...
Over the past couple of weeks, there have been statements and a petition by spokespersons to President-Elect Bola Tinubu; Femi Fani-Kayode, Festus Keyamo and Bayo Onanuga, claiming that there i...
The word, “exploration,” has put President Muhammadu Buhari, Mele Kolo Kyari, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNP...











