by Reuben Abati “My man, are you sure we are in the Holy Month, because I am not understanding anymore? There is so much tension in the country on all fronts.” “Of course, it is the Holy...
Multiculturalism in England, Ireland and Scotland has produced new leaders of Asian origins. This ideal is celebrated worldwide as progress and a symbol of a more fantastic future where the emphasis w...
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 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...
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), notable civil society organization dedicated to combating corruption in Nigeria, organized an Anticorruption Stakeholders ...
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...
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...
For avid followers of Nigeria’s sociopolitics, the name Samuel Ortom regularly hums in the ear like the droning rhythm of the busy bee. The man who has been governor of Benue State for al...
